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Understanding DirectTransfer

PeopleSoft Search Framework makes use of the DirectTransfer technology to transfer data from a PeopleSoft application database to Elasticsearch. It has two options for transferring search data (search data means search documents with or without attachments):Using Integration GatewayBypassing Integration Gateway.When Integration Broker is not involved in the transfer of search data, it is known as […]

How to Completely Uninstall Puppet

PeopleSoft DPKs use Puppet to automate the installation of software and deployment of PeopleSoft domains and PeopleTools. When you perform installation using any PeopleSoft DPK, it installs Puppet on the computer or server if the appropriate version is not present already. Usually you won’t have any issue with the Puppet software but there are some […]

New features in Process Scheduler for PeopleTools 8.57

PeopleTools 8.57 has several new updates to process scheduler as well. These are not major updates but small changes that can help in day to day activities. Here are the changes to PeopleSoft process scheduler in PeopleTools 8.57. Report Distribution to network share Report Distribution currently supports moving reports to FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS […]

PUM Error: Source and Target must be the same product line

In another recent post, we discussed how to fix PUM Error: Incompatible PeopleTools version and in this post we will learn how to fix another PUM error – ‘PUM source and target must be the same productline’. PUM Error: Source and Target must be the same product line WHEN does this error occur? This […]

Find Size of PeopleSoft Tables and indexes [SQL]

What is the biggest pain for PeopleSoft Admins/DBA or any PeopleSoft consultant supporting the application? That’s when performance of PeopleSoft application is really sluggish. There are hundreds of things that could go wrong and one of those is directly related to size of your PeopleSoft database. PeopleSoft database consists of PeopleSoft Tables, indexes and few other objects […]

SQL to find when PeopleSoft table was built and analyzed in Oracle

Ever wondered when a PeopleSoft table was last built / altered or when its database stats were gathered ? Many times, you need to know that information to analyze what’s happening with a table. For example, your table may not be working correctly or the performance may be degraded. You may want to check when was the […]

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