section Rules Definition

Use this section of the page to define the section rules. The rules are used to determine which sections are available for a student for registration in a given term.

Only one rule is applied to the student at a time. When multiple rules exist, the one with the highest priority will be applied to the student. When two rules exist with the same priority, the one with the recent effective term is applied to the student. When two rules exist with the same priority and same effective term, the one with the latest maintenance date is applied to the student.

Note: If no rule is selected based on the student characteristics (class, college, department, field of study, level, program, and so on), no sections will be made available to the student during registration in Banner Student Self-Service.

When the section selection is required (section Selection Required is checked) and the student meets the rule, the student must select a section that is attached to the rule during registration. The section settings also show whether the student can add or drop courses within the section or can change any courses in registration. When the Allow Change section indicator is checked, changes can be made. When this indicator is not checked, no changes can be made after section selection or registration.

Fields	Descriptions
Priority	Priority number for the rule. This is a required field that is used to determine the order of preference for rule selection. Selection can occur in Self-Service or using the section Pre-Assignment Process (SFPSBPA). A priority of 1 will have a higher precedence when a rule is selected. For example, if Rule A has a priority of 1, and Rule B has a priority of 2, and both rules match the student’s attributes, then Rule A will be selected for the student’s section assignment.
Term	Effective term code and description for the rule. This is a required field that indicates the rule will be available beginning with this term.
Level	Student level code and description for the rule.
Campus	Campus code and description for the rule.
College	College code and description for the rule.
Degree	Degree code and description for the rule.
Program	Program code and description for the rule.
Field of Study Type	Field of study type and description for the rule. Used to specify the major, minor, or concentration that is attached to the curriculum record. It is used to sort curriculum records for display order in Banner.
Field of Study code	Field of study code and description for the rule.
Department	Department code and description for the rule.
Curricula	Primary curriculum of the student. Valid values are Primary, Secondary, Any.
Student Attributes	Student attribute code and description for the rule.
Cohort	Cohort code and description for the rule.
Class	Class code and description for the rule.
section Selection Required	Check box used to indicate whether the student must select a section during registration in Self-Service. If this indicator is not checked the following occurs: The Allow Change section check box will be checked by default. The choices for the Add and Drop Courses radio group will be disabled, and the Without Restrictions option will be selected by default.
Allow Change section	Check box used to indicate whether the student can change from the currently enrolled section to another section during registration in Self-Service. If this indicator is not checked, the student will not be able to change the section to another available section in Self-Service after registration has occurred.
Active	Check box used to indicate whether a rule is active. If this indicator is not checked, the rule is inactive and will not be applied to a student during registration in Self-Service. If this indicator is checked, the rule is active. If the rule characteristics match the student curriculum data, the sections will be available for registration in Self-Service. Similarly, if SFPSBPA process is run, the rule will be used to pre-assign a section to the student.