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Message by amatojt on  February 28 2001 at 12:00 am   Location:   Joined: November 08 2002   Posts: 6   Profile Search Quote We are looking at integrating documentum with our Accounts Payable module in v7.53. Has anyone done this who would be willing to provide some information on how this was done. We would like to scan an invoice into documentum and gain access from the AP panels to pull up the image for viewing alongside the voucher panel.

Message by softlu on  June 26 2001 at 12:00 am   Location: Not Given   Joined: November 08 2002   Posts: 2   Profile Search Quote Why not using Report Manager?

Message by  on  October 10 2001 at 1:58 pm   Location: United States   Joined: November 08 2002   Posts: 16   Profile Search Quote YOu will need a 3rd party faxing software partner. We are currently using Merkur with great success. > We would like to have the ability to fax purchase orders from PeopleSoft to our vendors.  Sun/Unix/Oracle is our platform and are running PeopleSoft 7.52 with 7.58 Tools.  Is there a solution out there somewhere that will give us that ability??  We currently have a Windows desktop faxing program that we use company-wide called Fax Sr.  What type of platform/configuration do we need to make faxing possible from PeopleSoft.  Any suggestions anyone can give me will be greatly appreciated. > Thanks, > Chuck Peters >

Message by  on  November 14 2001 at 3:50 pm   Location:   Joined: November 08 2002   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote > I am trying to install the PeopleSoft 7.5 Client version on my PC, which is a Windows 2000 OS. It is giving error like OS is not compatible. I heard some are installed the same PeopleSoft 7.5 Client version on Windows 2000 OS. Please let me know if any body knows how to install on Windows 2000. If you are trying to install the single user version of PS, it is not compatible with windows 2000

Message by mchainani on  March 21 2002 at 9:43 am   Location: United States   Joined: November 08 2002   Posts: 7   Profile Search Quote Hi friends, Just wanted to know, if there is any book available in the market which will guide me thru. the Upgrade/Implementaion process on a Technical basis from PS 7.5 to 8.x. I am a PeopleSoft Technical person in HR, Payroll, Benefits modules and looking to upgrade myself in this area. Thanks for you advice. Regards, Manu

Message by mchainani on  April 08 2002 at 9:36 am   Location: United States   Joined: November 08 2002   Posts: 7   Profile Search Quote Hi Friends, My client is looking for implementing PS T/L module. Being a Technical person, I would like to know what are the features (or where I can find some docs.). I would also like to know the interface of the T/L module with HRMS/Payroll. I would appreciate if I could get some info. Thanking you. Regards, Manu..

Message by mhunsake on  November 04 2002 at 7:19 am   Location:   Joined: November 08 2002   Posts: 3   Profile Search Quote Hello - My name is Michael Hunsaker and I am currently going through my first implementation at Indiana University Bloomington. I started the project in February of 2002 as a Functional Analyst but recently took more technical roles to help out both sides of the project. I graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in May of 2002 with a B.S. in Informatics, which is basically Information Science with a focus on instruction. Throughout my college career and spare time, I have developed several information systems and websites pertaining to financial aid and project management for smaller companies. My focus throughout the past 8 years has been IT until I began working on the PeopleSoft Team. Since February, I have been more functional than technical. Over the past several months, I have been trying to keep my head above water with all the documentation that is required by the PeopleSoft implementation. Wouldn't it be nice to have a third-party system to help you keep track of all this documentation along with deadlines, project plans, and email reminders? I've been thinking of a system that would help PeopleSoft schools and companies manage and monitor the PeopleSoft implementation from a web environment. This online environment would allow the functional analysts and technical analysts, as well as project administrators to be closer to the project and what is expected from them. That is a very high-level description of my idea but I am looking for both technical and functional folks with PeopleSoft experience that would be interested in a project such as this one. For more information about the project or if you are interested, please email me at mhunsake@indiana.edu. Thanks! Happy PeopleSofting... Michael Hunsaker

Message by  on  November 10 2002 at 12:10 pm   Location: United States   Joined: November 08 2002   Posts: 16   Profile Search Quote Actually, i would like to hear more. Can i get your email? Thanks.

Message by  on  November 10 2002 at 12:13 pm   Location: United States   Joined: November 08 2002   Posts: 16   Profile Search Quote Check with your local college and universities.

Message by  on  November 11 2002 at 12:57 pm   Location: United States   Joined: November 08 2002   Posts: 16   Profile Search Quote How do I setup the local node in PS 8.4. I am trying to integrate CRM with Configurator 4.0 and have everything working all the way up to when you configure the product. Then upon returning to CRM, I get a 'Configurator Server Error. Please Check your configuration (18065,16)' Error. I think that I just haven't setup the local node (PSFT_CR) since I can not ping it. But I can't find any doc on how to set it up. It appears to be defined very differently than it was in 8.0. Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks, Glen Upreti gupreti@choicehotels.com

Message by  on  November 12 2002 at 11:17 am   Location: United States   Joined: November 08 2002   Posts: 11   Profile Search Quote pbiswas@velocityexp.com

Message by  on  November 13 2002 at 4:04 am   Location: United States   Joined: November 08 2002   Posts: 11   Profile Search Quote did any body install and configure PeopleSoft CRM. I would like to know the time frame for the same. replies would be appreciated.

Message by daniel_dupre on  November 13 2002 at 2:41 pm   Location: Not Given   Joined: November 08 2002   Posts: 12   Profile Search Quote It is setup in Integration Broker under node definitions.  If you have sql access, select * from the PSMSGNODEDEFN table and you can see the local nodes there. Dont change any of the delivered nodes or you will not be able to login to the system. If you have 2 default local nodes defined you will need to trust the nodes in Security if you want to use  single sign on.

Message by kemurphy on  November 15 2002 at 7:49 pm   Location: Not Given   Joined: November 08 2002   Posts: 4   Profile Search Quote Anyone here know how to install and configure this? Can this be installed locally on the hard drive? What about DSN? Better yet, does anyone know of a site that has documentation on installing this? Thanks.

Message by fcwong on  November 19 2002 at 6:35 am   Location: Canada   Joined: November 19 2002   Posts: 1   Profile Search www Quote Hi Michael, Have you looked at SQL Powertool? It is sniffer that captures SQL calls at the TCP level to gather performance data on database response time and network time. Although my company does not have a monitoring tool to offer, we do have a performance improvement software that can help PeopleSoft web performance. If this is the area you are trying to address, please contact me at frankie@foedero.com. Frankie Wong

Message by nallamasa on  November 21 2002 at 4:35 am   Location: India   Joined: November 21 2002   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Hi, I am trying to install peoplesoft 8.0 . Pl let me know the sequences in Installation. Order of Installation of PsTools, Lib, HRMS, Fin , SQR and Docs. Thanks and Regards

Message by Laky on  November 21 2002 at 7:20 am   Location: France   Joined: November 21 2002   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Hello everybody, I am a young french engineer and I'd like to get some pieces of information concerning PeopleSoft ERP. My boss is ready to pay me trainings about PEOPLE SOFT but I don't know which module I want to take (Technical or Functional ?? Administration, Development, Customization, ... ??). That's new for me, and i someone can help me by advicing me which module I should choose it will be very nice. Thank you a lot. PS: If someone, can send me some training support by mail , i will be very happy. Friendly, Laky. Because together we are stronger.

Message by pgpub on  November 21 2002 at 7:32 am   Location: United States   Joined: November 21 2002   Posts: 8   Profile Search Quote Log on to customer connection and download the installation documentation for the version you are installing.  The doc is very detailed.

Message by akamboj on  November 25 2002 at 12:19 pm   Location: Canada   Joined: November 25 2002   Posts: 2   Profile Search www Quote Hi!  I was wondering if the Java implementation of PeopleSoft uses JDBC to connect to the database. I have Websphere and DB2 and I want Peoplesoft to grab data via JDBC. Is this possible? Thanks!

Message by proman40 on  November 26 2002 at 4:53 pm   Location: Canada   Joined: November 26 2002   Posts: 34   Profile Search Quote Laky, doh ... you might want to ask yourself these questions? 1. What is your employer going to install in his business?  2. Are you happy in tech or a functional person? 3. Are you a programmer or administrative person? PeopleSoft techies are one of two people ... SQR, PeopleCode, developers ... or infrastucture, PSADMIM, configuration. You can't do it all and if you think you can, your wrong. Jack of all trades, master of none. Just my advise ....

