Oracle just launched "PeopleTools Viewlets" at http://download.oracle.com/peopletools/viewlets.html.  The viewlets are short training videos on PeopleTools topics like Web services & Integration Broker, reporting, security, enterprise 2.0 etc.   They're great if you need a quick refresher or want to see a live example of something you need to do.  Check it out.

Viewlets are now available for a variety of PeopleTools topics. They are posted on oracle.com. See the banner topic on the Peopletools page:

http://www.oracle.com/applications/peoplesoft/tools_tech/ent/ptools/index.html



Or go directly here:
http://download.oracle.com/peopletools/viewlets.html



These are published on the publicly accessible oracle.com site.

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The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him and show your distrust.  –Henry L. Stimson

If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.  –African Proverb

The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.  –Frances Willard

Problem Statement: Data to be processed in Informatica were XML files in nature. The number of XML files to be processed was dynamic in nature. The need was also to ensure that the XML file name from which data is being processed is to be captured.
Resolution:
Option 1 – Using File list as part of Indirect [...]

In installing PeopleTools 8.50/HCM91, I noticed that PeopleTools began placing its Application Server configuration files in a different location.  Instead of finding them in %PS_HOME%/appserv, I found them at %USERPROFILE%\psft\pt\.  The culprit appears to be the PS_CFG_HOME environment variable. I found the documentation for this on page 30 of the Enterprise PeopleTools 8.50 Installation [...]

Akshata
Hi..I would like to install peoplesoft in my personal comp. Could you please tell how should I go about doing it.
I came accross the site edelivery.oracle.com providing the files for downloading and installation of peoplesoft.But if somebody could guide me on which files are mandatory and can i install only peopletools first ..is the HRMS/CRM [...]

Ravi Jain
How to design / create Parallel Processing AE for Data Import ??
We have to import millions of customer information from legacy system into PeopleSoft CRM. We have developed an AE which uses delivered Application Packages to do that. However, it requires 4.5 days to import 3.2 lac customer info.

1. How to develop an AE, [...]

During the year 2004, I worked on an Enterprise Directory implementation for one of our customers with Peoplesoft Directory Interface. Because of the importance of the project, I took the exam “Sun Certified Engineer for Sun ONE Directory Server 5.x” and passed. It is a LDAP Directory Certification with emphasis on Iplanet Directory Server.  I am [...]

I’ve started off this morning feeling ACE!  The reason for this great start to the day is that I’ve recently discovered that I’ve been named an Oracle ACE!  I am very excited and honored to be added to the Oracle ACE community and I’m looking forward to continuing to contribute in the years ahead.
Scaning through [...]

I worked on multiple Single Sign On Implementation projects during my experience with Hexaware. Just to let you know, I am currently working on one such project. I am planning to consolidate all the Single Sign On Technologies available with various vendors and provide my personal analysis here and also how organizations can deploy these [...]

In the process of Data Mart Consolidation, the third area to focus after Data Integration Consolidation is the Information Delivery process. Let us define the following

Parent Data Mart (PDM) – The Data Mart which is to get extended with the elements from another ( Child ) Data Mart
Child Data Mart (CDM)– The Data Mart which [...]

With the new release of PeopleTools and Enterprise Portal, I find myself modifying my old branding themes to incorporate new features. While testing a header, I noticed that it appeared correctly on homepages, but not on transaction pages. Upon further inspection, I noticed that certain HTML elements I included in my HTML definition appeared on homepages, but not on transaction pages.

I can't believe that Alliance is next week! This is one of my favorite conferences - the people, the sessions, the locations... Alliance is one of the best opportunities to learn and share PeopleTools ideas.I hope you can get into San Antonio early and get a good night's sleep Sunday night because my session, 27202 - PeopleTools Tips and Tricks is the first breakout session Monday morning. The

A few months ago I read a question on the ITToolbox PeopleTools-I forum asking if it was possible to read the output of a spawned process. Unfortunately this is not possible with the delivered PeopleCode Exec function. I got to thinking about this though, and I wondered if it was possible to accomplish this by using Java's Runtime object from PeopleCode. The answer is yes. To test this, create a

Tree Manager, Approval Workflow Engine (AWE), HCM Delegation Framework and pagelet wizards are inter woven with a streamlined process to accomplish what Oracle calls PeopleSoft 9.1 Compensation.

