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June 29, 2012

Linux landscape printing

After a lot of trial and error, our unix admin and I were able to get landscape printing working correctly on Linux. We used the following options:
lp -d my_printer -o page-left=25 -o page_right=25 -o page_top=65 -o page_bottom=25 -o cpi=14 -o lpi=9 -o left -o landscape "print_job"

Posted by soukupm at 3:34 PM | Comments (0)

CLM year end processing

At the end of the fiscal year, the CLM (campus loan manager) has to be backed up and restored to a new database to preserve the data from last year. I added some instructions to a document under I:\Staff\Banner_Information\Wou Mods\Finance\Year End Processing\CLM year end.txt that describes what needs to be done.

Posted by soukupm at 3:26 PM | Comments (0)

June 21, 2012

Linux Printers

So far we have 78 printers setup on Linux. So far they seem to be working fine except for landscape printing. Some of the reports are wrapping characters onto another line. It seems like the pitch on the printer is not correct. I'll be working with our linux team to resolve this issue.

Posted by soukupm at 3:53 PM | Comments (0)

Oracle Scheduler Update

With the help of OUS, we were able to resolve all of the path issues we were having with our cron jobs. Scheduler jobs are now running fine. I copied several shell scripts to I:\Staff\Banner_Information\Linux Migration\Oracle_scheduler_jobs that show examples of how to create shell script that'll be used in oracle scheduler. I created a document that outlines the steps needed to setup an oracle scheduler job. The document can be found in I:\Staff\Banner_Information\Linux Migration\Setting up a Scheduler Job.doc.

Posted by soukupm at 3:40 PM | Comments (0)

June 15, 2012

Degreeworks web side menu bar mod

I made a modifcation to the side menu bar for Degreeworks web and removed the "Aid History" link. The mod is located in the file /dw40/local/shpscripts/SD2AUDVERT on the server. I also kept a copy of it in I:\staff\Banner_Information\Degreeworks\wou_mods.

Posted by soukupm at 3:29 PM | Comments (0)

Degreeworks PDF output mod

I made some modfications to the PDF output for Degreeworks so that the header matches what its displayed in Degreeworks Web. The mods are located in the file /dw40/local/xsl/fopaudits.xsl. I also kept a copy of the mod in I:\staff\Banner_Information\Degreeworks\wou_mods.

Posted by soukupm at 3:05 PM | Comments (0)

June 8, 2012

E-disburse upcoming changes

In July, the E-disburse unclaimed file will be changing. It will now identify if a student is ready to receive e-disbursements. Prior to this, only students that were not ready appeared in the files ( so students that were not in the file would be flagged as ready to receive e-disbursements). The reconciliation file will also be changing. Column headers will now be included in the file. This will not impact our code since it ignores the header records.

Posted by soukupm at 3:33 PM | Comments (0)

Oracle scheduler update

I created a test cron this week and ran into several problems. The shell that launches does not have all of the ous_mods paths. I had to add these into the script manually. That fixed a couple errors that I was getting. Now I'm getting library errors. It seems that the oracle user does not have access to some of library files on the server.

Posted by soukupm at 3:22 PM | Comments (0)

June 1, 2012

Oracle Scheduler

I copied some documentation out to our shared folder I:\Staff\Banner_Information\Linux Migration that describes how to setup an Oracle Scheduler job. You can also schedule a job by using PL/SQL Developer. After you connect to the database, there's a "Schedules" folder in the Objects window. If you right click and select New, a new window will appear that will allow you to setup a new schedule.

Posted by soukupm at 3:57 PM | Comments (0)

Linux printing update

I did a lot of testing with Linux printers this week trying out different scenarios and it looks like we have two choices, either setup the printer as postscript or as a Raw printer (which will allow us to send PCL codes to the printer). If we set the printer up as postscript, we can use the built-in printer options such as landscape print, number of copies, duplexing,etc. If we set the printer up as Raw, the built-in printer options don't work but we can send PCL codes directly to the printer.

Posted by soukupm at 3:41 PM | Comments (0)