Message by proman40 on  November 26 2002 at 4:56 pm   Location: Canada   Joined: November 26 2002   Posts: 34   Profile Search Quote To answer your questions ... To install it you need the CD's. Yes, it can be installed locally on the hard drive. DSN?????? PeopleSoft's Customer Connection site has all the doc's u need.

Message by shlk779 on  November 28 2002 at 2:18 am   Location: Belgium   Joined: November 28 2002   Posts: 2   Profile Search Quote Hi all, In V7.x, it was clear when a panel was saved: the save-button was grayed out. Is there in V8.41 a similar way to determine whether a page is saved. The save button doesn't get grayed out, and neither is there an indication that the page is saved. Or is there? Does anyone have any hints on this topic? Steven Heylens Software Engineer

Message by gaurav on  December 07 2002 at 6:04 am   Location: Not Given   Joined: December 07 2002   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Siebel 7 course for peoplesoft fans siebel3@rediffmail.com

Message by pw6092 on  December 07 2002 at 10:33 am   Location: Canada   Joined: December 07 2002   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Are there any recommendations out there on how we should document a peoplesoft hr/pr and Finance environment from a technical aspect. We have 4 or 5 versions, each having 3,4, or 5 environments Does peoplesoft provide something?

Message by c_joew on  December 09 2002 at 2:57 pm   Location: United States   Joined: December 09 2002   Posts: 2   Profile Search www Quote Steven, In  version 8.1 there is nothing that shows on the screen that you have saved except for the first few seconds a Blue SAVED Text flashes in the upper right corner.   JoeW Joe Weessies www.starrsoftware.com The only books available for PeopleTools 8 408-848-6941 (office)

Message by vicky on  December 10 2002 at 8:12 am   Location: United States   Joined: December 10 2002   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote   can someone tell me exactly what client expects from  a peoplesoft programmer with less than two years experience? vicky

Message by cigatapu on  December 13 2002 at 5:34 pm   Location: United States   Joined: December 05 2002   Posts: 3   Profile Search Quote Can anyone suggest me where i can get demo software for hrms 8.0 version

Message by chordringer on  December 17 2002 at 1:44 pm   Location: United States   Joined: December 17 2002   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Hello, My name is Jason. This is my first of probably many, many posts in regards to this subject. I work in the Training & Development department with a company here in St. Louis. I have a lot of background when it comes to general IT, so I am the designated project leader for a IT-based Training Initiative. We have an extremely large amount of management trainees out in the field. We need to track information on the trainees, trainers, classes, etc. that we have active in the system. As of this point, all of the tracking comes in over fax or through the mail and our admin has to keystroke all of this into a rather primative Access database. This is not where we need to be when it comes to tracking. We never seem to be up to date on information, etc., so I am heading up a project that would enable our Field Trainers access and make changes to trainee training records. Our parent company utilizes PeopleSoft HRMS for basic HR stuff, however they use Version 7.0 (or 7.01) that does not support the functionality we require. To that end, I've determined to create an extranet database application using SQL Server and ASP to handle everything we need. However, PeopleSoft does contain a lot of information that is useful and I would like to import data from the PeopleSoft DB our parent company uses into the SQL Server DB. If there's anyone out there who has knowledge of or experience with this kind of thing, would you please give me an overview of what needs to happen to make this work out? It doesn't need to be all that detailed, but just a list of steps that need to happen in this kind of project. Thank you, Jason Portell St. Louis, MO

Message by shcuat on  December 18 2002 at 3:46 pm   Location: United States   Joined: December 18 2002   Posts: 3   Profile Search Quote Hi, Iam working as an Oracle/VB/Java developer for quite some time now and I would want to learn something new, One of my friends suggested me to learn PeopleSoft and I was wondering If anyone from this group could give me a brief Idea on where I have to start and how far I have to go in learning PeopleSoft in order for me to get a Job in PeopleSoft as a Programmer Analyst or something. And I wonder If I can really get a job with just training in Peoplesoft I would really appreciate any help in this matter.       Thanks, SHCRK

Message by shcuat on  December 18 2002 at 3:52 pm   Location: United States   Joined: December 18 2002   Posts: 3   Profile Search Quote Hi, I would like to Learn PeopleSoft and I was wondering If you can give me a brief idea on where should I begin and where to End...and as Iam posting  this topic I browsed thru all the modules that were available ...and wasn't sure which one's to learn..can you also suggest some modules that I should learn for sure to land in a Job.. Iam basically a Oracle/VB/Java programmer and very much interested in learning PeopleSoft. I would appreciate any help in this matter. Thanks, Thanks, SHCRK

Message by GreatLeader on  December 19 2002 at 7:00 am   Location: United States   Joined: December 19 2002   Posts: 2   Profile Search Quote SHCRK, Do you have a version of PeopleSoft implemented at your company?

Message by GreatLeader on  December 19 2002 at 7:01 am   Location: United States   Joined: December 19 2002   Posts: 2   Profile Search Quote Do you have a version of PeopleSoft in use at your company?

Message by Fawad on  December 19 2002 at 8:18 pm   Location: Canada   Joined: December 19 2002   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Hi Everybody I need to have a demo cd to play with it. I liked peoplesoft and want to jump on it.  i have seen peoplesoft web site and go through the training but i need to do some practical work Please help

Message by shcuat on  December 20 2002 at 1:40 pm   Location: United States   Joined: December 18 2002   Posts: 3   Profile Search Quote Hi, Thanks for your responses.... They don't use PeopleSoft in our company, I would want to learn it on my own..like taking calsses at some institute..I know a place in boston where they offer Peoplesoft....But the tution fee is pretty high.... I approached that site they have asked me to do so many modules......So I wasn't sure If I really need to learn all of them... I appreciate your response. Thanks, SHCRK

Message by vanoldes on  December 26 2002 at 12:40 am   Location: New Zealand   Joined: December 26 2002   Posts: 4   Profile Search Quote Hi, I am currenlty working as a Business Analyst on an HRMS People Soft project, within New Zealand. I am planning to return to Europe in 2003 and I am wondering if someone knows a good website to look for People Soft Jobs within Europe. Many Thanks.

Message by ewalk on  December 28 2002 at 2:53 pm   Location: United States   Joined: December 28 2002   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Hi, A good website to use to look for peoplesoft jobs in Europe and the UK is; www.skillsite.co.uk Eric

Message by vanoldes on  December 29 2002 at 6:05 pm   Location: New Zealand   Joined: December 26 2002   Posts: 4   Profile Search Quote Thank you vanoldes

Message by CRMHDUSER on  December 31 2002 at 7:27 am   Location: United States   Joined: December 17 2002   Posts: 11   Profile Search Quote You will want to take PeopleSoft courses in Application Designer and PeopleTools for starters. You will also want to think about which modules you will want to support and focus on trainings for that. You should go to PS web site and review their curriculums.

Message by Basha on  January 06 2003 at 10:06 am   Location: United States   Joined: January 06 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote You should be proficient in Peoplesoft Coding.Well u have already 2yrs Exp Programmer. So u Must know all the stuff Am i Right?????   Cheers Basha Basha

Message by jeffrey_ropp on  January 06 2003 at 12:32 pm   Location: United States   Joined: December 29 2002   Posts: 3   Profile Search Quote 2 years?  I would expect solid knowledge of the application (HRMS, Financials, etc).  Solid understanding of PeopleTools, PeopleCode, SQR, Security, AppEngine (if ver is 8+).  Check for background...customizations, reports, interfaces, etc.

Message by proman40 on  January 07 2003 at 7:49 am   Location: Canada   Joined: November 26 2002   Posts: 34   Profile Search Quote PeopleSoft used to have a demo for a single user up to version 7.5.  They no longer produce such items due to the additional components required to run the application (application servers & webservers).  You can only set up Version 8 DEMO from the licenced application.   hth..

Message by 508expert on  January 13 2003 at 10:12 pm   Location: United States   Joined: January 13 2003   Posts: 3   Profile Search www Quote Hello, As accessibility and topics of universal access are becoming more and more serious, I would like to know if anyone out there has had any issues with the accessibility of PS 8.0? Namely, has anyone suffered with problems in providing compatibility with screen reading software for the visually imapiared? I personally have dealt with many issues pertaining to Section 508/ADA accessibility issues and PeopleSoft HRMS 8.0. I have successfully made modifications in JAWS to work in a usable manner for the visually impaired for a large government organization. If your organization has issues with the accessibility of PS 8.0, I would like to hear your story. I can also offer professional services, on request. Thanks.   -B.A.