The recession storm seems to have settled down and IT companies are in a hiring spree.....new features of peoplesoft 9.1 seems to be interesting as it justifies the HR operations with its functionality.....Initial and continous mapping of employees competency, performance and interests with the employer's goals (position, jobcodes) makes it easier for the organization to plan and sustain its growth in the event of its new project wins. As stated in

I'm going to do a PeopleSoft Install today.  It'll be PeopleTools 8.48, Financials 8.9 on SQL Server 2005 and Windows 2003 to a server in the Amazon cloud. I know these are old versions but I need a machine that matches a client's current state config, and the installation basics haven't changed that much anyway.

I set up a Go To meeting that you can join if you'd like to "look over my shoulder" and ask questions.  Feel free to drop in and out as you get time.  I'll record it for posterity in case you miss it.

Connection info is:

A week or so ago PeopleSoft released Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) to anyone with a My Oracle Support account.  Although it has always been possible to source them, you had to go through your Account Manager or raise a ticket.  Now (provided you have an account on My Oracle Support) you can download them (using [...]

For those of you outside the UK – or for those who haven’t worked with Global Payroll before – one of the UK’s preeminent GP experts is a lovely chap called John Eckersley, and he’s just started blogging.
Please make sure that you add his site to your feed-reader:
http://jreconsulting.blogspot.com/
John has a lot of good experience to [...]

Recently, I happened to read a couple of books with the “Obvious” word in the title and thought of writing a post around some of those obvious things in BI that we all know but typically forget during the thick of action.

A small note on those 2 “Obvious” books that I read – The first [...]

anu radha
can anyone plz help with of how to,Created a process to load one time deductions for payroll using Application engine and component interface
Thank you for posting your question

Answer -
Please find out the underlying component definition for One time deductions and then create a CI for the same. Now drag and drop this CI into [...]

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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.  –Thomas Jefferson

Patience with others is love.  Patience with self is hope.  Patience with God is faith.  –Adel Bestavros

For the technorati out there who may want your PeopleBooks in a compact, easily portable format, you can now download your PeopleBooks from OTN to the Kindle. Check it out here.

Well, it's final -- I got the e-mail from Charles Phillips and Safra Catz this morning.  Oracle has finally satisfied the regulators and now is the proud new owner of Sun Microsystems.  What can we expect from Enterprise Software going forward?  Well, according to the e-mail:

PeopleSoft Portal Solutions 9.1 upgrades are now available.

Please see the following locations in MyOracleSupport for more information:

Portal Solutions 8.8 to 9.1 Upgrade
Portal Solutions 8.9 to 9.1 Upgrade
Portal Solutions 9.0 to 9.1 Upgrade

This article interested me:
Computer World: Oracle to provide Sun road map next week
I am curious what this will mean for some of Sun products.  The ones that strike my curiosity are:
MySQL: Oracle bought a piece of MySQL already.  Now they are buying the whole thing.  I wonder what this means to the business model and [...]

If you’ve been using the latest version of PeopleTools with any version of Windows 7 (which is becoming more prevalent) then you’ll have seen this error message many times:

Now I’m all for being warned if I’m doing something unsupported and I know Windows 7 isn’t supported yet, but probably will be in the near future.  [...]

Earlier, I posted about downloading the PeopleSoft VM images.  Here is how I converted them to Virtual Box images.  Before you jump out and try it, let me warn you that I have not yet successfully booted them.  I think that I need to tinker with the kernel in the image, and it may not [...]

In an effort to streamline the process for customers to receive Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) and make it more efficient for us internally, the ERDs are now available on My Oracle Support. Customers no longer have to open a SRS ticket. Customers can find them on My Oracle Support using the Note ID or from this central ERD page (note ID 1051533.1).
ERDs are available for:
HCM: 9.1 Note: 968850.1, 9.0 Note: 979328.1, 8.9 Note: 981781.1, 8.8 Note: 989720.1
ELM: 9.1 Note: 989317.1, 9.0 Note: 989318.1, 8.8 Note: 1050817.1