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PeopleTools Learning Subscriptions
Are you looking to take your PeopleSoft Development skills to the next level? Look no further than our All-access Learning Membership.With this membership, you'll gain access to a wealth of resources...
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Enabling Search Framework Real Time Indexing (RTI)
As we prepare our HCM PUM 46 training servers, we decided to enable Real Time Indexing (RTI). We found several great sample videos and resources but still made a few mistakes. We are sharing our...
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"Technical Details" in Page and Field Configurator
I've had this challenge with Page and Field Configurator: Some components include the same field but on different records. When selecting fields, Page and Field Configurator shows the record and field,...
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Stop Retrofitting and Analyzing Every Customization!
When applying maintenance, we must retrofit every customization. And we will have to continue analyzing and retrofitting as long as we have customizations. The process involves running Compare Reports...
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PeopleSoft ReConnect 2023
Join me at PeopleSoft Reconnect 2023 for some amazing sessions covering a variety of PeopleTools Topics:Wednesday, Oct 25, 7:30 AM Pacific: PeopleSoft Integration StrategiesThursday, Oct 26, 8:30 AM...
View ArticleBase64 Encoding with Emoji
PeopleSoft's Pluggable Encryption Technology (PET) is used to apply base64 encoding. The first step of the base64 algorithm chain is to convert from PeopleSoft Unicode to ASCII. The conversion makes...
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Customization Versus Configuration
During PeopleSoft Reconnect 2023, I posted a LinkedIn poll asking if Event Mapping is a Customization or a Configuration. Here is the final tally:To apply maintenance faster and more often, we must...
View ArticleJSON Stream Processing with PeopleCode
Our Integration Tools courses emphasize the importance of utilizing PeopleSoft's native JSON support to parse and process JSON. This feature provides excellent functionality for most scenarios, as...
View ArticleGenerating LARGE JSON Files
The PeopleCode native JsonObject and JsonArray classes allow us to create JSON structures as in-memory representations. But what if you need to generate a really LARGE JSON structure? An in-memory JSON...
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Alliance Conference 2024
Alliance 2024 is just a few weeks away, and I look forward to meeting with friends and colleagues from the PeopleSoft community. I hope to see you in the exhibition hall and in customer sessions.I am...
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Blueprint 4D Conference Sessions
The most important PeopleSoft-focused conference of the year is just over three weeks away! I'm looking forward to sessions by PeopleSoft legends such as Graham Smith, Dan Iverson, Sasank Vemana, and...
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Multilevel Drop Zones
I recently saw a discussion thread about a PeopleSoft customer having issues with Drop Zone content. If the customer put a grid in the Drop Zone, then the page would throw errors at runtime. Removing...
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HOWTO Override Fluid Component Event Handlers
Oracle's delivered Fluid components use an interesting pattern: App Class Event Handlers. This isn't required. It's just a design decision. Here is how it works: a Fluid page's Component PreBuild...
View ArticleIs "Restartable" an App Engine Best Practice?
The first thing I do when creating an App Engine is disable restart. Because restartable is the default, it might seem like Restartable is a best practice. But is it?A restartable App Engine is a batch...
View ArticlePeopleSoft Data Masking Options
PeopleSoft customers have several Data Masking options:App-specific masking,Data Privacy Framework,Page and Field Configurator,Event Mapping, andBolt-on solutions, such as Pathlock's Security Solution...
View ArticleShould you use the Override and/or Replace Features?
I absolutely love Isolated Customization strategies such as Event Mapping and App Engine Action Plugins. These strategies allow us to extend Oracle's delivered solution without touching...
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Finding Tiles
Fluid Homepage Tiles are Content References just like all other content references, with one exception: They are really hard to find! Fluid tile definitions exist in a subfolder of Fluid Structure and...
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PeopleSoft Reconnect 2024
I have the privilege of sharing the following sessions at PeopleSoft Reconnect 2024:Getting the Most out of PeopleSoft PeopleTools: Tips and Techniques on Monday at 4:45 PM Eastern. During this...
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Generating Activity Guide URLs
Creating Activity Guide navigation is challenging for two reasons:Simple Fluid Activity Guides all use the same component. This means we can't use a simple content reference. To use security to show or...
View ArticleHow Well Do You Know the PeopleCode Language?
I was reading through some forum threads and saw an interesting question. Let me summarize:How do I convert from a number to a string so that I get the integer portion of the number? I have 1234 in a...
View ArticleFive Ways to Consume a REST Service with PeopleSoft
PeopleSoft includes facilities for providing and consuming REST. A service provider is a listener. A provider waits for requests and responds accordingly. To provide web services, we must register...
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Page and Field Configurator or Event Mapping?
Which tool would you use if someone asked you to hide a PeopleSoft field? We asked our LinkedIn audience that same question. Here are the results:85% of respondents chose Page and Field Configurator,...
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HEUG Alliance 2025!
The HEUG Alliance 2025 conference is just over a week away, and I can’t wait! My travel is booked, my bags are packed, and I've added sessions to my agenda through the Alliance Conference App!I will...
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Function Library or Application Class?
When we discover redundancies while writing code, the DRY principle (Don't Repeat Yourself) encourages us to refactor our code into reusable definitions. Reasons cited for writing DRY code include:Code...
View ArticleConsuming Enormous Datasets with PeopleSoft
Integration Broker is built on the DOM concept, which means it parses data into an in-memory structured document before transforming, processing, or transmitting it. This is fantastic for small and...
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