Message by 508expert on  January 13 2003 at 10:14 pm   Location: United States   Joined: January 13 2003   Posts: 3   Profile Search www Quote Hello, As accessibility and topics of universal access are becoming more and more serious, I would like to know if anyone out there has had any issues with the accessibility of PS 8.0? Namely, has anyone suffered with problems in providing compatibility with screen reading software for the visually imapiared? I personally have dealt with many issues pertaining to Section 508/ADA accessibility issues and PeopleSoft HRMS 8.0. I have successfully made modifications in JAWS to work in a usable manner for the visually impaired for a large government organization. If your organization has issues with the accessibility of PS 8.0, I would like to hear your story. I can also offer professional services, on request. Thanks.   -B.A.

Message by tdwonne on  January 14 2003 at 7:20 am   Location: United States   Joined: January 14 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Hello All,   I’m employed by a medium sized Community College  (CC), and I would like to get some input from this group on the following situation. Here is our current setup.   We are running PeopleSoft Student Administration (SA) and Human Resources (HR) 7.62 on SQL Server 7. We are in the preliminary planning phase of upgrading to SA 8.O / HR while implementing PS Financials 8.4 concurrently. Our upgrade to SQL Server 2000 will be completed soon. Ok now my question(s).     Since SA and HR share tables (ie. Personal Data) and combined in the same Data Base (DB) until version 9 is released. Would there be any advantages/ disadvantages of installing SA and HR into separate DB. Then keeping the separate DB’s synchronized. Our implementation team recently visited another CC where they were already to go live w/ this configuration.   This is our reasoning for considering this approach. SA is a mission critical system and through our experience when applying patches fixes is that sometimes the HR fixes cause SA problems. So by isolating these fixes to the appropriate DB, one system fixes cannot affect the other. Secondly, at some point in time it will become necessary to upgrade to SA 9 were SA and HR will have to be split out anyway so why not do it now and make our job easier later.   So, has anyone in this group had experience implementing PS systems into separate DB’s and keeping them synchronized. If so, were there any advantages/ disadvantages to this configuration?   Thank you   Todd D Wonnell Database Programmer/Analyst Heartland Community College 309-268-8354 Todd.Wonnell@hcc.cc.il.us

Message by amars on  January 15 2003 at 2:34 pm   Location: United States   Joined: January 15 2003   Posts: 2   Profile Search Quote i am basically learning the peoplesoft financilas module can anyone tell me what fit-gap analyisis is all about? and in real time how will i implement fit-gap analysis? amarnathbangaru

Message by amars on  January 15 2003 at 2:35 pm   Location: United States   Joined: January 15 2003   Posts: 2   Profile Search Quote what is a legacy system and how will i get data from legacy system to peoplesoft and how can i get data from flat file ? amarnathbangaru

Message by abatardi on  January 16 2003 at 11:44 am   Location: United States   Joined: January 16 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Does anyone know of any good resources for PeopleSoft 8 performance optimization tips?  I have looked around but most sources reference older versions (7.x).  I was considering picking up the book "Understanding PeopleSoft 8."  If anyone has any experience with this book and whether it would be a viable reference for me or not, please let me know.  Thanks, Aaron

Message by Bill on  January 17 2003 at 2:09 pm   Location: United States   Joined: December 12 2002   Posts: 16   Profile Search Quote We currently use HR 7.5 and are upgrading to 8.3.  We have one person who is visually impaired who complains about our current web based time entry page, which was generated in 7.5 and heavily modified after.  We are dropping our custom time entry for the delivered (+ a few mods, of course) Elapsed Time Entry page.  I'm concerned about this issue since it looks pretty much the same as far as fonts, sizes, etc.  I have assisted by showing him how to use Windows Accessibility features to use a high contrast screen but that solution "is not acceptable" to him.  Section 508 says we must make "reasonable" accomodations but is very vague on what's reasonable.  The courts will probably be deciding this. Anyway, I'm just waiting to see what happens when we move to the 8.3 Elapsed Time page and I'll go from there.

Message by sgharris50 on  January 18 2003 at 8:41 am   Location: United States   Joined: January 18 2003   Posts: 6   Profile Search www Quote Quote: Originally posted by dtomei on September 25 2001 Workflow is really a business process that can be triggered using the trigger business_process peoplecode call and can be placed anywhere in the peoplecode save event. In fact a business process or workflow can only be triggered after something is saved/updated to the database. Hope this helps Derek > Is it possible to post workflow peoplecode on any events other than the workflow event?  If so, can the workflow be coded to fire after the component has updated the database? sgharris49

Message by sgharris50 on  January 18 2003 at 8:43 am   Location: United States   Joined: January 18 2003   Posts: 6   Profile Search www Quote We developed a Workflow Project for Approving/Denying Journals in PS Financials 8.4.  But when we migrated the project from the originating test environment, the only way we could get the Workflow project to work was to delete every role from a Workflow userid, and add the roles back.  We migrated the App Designer project, and our TMTP process copied (export/import) the Security and Route control tables.  A trace file also identifies PS_APPR and PSQRY tables.  I tried to post as a new topic, but I am getting an error, so I am trying this as a reply.  Thanks sgharris49

Message by 508expert on  January 18 2003 at 3:59 pm   Location: United States   Joined: January 13 2003   Posts: 3   Profile Search www Quote Bill, Thanks for your story. Does your user use screen enlargers exclusively? In terms of look & feel, PeopleSoft version 8 was designed to look and behave as much as possible as the 7.x versions, but in a web-based version. However, the benefits of the transfer of platforms (stand-alone to web-based) works mainly for visual , mouse-oriented users. The main reason for the difficulty for assistive technology (AT) to interact well with PS 8.0 is that web-based applications behave and look completely different to the assitive tech (scren-readers, sceen enlargers) than stand-alone apps. The technical reason for this is that MSAA, which is the intermediate layer of software which is used for communication between the AT and Peoplesoft has to go through yet another layer of abstraction - the Document Object Model (DOM). Therefore, the way the AT interacts with PS is now inherently different. 508 states that the software purchased after June 2001 *must* have accessibility in mind. However, there exists more than one type of accessibility. Namely, technical accessibility and usable accessibility. Technical accessibility, which PS ver 8.0 meets, is more of a matter of satisfying technical checklists, as stated by 508/W3C guidelines. Usable accessibility is a different entity, in that it is not specifically part of the 508 requirements. A usable application involves support for logical methods of completing a task, support for eas-of-use, and other criteria which makes a product usable. Again, in order to make PS work well with JAWS I needed to research the way the user was used to using PeopleSoft 7.5. Then, I scripted JAWS to interact  with 8.0 almost exactly to how it interacted with 7.5. Although this took some months of research to perfect, the methodology I developed is very consistent, and works quite well. If you care to hear more details, you can contact me, or reply on the message board for more information. -B.A.

Message by jobshopper on  January 19 2003 at 11:02 am   Location: United States   Joined: January 19 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Does anyone know of the capabilities of PeopleSofts Purchasing software?   SPOecifically, I'm curious about how robust the Bid Management features are.   Thanks! jobshopper

Message by Peoplesoft on  January 21 2003 at 2:24 pm   Location: United States   Joined: January 21 2003   Posts: 3   Profile Search Quote Can anyone provide me the details on Peoplesoft's e-recruit and mohomine software. Will appreciate  if you can give the info related to literature, technical, functional, web-site or sof tware WHICH DIRECTS ME TO avail complete information about the mentioned request. Thanks

Message by steven_bramson on  January 22 2003 at 8:44 am   Location: United States   Joined: January 22 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Not sure if your 'Bid Management' is the same as PeopleSoft's 'RFQ' functionality, -but in the event that it is, I can tell you the following. It is a fairly straightforward product where you define vendor groups who you wish to solicit bids on (everything from services to traditional commodities), and manage the process entirely within PeopleSoft.  In 8.4 (fully internet architected) you're able to allow your suppliers electronic access to submit their process online as well.       Steve

Message by dambro on  January 23 2003 at 5:08 am   Location: United States   Joined: January 22 2003   Posts: 4   Profile Search Quote I have some documentation on mahomine.  Provide me your email address and I'll send it to you. dambrose

Message by Peoplesoft on  January 28 2003 at 9:35 am   Location: United States   Joined: January 21 2003   Posts: 3   Profile Search Quote Thanks for your response.Can you please email the documentation on nms2712@yahoo.com.

