How to Change Upgrade Options in Change Assistant
When performing upgrades using Change Assistant, most of the tasks, which require manual input are taken care by the Change Assistant itself. For example, when migrating a project or when copying a project manually using AppDesigner, you need to manually take care of the Copy and General Options. It is not the case when using […]
Continue readingDatabase Setup Error – Character Length Semantics is not Enabled
During installation of PeopleTools with Oracle database, there is a common error, which occurs during the step of Database Setup. This error is Character Length Semantics (CLS) not Enabled. Character Length Semantics (CLS) is not enabled error occurs when you select the type of database as Unicode and then you’re prompted to select the type of PeopleSoft […]
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Cryptojacked PeopleSoft Instances
Cryptojack, a recently coined verb that is not in the dictionaries yet but may soon find its place! The word Cryptojack has been derived from the word hijack, which as per dictionary means: to force someone to give you control of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship that is in the middle of a trip. Someone who hijacks someone else’s ideas or plans uses those ideas and claims to have created them. Several real life incidents […]
Continue readingFaster Way to find solution on Oracle Support
Have your tried to search for a solution on Oracle Support but you get similar search results even if you change your search term? Not sure if it happened with you but it has sure happened a lot with us. Looks like Oracle has few top results (may be popular) that are ranked higher than […]
Continue readingYour PeopleSoft application is at a risk of getting HACKED..
Your PeopleSoft application is really at a risk of getting hacked as a security vulnerability was found recently. Due to this, any hacker can easily get into your PeopleSoft application and can access critical data such as payroll, personal info, financial information without need for a valid username and password. It’s a scary thought for […]
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New Features in PeopleTools 8.56
PeopleTools 8.56 released on June 09 2017 comes with new features for development, system etc. Unlike PeopleTools 8.55 list of new features is not big but there are few changes worth noting. PeopleTools 8.56 Operating System Support PeopleTools 8.56 won’t support the following OS SuSE Linux Solarix x86-64 Linux on Z system As per Oracle, […]
Continue readingPeopleTools 8.56 is available now
On June 09 2017, Oracle released PeopleTools 8.56. It was announced on Oracle’s Blog and with links to PeopleTools 8.56 reference documents. Before you take a deep dive into PeopleTools 8.56, watch below video to understand what’s new in this latest version of PeopleTools. See : How to Install PeopleTools 8.56
Continue readingHow to Find if a Server is Virtual or Physical
Generally speaking most virtual environments are hardware virtualized. In many cases you can’t easily run another hardware virtualization layer inside of that. That is why some software require that the machine they run from – it has to be physical. So, sometimes you may have a need to find out if a server is virtual […]
Continue readingPeopleSoft WorkCenter Introduction
Prior to PeopleSoft 9.2 application release, users had to navigate through several pages in order to complete their everyday activities. Activities like entering data, resolving exceptions, running processes, reports, queries etc. involve a lot of decision-making. Decision makers had to “click” through numerous menu selections or save shortcuts (customize menu) to access data while making […]
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Elastic Search to be available in PeopleTools 8.55 Patch
In 2015 Oracle Open World, Oracle announced that a new search engine for PeopleTools 8.56 – Elastic Search. This year, in 2016 Oracle Open World – they announced that Elastic Search will also become available in upcoming PeopleTools 8.55 Patch. The way things are, hopefully it would be available in PeopleTools 8.55 Patch 11. Oracle […]
Continue readingPeopleSoft and Crystal
This post is in response to the questions we’ve received with regard to PeopleSoft and Crystal. Below is a brief history of how Crystal license, certification and support for use in PeopleSoft has changed over the years. In August 2010, Oracle announced that they’re moving to a business model where customers will have to license […]
Continue readingSecret PSADMIN feature you didn’t know about
PeopleSoft psadmin utility is used to administer PS App server , process scheduler and web server domains. There are set menu options that you can use to administer or configure any of the above mentioned components. To use any option, you simply enter the value on the psadmin menu and proceed with your task. But […]
Continue readingHow to quickly find Report Retention Period in PeopleSoft
PeopleSoft can be configured to purge reports/ process request entries periodically based on the how long reports/processes are needed for day to day activities or audit purposes. There are 2 ways to quickly find out the report retention period in PeopleSoft. Online Page: Navigate to PeopleTools > Process Scheduler > System Settings On ‘Process System’ […]
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Error when invoking PeopleSoft Application Designer
Recently, I was working on one of my old desktop system which I use to test different setups & new things in PeopleSoft and as I was trying to invoke Application Designer on PeopleTools 8.55, I got this weird error which I hadn’t seen earlier. Error when invoking PeopleSoft Application Designer (pside.exe). I was invoking […]
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How To Find and Change Current Style Sheet in PeopleSoft
PeopleSoft Style Sheets controls the look and feel of the PeopleSoft Application. There are several style sheets available in PeopleSoft which can be used to change the appearance of PeopleSoft Application. Oracle sets a default style sheet for each application version. Below is the list of default Style Sheet for different Application Version. 9.0 and earlier […]
Continue readingPeopleSoft Upgrade Accelerators
Most of the organizations using PeopleSoft applications are either upgrading their existing PeopleSoft applications to PeopleSoft 9.2 version or are planning to do it in near future. Upgrading a PeopleSoft application can be a huge effort and requires consideration of so many things especially money & time and we all know “Time is Money”. […]
Continue readingWhat are AlterAudit, Sysaudit and DDDAudit reports in PeopleSoft
Alter Audit is a process that identifies any records that require SQL Alter process. i.e. if the Data Designer definition doesn’t match Database definition. All records that are flagged should be Altered. SQL Alter – The primary purpose of the Application Designer’s “SQL Alter” function is to bring SQL tables into accordance with PeopleTools record […]
Continue readingPeopleSoft Token authentication failed: issuing node PSFT_HR is not a trusted node
If you’ve implemented single signon and it may cease to work in certain situations like when database refresh is done or PIA is reinstalled. You can get error like “PeopleSoft Token authentication failed: issuing node PSF_HR is not a trusted node.” Single signon setup usually breaks when you do a database refresh and do not exclude […]
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