Projects approved by the Data Governance & Standards Committee are listed below. Please click the links below to view more information about each project.

Current Projects

  • Masking Fields in Banner

This project will limit access to view specific fields in Banner to only those users whose job functions require access to that data.

  • Prefix and Suffix Data Standards

This project will review the data in the Prefix and Suffix fields to identify and resolve data quality issues. The data standard will be updated upon project completion.

  • International Information Review

This project will review the data entry and use of the GOAINTL (International Information) form in Banner. Outcomes may include process improvement recommendations, updates to documentation, changes to data access, and training.

Completed Projects

The purpose of this project was to store legal names with the inclusion of diacritical marks of students, faculty, and staff in Banner. This allows for official Lehigh documents to appropriately represent a person's legal name, as well as provide a better user experience for people accessing software/systems that store their name.

  • Database Roles and User Classes Project

This project reviewed the procedures for assigning database roles and user classes in Banner. Documentation of the current processes surrounding database roles, user class assignments, and requesting access to them has been created and published in the LTS Knowledge Base.

Click here to view instructions for requesting access to Banner. Save or print for easy reference.

  • International Phone Numbers Data Standard

This project updated the data standard and documentation for how to enter/load International phone numbers into Banner. The documentation has been published in the Data Standards Manual.

This project reviewed the process for creating person or company records in Banner. The goal was to learn how users are currently creating new identity records in their unit and establish a consistent procedure and training module for users with this Banner access, which will include exhaustive name searching.

  • Chosen Name & Gender Identity Implementation

Data Governance provides ongoing support and administration to the team working to implement the use of chosen names and gender identity in University systems in alignment with the University's policies. More information can be found here.

  • Address Types Data Standard

This project reviewed which address types are being entered and used by each functional area. The documentation has been published in the Data Standards Manual.

  • Confidential Indicator Project

This project reviewed the use of the confidential indicator in Banner and developed recommendations for its use. Procedures for the use of the confidential indicator can be found in the Data Standards Manual, which provides guidance on the appropriate use and handling of records marked confidential.