Message by sgharris50 on  January 29 2003 at 6:05 am   Location: United States   Joined: January 18 2003   Posts: 6   Profile Search www Quote My understanding of fit-gap analysis is you analyze the functionality of your current system compared to the delivered Peoplesoft module(s) and based on the results, you decide whether you will have to make customizations, or change your company's business processes.  The legacy system is the system you are replacing.  You can load data from a flat file using App Engine or SQRs and possibly other ways, but these are the 2 methods I have used. You would need to know which tables to load, and the Application PeopleBooks would be a big help to let you know how the module operates.  sgharris49

Message by msmall on  January 31 2003 at 7:57 am   Location: United States   Joined: January 31 2003   Posts: 3   Profile Search Quote  Has anyone run across strange characters in PeopleSoft such as a square? They cause our Web apps to bomb. If we cut and paste from a Word Doc into PeopleSoft Competencies or Primary Accountabilities for instance we get squares, the letter u with two dots above it, the small letters a and e followed by Capital A and E attached etc. This occurs if their are ', ", -, ..., or hard carriage returns (enter) to separate a title from the body of the text. Have you found a way to eliminate this problem? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. P.S.  PeopleSoft Pros may have already solved the problem because although I copied the strange characters in my message they did not show up in the text box.

Message by neet on  January 31 2003 at 8:55 am   Location: United States   Joined: January 31 2003   Posts: 3   Profile Search Quote Hello John, How are you. I am contacting you regarding information on importing data from ADP into the PeopleSoft. We are trying to run an import process but our developers and our PeopleSoft contacts have not specifically worked on the IMPORT piece at all. I was looking for some help on the Peoplesoft pros forum and saw your query written almost 2 years ago. I am looking for help in every aspect, design documentation, configuration, testing anything that you have will be greatly appreciated. Basically, I would just like to understand the process of how data import works with some detailed step by step instructions but have been very unsuccessful in finding any person. Can you help by any chance. Thanks, - Neet Narula  email: neet22@hotmail.com

Message by fstephanie on  February 04 2003 at 2:36 am   Location: France   Joined: February 04 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote I' m working on PeopleSoft PSAPPSRV process performance for synchronous messages (Integration Broker module). PSAPPSRV memory grows gradually ( 100 and 200 Mo, and higher !!!). PeopleSoft knows this problem and  in psappsrv.cfg file , the recycle value is 2000; that means that process PSAPPSRV will restart after 2000 requests. When the process is stopped and then restarted, what happen to current transactions ? If someone has already met this problem, please contact me. Thanks in advance.

Message by QBall on  February 04 2003 at 11:34 am   Location: Canada   Joined: February 04 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Hi all.  Our company is looking to integrate our software with PeopleSoft (essentially providing an interface to link common data with the Time and Labor module).  What is the best approach in your opinion?  Is there a SDK/API available?  Do you have to become a Software Partner?  Any help or suggestions is appreciated.  Thanks in advance. Q.

Message by ITpro on  February 05 2003 at 7:25 am   Location: United States   Joined: February 05 2003   Posts: 11   Profile Search www Quote There is a redpaper on 8.4x performance on the PeopleSoft website under documentation that is not half bad.

Message by ITpro on  February 05 2003 at 8:08 am   Location: United States   Joined: February 05 2003   Posts: 11   Profile Search www Quote Make sure you loaded both the application and peopletools books when you loaded the online documentation.  You will find documentation in the delivered online PeopleBooks for Application Designer.

Message by ITpro on  February 05 2003 at 8:13 am   Location: United States   Joined: February 05 2003   Posts: 11   Profile Search www Quote I have used the Mercury Load Runner tool, to try to stress the system, I use is as a Web load tester since Peoplesoft is a web application now, and it has helped us tremendously to identify trasaction times and measure stress on the system.

Message by slns on  February 12 2003 at 10:14 am   Location: United States   Joined: February 12 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Quote: Originally posted by dambro on January 23 2003 I have some documentation on mahomine.  Provide me your email address and I'll send it to you. Hi Could you please send the details to me also to this email address.As i am also looking some documentatation mohimine my email is slns@indiainfo.com or slnsavalli@mylinuxisp.com   Regards   Pavan

Message by ravi9999 on  February 14 2003 at 10:59 am   Location: United States   Joined: January 10 2003   Posts: 6   Profile Search Quote Quote: Originally posted by Peoplesoft on January 28 2003 Thanks for your response.Can you please email the documentation on mohomine to cravibabu@indiatimes.com Thanks.

Message by rsaro on  February 18 2003 at 9:54 pm   Location: India   Joined: February 18 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Can Anybody brief me about the " Proof of Concept in PeopleSoft CRM"   PeopleSoft CRM Techno-Functional

Message by kilynn on  February 20 2003 at 5:18 am   Location: United States   Joined: February 20 2003   Posts: 2   Profile Search www Quote While performing an upgrade from 8.15 to 8.18 I have hit a road block in that my Upgrade Assistant is giving me grief.  Whenever 'automatic' jobs are attempted to run they spin forever and never do come back successfully.  I then have to restart the process over again.  I only have 8.14 Peoplebooks so, I'm wondering what I need to use for my sql query executable im running oracle, and currently this is pointed at sqlplus.exe any thoughts? Kilynn Weber Database Specialist 866-456-0093 kilynn@dbability.com

Message by proman40 on  February 22 2003 at 3:54 pm   Location: Canada   Joined: November 26 2002   Posts: 34   Profile Search Quote Upgrade Assistant can be the flakiest (sp?) tool in your version.  Are there any patches that you can apply that might relate to your problems?   -upgrade king :)

Message by Gijs Houtzagers on  February 24 2003 at 7:19 am   Location: Netherlands   Joined: February 24 2003   Posts: 3   Profile Search www Quote It depends on the version you are working with. There are several ways for interfacing available with peopleSoft 8 (synch, asynch, outbound and inbound, using XML, or ODBC). I consider Application Engine and the API the most robust ways of interfacing.   regards

Message by brucegillespie on  February 24 2003 at 9:00 pm   Location: Australia   Joined: February 24 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search www Quote I am interested in any experiences of Peoplesoft on Oracle 9x AND/OR AIX 5.2 AND/OR LPARed servers.. Has anyone yet made any of these moves? My Company, Patrick Corporation is running Peoplesoft Enterprise Portal 8.4 on Peopletools 8.42, Peoplesoft Financials 8 SP1 on Peopletools 8.16 & Peoplesoft HRMS 8.3 on Peopletools 8.16. We are in the process of upgrading HRMS to peopletools 8.19 due to issues with single signon to Portal. At present, all of these environments are running on Oracle 8.1.7, with the exception of Portal which is patched to 8.1.7.2. Patrick is moving to a new version of our AIX Operating System, version 5.2, from version 4.3.3, due to a server upgrade - we are moving to IBM LPARed p650s. We have a bunch of requests for certification in with Peoplsoft at present, and have had tools 8.19/Oracle 9.2/AIX 5.2 ratified, with Tools 8.42 soon to come. This mainly leaves our Fin 8 SP1/Tools 8.16 environment to worry about, hopefully it will be ratified, or we may have to rethink about consolidating on 8.1.7.4 for all platforms. In a nutshell, I am just after any feed back regarding experiences or advice which relate to the above platforms, positive or negative. Thanks and Regards, Bruce Gillespie Senior Systems Administrator Patrick Corporation MSIM: brucegillespie@hotmail.com Regards, Bruce Gillespie

Message by jboracamo on  February 26 2003 at 1:25 pm   Location: United States   Joined: February 26 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Would you mind sending that info to me: jmoore@emergenow.com Thanks!

Message by carlfischer on  February 26 2003 at 9:33 pm   Location: United States   Joined: February 26 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search www Quote I am a grad student and I am doing a presentation on corporate culture. Could anyone add what they think peoplesoft's corporate culture is? please email me at fmarble@earthlink.com

Message by Deeparamesh on  March 04 2003 at 7:27 am   Location: United States   Joined: March 04 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Hi, I have been working as a oracle dba for past 7 years without any knowledge of peoplesoft.  Now, I want to learn everything that would make me a peoplesoft/oracle dba . Are you aware of any books or articles on how to setup peoplesoft essentials in oracle . Thanks       Deepa

Message by dbagent on  March 04 2003 at 9:49 pm   Location: Zimbabwe   Joined: February 25 2003   Posts: 5   Profile Search Quote you can download the installation of PS for oracle db in the PS website. dbagent :)

Message by jrock on  March 05 2003 at 5:17 am   Location: United States   Joined: January 30 2003   Posts: 5   Profile Search www Quote If, you went to www.peoplesoft.com there is a link on the bottom left side that you can view that will give you a bit of info on their culture.

