What is PeopleSoft Remote Cobol Call?
Not all the PeopleSoft modules use Cobol and even those which use Cobols — not all of them use the Remote Call. PeopleSoft Cobol programs that use remote call can be found in NA Payroll, FSCM etc. PeopleSoft Remote Call programs can be frustrating at times. Sometimes they may break for no reason. And of […]
Continue readingHow to Verify if PeopleTools Install was Unicode or Non-Unicode
When you install PeopleTools, you’re asked whether the database is Unicode or Non-Unicode. Many-a-times, people make an incorrect selection because of incorrect information they had (I’ve heard comments like “I thought the database is Unicode but it turned out that production database was created as Unicode but the development database was created as Non-Unicode.” There […]
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Add welcome message to PeopleSoft Home Page
How do you notify PeopleSoft users about an event that has a system wide impact such as planned downtime or any other important update? Do you broadcast emails or post notice on internal portal or do you put a custom message for PeopleSoft login screen ? Here is how to put custom message on PeopleSoft […]
Continue readingFind PeopleSoft Navigation for a component using PIA
If you know the component name & have SQL access, you can use this SQL to find the navigation to the component. However there is an easier way to find the navigation to a component or page from PIA. Navigate to Enterprise Components > Find Object Navigation. On this page, you have different options to […]
Continue readingFind PeopleSoft Navigation for a component using SQL
You can use below SQL to find PeopleSoft Navigation to a component. In below SQL replace the value of PORTAL_URI_SEG2 with your component name. SELECT DISTINCT REVERSE(LTRIM(SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH (REVERSE(PORTAL_LABEL),’ >- ‘),’ >- ‘)) “NAVIGATION” FROM PSPRSMDEFN P WHERE PORTAL_OBJNAME = ‘PORTAL_ROOT_OBJECT’ START WITH PORTAL_URI_SEG2 = ‘PRCSDEFN’ — Replace with your Component Name CONNECT BY PRIOR PORTAL_PRNTOBJNAME […]
Continue readingQuickly Change Translate Values from PIA
You might know that you can modify translate values for PeopleSoft field from Application Designer by simply opening the field properties and navigating to ‘Translate Values’ tab. To perform this action, you need to have access to application designer. But did you know you could do the same from PIA very quickly? Yes, you can […]
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PeopleTools 8.56 Certifications
Whenever you plan to upgrade PeopleSoft or any other software that is related to PeopleSoft such as Operating system, Database, Office application, you always want to check if it’s certified with version of PeopleSoft application you plan to use. This information is provided by Oracle under PeopleTools certifications. I get these questions a lot from […]
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 readingPSnVision opens blank excel
PS/nVision is the reporting tool which many users love to use for reporting and its easy to use with lot of nice features. But at times when it doesn’t work, it becomes not-so-nice tool. In this post we will discuss how to fix the issue when PS/nVision opens up blank excel and doesn’t show the output. […]
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How To Change PS stylesheet using SQL
Stylesheets as the name suggests is the piece of code that adds style to your PeopleSoft application. When you log into PeopleSoft application, all the menus, colors , design are controlled by stylesheets. PeopleSoft application comes with a default stylesheet which can vary between different Application releases. Here are the default stylesheets for different PS […]
Continue readingDifference between PeopleSoft Cloud Architecture and PeopleSoft Cloud Manager
It’s very easy for someone to get confused with PeopleSoft Cloud Architecture and PeopleSoft Cloud Manager but both have really simple explanation. One is referred to the set of features use to get cloud like features and another is used to move and deploy in-house PeopleSoft environments to Oracle Cloud. Difference between PeopleSoft Cloud Architecture […]
Continue readingWhat is PeopleSoft Cloud Manager?
PeopleSoft Cloud Manager (PCM) is the latest feature offered by Oracle for PeopleSoft customers. It was made publicly available in Feb 2017. PeopleSoft Cloud Manager is based on the similar principle that were used by PCA (PeopleSoft Cloud Architecture). PCA allowed customers to take benefit of cloud like features such as dynamic scaling and quick […]
Continue readingChartField Request and Approval
In PeopleSoft FSCM, ‘ChartField Request’ page gives an option to request any additions or modifications of the ChartField values and to submit them for approval. Once approved, the process saves the new ChartField value to the corresponding base tables. Chartfield Request and Approval option will provide an effective and efficient way of managing ChartField. It’ll […]
Continue readingAbout Windows Powershell
Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 include Windows PowerShell 3.0 and all of its prerequisites. The system also includes the Windows PowerShell 2.0 engine for backward compatibility with host programs that cannot use Windows PowerShell 3.0. If you’re using a workstation or server not listed earlier – here is how to install Windows […]
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Creating a New PeopleSoft Account Tree
What is PeopleSoft Tree? A Tree is a hierarchical presentation of any Chartfield that can be further use for the purpose of summarization of data and reporting. We can utilize trees in the system to define rules, security, reporting and Chartfield combination editing. Whenever we apply any rule on summary Tree level that will be […]
Continue readingWhat is Puppet and what’s its significance in PeopleSoft?
If you’re familiar with PeopleTools 8.55 , then you must have heard about DPKs. DPK are the deployment kits which automates the installation and configuration of PS environment. DPK uses Puppet and Hiera for performing these automation and configuration tasks. What is Puppet? Puppet is an open source configuration management tool and produced by Puppet […]
Continue readingWhat is PeopleSoft DPK?
With release of PeopleTools 8.55, Oracle introduced the concept of DPK i.e. Deployment Kits. Before we discuss about DPKs, we need to learn about how PeopleSoft system works. You might already know that PeopleSoft architecture comprises of different layers i.e. Database Server, Application Server, Web Server and Process Scheduler. When you deploy a PS environment, […]
Continue readingCrontab Commands
Cron is a Unix, Solaris utility that allows scheduling of tasks tasks, which run in the background at regular intervals. These tasks are often termed as cron jobs and Crontab (CRON TABle) is a file which contains the schedule of cron entries to be run and at specified times. This document covers following aspects of […]
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