AI integration connects directly to Banner's core financial data objects and calculation engines. The primary surfaces are the Student Accounts Receivable (SAR) module for billing, the Financial Aid (RORAID, RORBASE) modules for packaging, and the residency determination workflows often managed through General Person (GENERAL) or custom forms. An AI agent acts as a policy interpreter, ingesting rules from institutional catalogs, state guidelines, and program-specific fee schedules stored in tables like STVCHRT, STVTERM, and STVFEE. By querying student records (SGBSTDN for term data, SFRSTCR for course registration, SHRDGMR for degree intent), the system can pre-calculate charges, flag discrepancies, and generate human-readable explanations for any non-standard assessment.