Message by pamick on  March 07 2003 at 9:10 am   Location: United States   Joined: March 07 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Hey Everybody- I'm trying to insert a scroll action hyperlink onto a page with the action of "Top".  For some reason, my hyperlink is greyed out?  Any suggestions? Thanks!

Message by bwestvig on  March 17 2003 at 12:24 pm   Location: United States   Joined: March 17 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search www Quote Has anyone atemped to run Peoplesoft 7.53 on SQL Server 2000?  I've upgraded our Server to Windows 2000, and would like to upgrade the environment to SQL 2000 from SQL 7.0 SP4.  I see no reason why.  But I'm curious if any one has had any problems. Brad Westvig bwestvig@makemusic.com

Message by Vsengmany on  March 27 2003 at 6:21 am   Location: France   Joined: March 27 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Last month, I upgraded PeopleSoft Finance 7.52 with PTools 7.63 on sql 2000 sp2. We had many problems with performances. Some sql request or process run slower than on sql 7. You must upgrade the mdac on the client machine. Vieng Sengmany - Deloitte & Touche France

Message by jackpsft on  March 28 2003 at 12:27 pm   Location: United States   Joined: March 28 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote I want to buy used PeopleSoft Participation training guides ... if some one is interested in selling .. email me at jackpsft@yahoo.com

Message by Santi on  April 04 2003 at 7:56 am   Location: Spain   Joined: April 03 2003   Posts: 5   Profile Search Quote First of ll, I would like you to thank the e-mail you sent me. It has been very important for me. But I alredy have some doubts about it: - Which is the best version nowadays? - May be, we don´t install payroll module, but what about the Peoplesoft maintenment service? Do you have the legal corrections when you need them? - The Human Resources patches that Peopesoft envies you, can affect to other modules (finance or accounting)? - I don´t know if you know something about SAP. When you need to make a develop in SAP, you know the parameters that SAP advice you in order to make it compliant with future functions. The places in which you can develop something are called user-exits (where each customer fit or adapt the software to their requirements). This asure you that future patches or up-grades won´t affected to these develops. Is there anything like that in Peoplesoft?   Cheers

Message by Howler_Fish on  April 06 2003 at 5:58 pm   Location: Not Given   Joined: January 19 2003   Posts: 170   Profile Search Quote Hi Santi, Apologies if I have misunderstood your questions, but here goes: Best version - there is no answer for this.  The latest one will be supported for the longest.  However, if it is very new (I don't know the EMEA release schedules that well) then there are usually a few bugs that need ironing out. Payroll - Your license agreement covers what products you get and the support offered.  Where there has been an official country release for Payroll, changes to legislative requirements are usually incorporated into the system as soon as possible. Patches - This is an ongoing saga.  In prinicple any patch can affect just about anything that you have sitting in your system.  If you have gone vanilla (ie no customisations) then patches tend to be a lot easier to apply.  However, where customisations have been made, any patch applied will need to be checked to confirm that it will not impact on your customisations.  Good version control and frequent backups are very useful here. Customisations in PS vs SAP - There are no specific breakpoints.  The application designer is the same toolkit used by the developers of the product.  In effect you have total access.  You can put development standards in place to safeguard your customisations so as to minimise the impact of patches, but the only way to gurarantee total compliance is to go pure vanilla. Use of version control tools and frequent back-ups is the best approach, in my experience, to applying patches to customisations.  Doing as much of your customisation in stored procedures is also helpful.  In this way you can keep the original code and just add your procedure calls at specific parts in the code.  If this code is changed by a patch, you can simply re-enter your own procedure calls rather than pasting in reams of code.

Message by cruizer91 on  April 14 2003 at 2:46 pm   Location: United States   Joined: April 14 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote hi there...I'm new to writing PeopleSoft code...I just wrote a Shell command(using PeopleSoftcode) to execute a ReportSmith report, however, what I want to do is to pass certain parameters to the ReportSmith file so that the user doesnt have to type in the parameters everytime the report is opened....how do I do this?... any suggestions would be much appreciated...thank you     cruizer91

Message by Howler_Fish on  April 14 2003 at 6:09 pm   Location: Not Given   Joined: January 19 2003   Posts: 170   Profile Search Quote Hi Cruizer91, I'm not familiar with ReportSmith.  Could you paste the command line that you used from PeopleCode ?  How would you pass parameters to ReportSmith normally, are they appended to the run request (ie C:\TEMP\REPORTSMTH.EXE -eicd -rtjr) or are they expanded from a menu ? HF

Message by rferreras on  April 18 2003 at 9:02 pm   Location: United States   Joined: April 18 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote There is no way that you can feed in the prompts to Reportsmith in the manner that you describe.  But I can imagine that you could 'get around it' by writing to a SQL table your 'input' variables, then modify the Reportsmith to use your custom SQL table to join your Reportsmith together? Another possibility, is you can create a 'custom' Reportsmith Macro Program that your PeopleCode 'could' execute. c:\Progra~1\SRS\rptsmith\rptsmith.exe c:\temp\load.mac Check out http://srs-inc.com/Products/BuyDocs.asp for more documentation on ReportSmith Macros.

Message by ramkireddy on  April 20 2003 at 7:53 am   Location: United States   Joined: April 20 2003   Posts: 2   Profile Search Quote Hi, Iam new to peoplesoft and would like to know how I can view my menu  in the browser..Iam working with Peoplesoft 8.1(PIA). I have started by creating fields,records,pages,components and trying to create a MENU object to display my page on the browser...I tried several options under " Maintain Security " tool but was unable to setup the security options required to display my menu...I read all the manuals but couldn't figure out a way out.... I would appreciate any help in getting my menu working.. Thanks in Advance         People

Message by doughg on  April 22 2003 at 4:10 pm   Location: Canada   Joined: April 22 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote where can I find a tutoral on peoplesoft financial DHG

Message by inspiin on  April 23 2003 at 9:50 pm   Location: Not Given   Joined: April 23 2003   Posts: 2   Profile Search Quote Hi, I am not very clear what u have done in maitain security option. According to me, Add your menu to a permission list and associate that permission list to a role which ur profile have access.This is applicable to PIA not for portal .       Nitin

Message by gary1 on  April 25 2003 at 11:59 am   Location: United States   Joined: April 23 2003   Posts: 6   Profile Search Quote HI Ramki,  I am also new to PS. try this,  Once you created the component,  create a new menu or open any existing menu (administer workforse(gbl)), and add your component as a menu item. after that got to maintan security -> use -> Permission Lists -> General --> update/display and search for a permission list(say cphp1000) and goto 'Pages' tab and click on 'edit components' button of Administer_workforse_gbl and there you will find your customized component.  Click on 'Edit Pages' of your customized component and click 'select all' to give security. then click ok and save the security settings. Now you can goto administer workforce(gbl) and find your customized component as a menu item. Hope this helps you. ~Gary. Thanks, Gary

Message by ramkireddy on  April 28 2003 at 10:02 am   Location: United States   Joined: April 20 2003   Posts: 2   Profile Search Quote Thanks Gary. It's working now...I was able to view my pages on the browser and do a lot more things ...add..update...insert new values into my tables from the interface... Ramki     People

Message by carynweber on  May 07 2003 at 1:35 pm   Location: United States   Joined: May 07 2003   Posts: 16   Profile Search Quote We are using the CIS PeopleSoft module.  We are trying to retrieve the data from the grid that is on Level2 on the billing history page so we can get an average of the consumption to put in a field on Level0.  We are having an issue determining how to retrieve the data.  Is anyone familiar with this?  Thanks!

