PIDM (person identification master) The Person Identification Master (PIDM) is an internal key field stored in the Person Identification table (SPRIDEN). The PIDM may represent a student, vendor, employee, beneficiary, alumnus, or other entity. A PIDM is created when a new entity is added to Banner and cannot be changed. It is used to link tables together. PIDM's do not show up on end-user reports.

The Person Identification Master or PIDM is an internal key field stored in the Person Identification table (SPRIDEN). The PIDM may represent a student, vendor, employee, beneficiary, alumnus, or other entity. All tables that contain person or entity related data must store the PIDM but not necessarily complete records. This relational reference method makes Banner a powerful and efficient tool for data storage and retrieval.

Person IDentification Master. The internal identifier used to identify a person or a non-person in the Banner database.

Bannerâ€(tm)s internal identification number for any person or entity.

A unique system-assigned identifier. Every record in Banner has a PIDM. The PIDM is not visible to users.