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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 […]

WARNING: LLE Configuration discovered! Note that LLE has been deprecated. You should upgrade to SSL to secure network links

If you’re working with one of the latest versions of PeopleTools, it is likely that you’d have observed this warning in the appserver Tuxedo log (TUXLOG.mmddyy) and Weblogic logs (like PIA_weblogic.log): WARNING: LLE Configuration discovered! Note that LLE has been deprecated. You should upgrade to SSL to secure network links It is essentially a warning message indicating […]

Quickest way to find hidden portal objects [SQL]

You can hide PeopleSoft portal objects (e.g. content reference) from PeopleSoft Navigation. This can be done by navigating to ‘Structure and Content’ and selecting the checkbox ‘Hide from portal navigation’. Navigate to PeopleTools > Portal > Structure and Content Incase you don’t have access to this page to view the configuration, you can check this […]

PTPSQLRT – Error Encountered

After PeopleTools Upgrade, you need to compile Cobol programs and the entire process becomes trickier if you have custom Cobols, or if you use a custom compile script instead of the usual process laid out by Oracle and MicroFocus. Due to this it is pretty common to face Cobol issues post-PeopleTools upgrade. In this article, […]

How to Resolve PeopleSoft Process Scheduler Posting Issues

It is common to have have Posting issues after PeopleTools upgrade or Database refreshes or even PeopleSoft application upgrade. So, what exactly happens in a PeopleSoft Posting issue? When you run processes or PSJobs via PeopleSoft process scheduler — all those processes would get stuck in Posting status after going to success or going to […]

ORA-60019: Creating initial extent of size 14 in tablespace of extent size 13

During PeopleTools upgrade, there is a step to convert LONG datatypes to CLOB and BLOB. When using Oracle database, you may get this error: ORA-60019: Creatin g initial extent of size 14 in tablespace of extent size 13 The numbers associated with the extend size may change according to the tablespace involved in the DDL statement […]

How to Change Oracle PeopleSoft Logo in the Login Page

It is common to see a completely new login page after PeopleTools upgrade because Oracle PeopleSoft does minor or major changes to the login page with every PeopleTools release. Most of the organizations customize the default PeopleSoft login page with their own logo and hence, to avoid the end-users from freaking out after seeing the […]

ERROR: Verify That The Configurations Are Correct! (63,180)

In the recent PeopleTools versions, there has been a new option to avoid PeopleSoft process scheduler posting issues. This option validates whether PeopleSoft Report Node definition is correct or not. There is a Validate button in the Report Node Definition page, which does this job. In ideal cases, when you have the report node defined […]

PeopleSoft PeopleTools DPK Installation Locations

When doing native PeopleSoft PeopleTools VCD installation – you had to install several software separately and provide several locations as input during the installation process. For example, you had to provide PS_HOME, JDK Home, Tuxedo Home etc. When carrying out PeopleSoft PeopleTools DPK installation, you would be asked to provide only the location of PeopleSoft […]

Elasticsearch Split Brain Problem

When you start Elasticsearch on a server, you get a Node for Elasticsearch. When you you start Elasticsearch on another server or another instance of Elasticsearch on the same server, you get another Node. All these nodes together form a Cluster. With a cluster of nodes, data can be spread across multiple nodes. If you […]

How Does PeopleSoft Identify & Present According to your Device

In old days when the PeopleSoft application was non-responsive i.e. it was supported only for desktop/laptop computers, it was okay for us to open a PeopleSoft session in our smartphones and deal with regular finger zoom in-outs to carry the work we intended to. With the PeopleSoft application becoming Fluid capable and responsive, this task […]

What is JoltPooling?

PeopleSoft uses a middleware, Oracle Tuxedo to manage transactions between the application server and the database. PeopleSoft also uses Oracle Jolt for communication between PeopleSoft application server and the web server. When you install Tuxedo, Jolt gets installed by default and both, Tuxedo and Jolt are the required elements of the PeopleSoft application server. The PeopleSoft […]

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