Message by derekt on  May 11 2003 at 2:39 pm   Location: United States   Joined: January 29 2003   Posts: 79   Profile Search Quote Take a look at the PeopleSoftPros Tip entitled "PeopleCode to Grab Your Grid Data". This should give you a good start. You can find it under Tips - PeopleTools - D

Message by timktai on  May 28 2003 at 6:06 pm   Location: United States   Joined: May 28 2003   Posts: 6   Profile Search Quote It's really tough to break into this field because the startup costs are so high For which you can blame PS themselves for not encouraging independent consultants. Paying for training by yourself with no prior experience is fairly worthless, since nobody will hire you as a PS techie unless you have experience on the system. What I'd suggest is getting yourself hired by a consulting company that will be willing to expose you to PeopleSoft.  Emphasize your people skills and your experience with getting implementation projects up and going.

Message by juneelliott on  May 30 2003 at 7:55 am   Location: United States   Joined: May 30 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Hi, I would be interested in your upgrade experiences from PeopleSoft 8.3 to PeopleSoft 8.8.  How long did it take?  Was it worth it?  Are there a lot of functionality differences?  What benefits did it bring to your company? Anything you could provide would be helpful.   June Elliott 610-669-6647

Message by raviudi on  June 03 2003 at 5:14 am   Location: United States   Joined: June 03 2003   Posts: 2   Profile Search Quote Hi, May i know the main tables and pages used in order capture module in Peoplesoft CRM. Thanks RU

Message by airabhi on  June 05 2003 at 12:05 pm   Location: United States   Joined: April 01 2003   Posts: 7   Profile Search Quote Hello June   We just finished with the fit gap analysis of peoplesoft 8.8 from 8.3. If u are upgrading your tool version to 8.42, then it really makes sense. Its is much more bug free and stable compared to earlier versions. Functionality isnt much different although you can look in to customer connection for the details. Certain records and fields are changed. They have also changed the layout. Tools is a suprise though. Its neat and more sleek now.          We started installation in Feb end. There wasn't much help from the customer connection that time. There were couple of bugs that they fixed later on. So it took us a lot of time installing and configuring it with the data.  The time frame really depends how much customization you are having. We had planned it to finish the complete upgrade in 4 months flat. We are surely on track now.  If u are upgrading, its a right time to upgrade. The tools are worth every penny spend. You also get a good 4 years support form the release date. If you company is planning to install CRM in the near future or has CRM from peoplesoft, this new app version gives a nice cushion with new features as HR Help Desk and Sales Incentive Management(SIM). If you have any problems please feel free to ask. Cheers Abhi   Abhi

Message by Gabriel on  June 11 2003 at 9:01 am   Location: France   Joined: March 13 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote tables : You should get access to the Entity Relationship Data Model via customer connection...and choose the ERDs according to the release (8.4 ? 8.8 ?)   pages : well, browse through the application and check ! (it's the best way...). Do not forget that in order to get Order Capture, you should be well aware of the product datamodel ( It depends also on what you want to implement : Core, CRM for Communications, FSI... CRM consultant

Message by ollings on  June 17 2003 at 1:32 pm   Location: United States   Joined: June 17 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote I am trying to find the best source of reading relating to this particular PeopleBook.  Any ideas?

Message by vjaya on  June 20 2003 at 9:47 am   Location: Singapore   Joined: June 05 2003   Posts: 8   Profile Search Quote Hi Can u Explain me PeopleSoft Internet Architecture Vijaya

Message by derekt on  June 20 2003 at 11:27 am   Location: United States   Joined: January 29 2003   Posts: 79   Profile Search Quote Vijaya, Take a look at the following article to get more info on the PIA. PeopleSoft Internet Architecture: An Open Architecture for Internet Access and Integration Derek

Message by vjaya14 on  June 21 2003 at 6:08 am   Location: Singapore   Joined: June 06 2003   Posts: 5   Profile Search Quote Thank u Mr.Derek   Vijaya Vijaya

Message by rayb on  June 21 2003 at 9:56 pm   Location: United States   Joined: June 21 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Hi to all, I am new to this forum and new to PeopleSoft... I have 10+ years exp in IT/Networking in the Finacial Industry. I am interested in changing careers to working with Peoplesoft. I would be greatful for anyone to answer and share some commenst/thoughts to the questions below? What is the Job market outlook for "NEW" peoplesoft consultants? Regarding the various PS specialties (HRMS, Financials, Student Admin, etc) - Which one of those specialties are more lucrative and demanding in the job marketplace? And, which of those PS product is easier to pick-up? Being that I have many years experience in IT/Networks, Linux, Web Servers and Network Security and such, are those skills transferable to becomming a PS Consultant? Or, will they become irrelavant (Hope not)? If those skills will help, in what way? If someone trains and  specialize in one PS product, what is (if any) the learning curve to also work in the other PS product specialty?  By learning one PS Product would it be possible to also work on other PS products or will it require new training skills for each PS product (ex: HRMS, Financials, etc) For many reasons, I have a particular interest in the PS Student Administration Products - What is the demand for this specialty? I would like to specialize in HRMS coupled with the Student Admin product. I am one that have considerable knowledge of internet technology, so I would like to know the PS ebusiness or portals product line as well. What are the prospects in finding employment as an Entry-Level PS consultant (With just some of the training)? What would be an Ideal range of salary to expect (Considering, my 10+ year exp in IT/Networks)? For entry-level positions, what type of work would I get involved with? What are job roles from entry-level to more seniors? Lastly, getting training from peoplesoft would that alone put me in a position to get a job? Can I get by with just reading books OR is training the BEST way to go? How hard are the exam certifications? Any other comments to help guide me would be MUCH appreciated, THANKS!

Message by sripada03 on  June 22 2003 at 10:52 pm   Location: India   Joined: June 22 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Can one let me know how can we get certification in PeopleSoft 8.X.Are there any sites where the dummy/sample questionaries be downloaded for having idea to attempt for certification. Thanks

Message by JeffMcNeill on  June 24 2003 at 10:13 am   Location: Canada   Joined: June 24 2003   Posts: 2   Profile Search Quote I am looking into what it would take to do the following: In ver. 7.6 HTML Access it was possible to create panels --> generate business processes (which creates html and asp pages) --> modify newly created pages to include additional logic with asp code, etc... However with ver. 8.x are you still able to modify the web pages in the same manner? As well we have a "home-grown" web application that is used for students to create their timetables. This has been built with html and perl, is it possible to have ver. 8.x link to an external page outside of the application?   Sorry I am extremely new to ver. 8, any info would be appreciated.   Jeff McNeill

Message by derekt on  June 24 2003 at 1:17 pm   Location: United States   Joined: January 29 2003   Posts: 79   Profile Search Quote Jeff, You can do the same thing. However, in version 8 you would modify and create new ISCRIPT functions. Open the record WEBLIB_ISCRIPT1 .. 2.. & 3..  and look at the peoplecode to see what I mean Hope that helps Derek

Message by rbaumann on  June 24 2003 at 3:37 pm   Location: United States   Joined: June 24 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote I'm interested if anyone out there has taken the Peopletools certification exam (8.0 or 8.4) ???  Tell me about your experience ?  What do I need to study?  Is it text book questions or real-life scenarios ?  Lots of questions.  Please respond, anyone.  Thanks SimplePSuser

Message by JeffMcNeill on  June 26 2003 at 7:39 am   Location: Canada   Joined: June 24 2003   Posts: 2   Profile Search Quote Derek, Thanks for the reply, I have taken a look for this record and I cannot see it. There are other WEBLIB records just not _ISCRIPT1 We are using Financials version 8.40, we do not have the portal installed, is this required? Also are there any peoplebooks available for this type of development? Also have you taken any PeopleSoft courses for this type of development?

Message by imexsys on  June 27 2003 at 3:12 pm   Location: Canada   Joined: June 27 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Hello, Would appreciate any input into some questions regarding peoplesoft portal implementation What are the different stages of Peoplesoft Portal Implementation?? Do we have to install the Portal database on a different webserver from the content database? How do we provide a secure single sign-on access to the various self-services within the portal?? Is there a need to purchase a secondary sign-on software for better security?  How do we integrate the third party electronic service delivery applications into the portal?? Many Thanks in advance, Jay Jay

Message by sunil_san on  July 25 2003 at 11:30 am   Location: United States   Joined: July 25 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote I am confused with Oracle SID and PeopleSoft database name. I am trying to install PeopleTools 8.15, with HRMS 8 SP1 on Oracle 8.1.7. Initially I created an Oracle SID with name dev8. Now, should I name my peoplesoft database i'm trying to create the same as dev8? If i can use a different name for peoplesoft database say PT810DMO, is this what i put under the database field in config manager, database setup, data mover import scripts and when i login to application designer and how do i change my tnsnames.ora file for the new PT810DMO, if i need to? I find that i can login to sqplus with people@dev8/peop1e, psowner@dev8/psowner, but not to application designer with either usernames, or even PS/PS, which is my user id in config manager. any help is greatly appreciated.

