Banner Account Requests
To request a new Banner account, or modify an existing account, please contact one
of the authorized Data Stewards from the list below.
- List of Banner Data Stewards
- Banner Account Request (Must be a Banner Data Data Steward)
- Banner Data Standards Group
What is Banner?
Banner is the Enterprise Resource Package used by FGCU to gather and process data
for Students, Student Financial Services, Faculty, Human Resources, Finance, and to
interface with many other University, State, and Federal information systems. The
functional areas listed above are the “Data Steward” for the University business applications.
Banner is a product of DATATEL + SunGard Higher Education and is a leading Student
Information System used by over 2,300 colleges and universities in over 40 countries.
Additional information about Banner can be found on their website at www.sungardhe.com.
What is GULFLINE?
GULFLINE is FGCU’s name for the Banner Self-Service applications. Students can use the Self-Service applications to perform functions such as applying to the university, registering and paying for classes, viewing their class schedules, requesting transcripts, and applying for graduation. Faculty can view their classes, print rosters, and enter grades. Employees can register for benefits, view their pay-stubs, enter their timesheets, and see their leave balances. Parents can use GULFLINE to add money onto a student’s Eagle ID Card for purchases at many of the vendors, the bookstore, and printers and copiers on campus.
What reporting resources are available for Banner?
Banner provides built-in reports for each of the specific functional areas.. Custom
reports and processes are developed by the Applications Group of Buisness Technology
Services for Banner and GULFLINE. Data Steward for each of the functional areas provide
access to these reports and submit requests to Information Technology Services for
the development of custom reports and processes.
FGCU has implemented the Cognos web-based reporting tool that pulls data from the
Banner Operational Data Store (ODS), which is a transactional reporting database,
refreshed with data from the Banner production system daily. Cognos reports are developed
by Cognos Report Authors within the functional areas and by ITS Applications Group
staff. Cognos reports are published and made available to Consumers, which are Faculty
and Staff who have been given access to view and run the reports.