Message by tomgrieve on  July 29 2003 at 12:21 am   Location: Australia   Joined: July 29 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Does anybody know of any documentation for the structure of the system files for PeopleSoft, we are attempting to create a tool for comparing all peoplesoft objects between 2 different databases, and not sure which tables we need to look in for all of the information

Message by Makoto on  July 29 2003 at 12:49 am   Location: Japan   Joined: July 23 2003   Posts: 8   Profile Search Quote Hello. If you permitted,  you can use "Tools > Upgrade > Compare" on App. Designer Menu. In Compare Options, you can choose Compare Type as 'Project' or 'Database' . Details is in PeopleBook, 'Application Designer > Upgrading with Application Designer'. And... I don't know any documentation written about system file tables. We have nothing to do without researching about it. It costs very very long time because some status seems to assigned as binary numeral. If someone have that documentations, I also want to see that. - M a K o T o - thanks.

Message by proman40 on  July 30 2003 at 6:46 am   Location: Canada   Joined: November 26 2002   Posts: 34   Profile Search Quote The SID can be different than the PS database name.  The DB name is the one you will place in the PeopleSoft configuration manager ... not the SID.  Common practice is to leave the SID and DB name the same but I have seen the SID different at some sites.  Another common practice is not to name the database after the tools release (as you would like to use PT810DMO) ... use the application name ... i.e. HCMDMO88 for Human Capital Management Demo version 8.8. Af far as user id .... for HRMS it's PS with the connect id of people (for demo databases). hth ...

Message by proman40 on  July 30 2003 at 6:52 am   Location: Canada   Joined: November 26 2002   Posts: 34   Profile Search Quote Agreed ... why write a tool to compare when PeopleSoft delivers one?

Message by T. Bravender on  July 30 2003 at 8:10 am   Location: United States   Joined: July 30 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Can anyone please tell me how to get on track with PeopleSoft training? I would  like to obtain formal training with PeopleSoft but don't know where to start. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! T.Bravender

Message by bluersx510 on  July 31 2003 at 3:41 am   Location: Not Given   Joined: July 09 2003   Posts: 70   Profile Search Quote Why are you looking to compare?  As for the built in compare process, doesn't that only compare the PS_ tables?  How 'bout the system catalog tables such as: PSXXXXXX without the spacing?   ----------------------------- "A stupid question is only one that is not asked... " Favorite PeopleSoft Forums www.askVP1.com www.peoplesoftpros.com www.peoplesoftfans.com

Message by bluersx510 on  July 31 2003 at 3:55 am   Location: Not Given   Joined: July 09 2003   Posts: 70   Profile Search Quote I think it really depends on the application... also, using tools 8.4x is much more stable so that's uusally better.   However, not having the 2 tier client access takes a bit of getting usd to.. and trace/debug is a little bit slower since everything is over the web.   ----------------------------- "A stupid question is only one that is not asked... " Favorite PeopleSoft Forums www.askVP1.com www.peoplesoftpros.com www.peoplesoftfans.com

Message by bluersx510 on  July 31 2003 at 4:04 am   Location: Not Given   Joined: July 09 2003   Posts: 70   Profile Search Quote there are MANY MANY tables involved.. the datamodels have also changed significantly between the versions out there now..   ----------------------------- "A stupid question is only one that is not asked... " Favorite PeopleSoft Forums www.askVP1.com www.peoplesoftpros.com www.peoplesoftfans.com

Message by bluersx510 on  July 31 2003 at 4:05 am   Location: Not Given   Joined: July 09 2003   Posts: 70   Profile Search Quote You should check w/ PSU at peoplesoft.  It's PeopleSoft University.  They have many training divisions.   I think if you have a certain number to attend, they will also come out on site.   ----------------------------- "A stupid question is only one that is not asked... " Favorite PeopleSoft Forums www.askVP1.com www.peoplesoftpros.com www.peoplesoftfans.com

Message by bluersx510 on  July 31 2003 at 4:08 am   Location: Not Given   Joined: July 09 2003   Posts: 70   Profile Search Quote What version of portal?  Did you also get the portal packs?  ALso, how many other databases do you have? As for different database/webserver, it depends on your activity.. how many concurrent users do you anticipate?  Sizing should be done as part of the implementation analysis..     ----------------------------- "A stupid question is only one that is not asked... " Favorite PeopleSoft Forums www.askVP1.com www.peoplesoftpros.com www.peoplesoftfans.com

Message by Cavern_Guy on  July 31 2003 at 11:52 am   Location: United States   Joined: July 31 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote My company is considering PeopleSoft. I have a couple of semi-techie questions. Do we have to track/maintain different PeopleSoft CDs for different platforms/databases? In other words, does PeopleSoft produce different CDs for each platform (i.e., Sun, HP, etc.) ? Does it product different CDs for different databases (i.e., DB2, Oracle, etc.)? Or are all platforms/databases on one set of CDs (we use one set of CDs to support different platforms/hardware environments)? Does PeopleSoft run on Sun Solaris x86 operating system? Thank you.

Message by Mani_rat on  August 05 2003 at 1:34 am   Location: India   Joined: August 05 2003   Posts: 7   Profile Search Quote Hi Is it possible to create a crystal report using the peoplesoft trees? How can  I use tree structure in peoplesoft query? Please let me know the solution Thanks in advance. Regards R.Manikandan.

Message by peoplegirl on  August 05 2003 at 9:12 pm   Location: United States   Joined: August 05 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote hai I am planning to learn peoplesoft . can some one help me which module is best (peoplesoft hrms or financials). thanks in advance peoplegrl

Message by galla47 on  August 07 2003 at 11:54 am   Location: United States   Joined: August 07 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote The first thing I have to say is Argh. I wanted to see if anyone has had any experience with LDAP authentication or with PeopleSoft's Directory Interface (PDI). My biggest question around the authentication piece is can I authenticate against a directory attribute longer than 30 characters.  I keep failing if it does.  I've also found that the User ID Alias feature likewise does not work if the email address entered is longer than 30 chars (though PeopleBooks says it can work up to 70).  Has anyone else experienced this?  Has anyone figured out a workaround? Second question around PDI.  Does anyone have any good "How-to" guide on how to configure it.  I've gotten it to work for Hire transactions, but not for Updates.  I'm confused about effective dated rows, and how the updates work.  I'm also confused about how the "1 to Many" records work, such as phone types or addresses...  Does anyone have any documentation on this? Thanks! PeopleTools 8.42.09 HRMS 8.8

Message by kishore_22 on  August 12 2003 at 12:39 pm   Location: United States   Joined: August 12 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Hi All!! I am going to attend a peoplesoft training from this weekend. Can u suggest me is it worth to get training and wht are the chances of getting a job after I finish the training. Thanx.

Message by derekt on  August 14 2003 at 1:22 pm   Location: United States   Joined: January 29 2003   Posts: 79   Profile Search Quote Training is a great idea. Especially if you are new to PeopleSoft. However, most companies like to hire candidates with hands on experience. Nonetheless, there are companies and universities that are looking for entry level candidates. Best of Luck! -D

Message by uvajonw on  August 15 2003 at 12:15 pm   Location: United States   Joined: August 15 2003   Posts: 3   Profile Search Quote Does anybody have any opinions about the deal? What are the alternatives to Peoplesoft and Oracle? Do the companies compete head-to-head in any categories (HRMS etc?)and who has the better product? Do you think prices will rise as a result of the deal? What are the customers saying about the competitive impact of the deal???  JAW

Message by uvajonw on  August 15 2003 at 12:16 pm   Location: United States   Joined: August 15 2003   Posts: 3   Profile Search Quote Does anybody have any new opinions about the deal? What are the alternatives to Peoplesoft and Oracle? Do the companies compete head-to-head in any categories (HRMS etc?)and who has the better product? Do you think prices will rise as a result of the deal? What are the customers saying about the competitive impact of the deal???  JAW

Message by kris96 on  August 18 2003 at 5:14 am   Location: Not Given   Joined: August 18 2003   Posts: 2   Profile Search Quote Hello! Momentary I'm looking for informations about the different documentations of PeopleSoft, Oracle and Navision. Do you got any informations: for which target group the documentations are available if different documentations are existing for each target group (end user, implementer) if the documentations are included in the software packages or if they're separately offered offered online or offline in which languages are the documentations offered are all parts of the documentations are offered in different languages Or do you just got any hints, where I can find these informations. thanks a lot chris p.S.: I'm needing the informations for my exam

Message by kris96 on  August 18 2003 at 5:17 am   Location: Not Given   Joined: August 18 2003   Posts: 2   Profile Search Quote  Hello! Momentary I'm looking for information about the different documentations of PeopleSoft, Oracle and Navision. Do you got any information: for which target group the documentations are available if different documentations are existing for each target group (end user, implementer) if the documentations are included in the software packages or if they're separately offered offered online or offline in which languages are the documentations offered are all parts of the documentations are offered in different languages Or do you just got any hints, where I can find these information. thanks a lot chris p.S.: I'm needing the information for my exam

Message by derekt on  August 19 2003 at 5:36 am   Location: United States   Joined: January 29 2003   Posts: 79   Profile Search Quote I believe that there is no doubt that PeopleSoft will prevail as Oracle will not be allowed to legally acquire PeopleSoft.   It's obvious that Ellison will not stop until he gets what he wants or gets told he can't legally have it.  Additionally, PeopleSoft is a far superior product due to its 100% pure Internet architecture and the ability to connect suppliers, customers, and employees in real time. The only good alternative to Oracle and PeopleSoft is SAP, which may just be the winner as it displays its consistency in this market place.

Message by prasanna_borse on  August 20 2003 at 7:50 am   Location: India   Joined: May 26 2003   Posts: 7   Profile Search Quote Hi Jay In order to implement peoplesoft protal , we need to install the portal web server + portal application server + database . Enterprise portals really provide out-of-box integration with other peoplesoft applcations like peoplesoft financials, HRMS ,CRM etc . But In order to integrate with non-peoplesoft systems we need to use integration technoloies like Integration Broker , Business Interlinks , Application engine (flat file interface ) . It really depends on what kind of system u are integrating with peoplesoft. For single sign on feature we need to integrate the peoplesoft app server with the LDAP server which is not a very complex task nopw a days. I have tried to answer u r quetions in short , do write me back in case u need more information Thanks & Regards Prasanna prasanna_borse@hotmail.com

Message by kvasireddy on  August 20 2003 at 8:26 pm   Location: United States   Joined: August 20 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Hi Galla... First of all I am very happy to note that there is another colleague who is working on PDI... I need some real help from you....we are configuring the PDI now...can you please let me know how u have proceeded.... Its heartening to hear it worked fro Hire transactions....can you please sahre the info.. I work at UN..we have peculiar situation here...many hires takes place in Finance...how do we ensure that also can trigger an update in PDI.. A basic question we are still not clear - Is PDI a separate application/ module or part of HR only.... Where PDI resides and where can we find the tables asscoaited with that...is it a separate Data base....and waht is actually stored in PDI... Any documentations and info that u have other that in PeopleBooks and customer connection will be helpful.. Also, can you send me ur contacts at krishna.vasireddy@undp.org will share all that i have Thanks a ton in advance Krishna   w

Message by jiggyp100 on  August 23 2003 at 8:58 am   Location: United States   Joined: August 23 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote Can anyone recommend a good book that covers PS Administration for a Systems/Network Engineer? JP

Message by skusuma on  August 23 2003 at 2:50 pm   Location: United States   Joined: August 23 2003   Posts: 2   Profile Search Quote Hi there, Even I was looking for book like that.  I bought one on amazon.com (peoplesoft administrator's guide - Darrell Bilbrey - Sybex).  I just started reading it.  Please let me know if you find any other. Thank you Kusuma

Message by ps4u on  September 04 2003 at 11:36 am   Location: China   Joined: September 04 2003   Posts: 3   Profile Search Quote Quote: Originally posted by kris96 on August?8?003 Hello! Momentary I'm looking for informations about the different documentations of PeopleSoft, Oracle and Navision. Do you got any informations: for which target group the documentations are available if different documentations are existing for each target group (end user, implementer) if the documentations are included in the software packages or if they're separately offered offered online or offline in which languages are the documentations offered are all parts of the documentations are offered in different languages Or do you just got any hints, where I can find these informations. thanks a lot chris p.S.: I'm needing the informations for my exam

Message by ps4u on  September 04 2003 at 11:39 am   Location: China   Joined: September 04 2003   Posts: 3   Profile Search Quote hi chris,   u can contact me at cheungkw33@hotmail.com i have peoplesoft 8.4 finance/HRM/Payroll/other module documentation for end user cheer up jimmy

Message by travelingwilly on  September 05 2003 at 7:13 am   Location: United States   Joined: September 05 2003   Posts: 6   Profile Search Quote Help !!! I am trying to install PeopleTools on one machine. So I need to set up Ms/SQL , Peopletools, weblogic. and Jolt etc. But the documentation Sucks on how to do it.  Does anybody have a step by step guide on how it should be set up, What needs to be set up. and how I can get all this working happly.  Please Would really appreciate it.   Will

Message by starapple16 on  September 08 2003 at 1:09 am   Location: Philippines   Joined: September 04 2003   Posts: 2   Profile Search Quote Hello, I have been trying to configure our webserver to allow the Help Link on PeopleBooks 4-tier to work.  Currently, on clicking the Help link, we get a message: "Help not found". I have inserted a url to our config.properties,that is: helpUrl=http://www.hrssdev.company.com:86/peoplebooks/f1search.htm?ContextID=%CONTEXT_ID%&LangCD=%LANG_CD% I observed,however, that when going into several components, e.g. Develop Workforce > Administer Training > Use > Course Session Enrollment This is the only time that clicking on the help link actually directs to the PeopleBooks Library. I was thinking that simply inserting the same link to the html file would solve the problem, however, I am having difficulty looking for the said file. Any suggestions on solving this issue would be greatly appreciated Thanks

Message by travelingwilly on  September 10 2003 at 8:19 am   Location: United States   Joined: September 05 2003   Posts: 6   Profile Search Quote Okay .. I nstalled every thing ... and tried to create a PS Database. But I keep getting a not authorized error or SQL server does not exist.  I had created an empty DB insql and the server is running for it.  But peoplesoft does not seem to work properly. What am I missing ??? Will

Message by venkats on  September 10 2003 at 3:57 pm   Location: United States   Joined: December 24 2002   Posts: 21   Profile Search Quote Is this a licensed version of psft. I can help as long as it is truly licensed. Venkat www.hewittandlarsen.com

Message by travelingwilly on  September 10 2003 at 4:38 pm   Location: United States   Joined: September 05 2003   Posts: 6   Profile Search Quote Yes we got the licence. Full Package. a few people went on a peoples tools course (me for one). Syetems are being set up as we speak. But would like to get statrted and get the quirks out before. I have down loaded the 8.4307 patch today to see if that helps. Seems like somthing is missing.   Will

Message by venkats on  September 11 2003 at 7:30 am   Location: United States   Joined: December 24 2002   Posts: 21   Profile Search Quote Where exactly is the issue?. Can you elaborate. Go by the install manual. Setup the thirs party components first. Weblogic /Webspehere, Tux. Install the PIA and App server components. Then install the file server part. Then install database. Setup is pretty straightforward if you follow the manual. Can you give more specifics. Contact me offline if you want. venkat_lserv@hewittandlarsen.com. Are you looking for a quick onsite / remote consulting during the weekend?. Please visit www.hewittandlarsen.com we specialize on high end consulting for PS architecture / install. Regards, Venkat

Message by boreda_s on  September 18 2003 at 12:43 pm   Location: United States   Joined: January 28 2003   Posts: 9   Profile Search Quote Make sure all the properties of Hyperlink or correct & Update/Display in Action Column. bs

Message by BryanHarrison on  September 25 2003 at 11:33 am   Location: United States   Joined: September 25 2003   Posts: 1   Profile Search Quote We are implementing Signon PeopleCode which will by pass PeopleSoft login process and use our login process. This will open PeopleSoft within a frame. If we close that frame and try to login again, the signon Peoplecode does not get called. PeopleSoft has a 'log out' link at the top of the page. I believe we need to replicate what this log-out link is doing. Does anyone know how I can tell what the log-out link is doing? Is it calling PeopleCode Bryan Harrison