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PeopleTools 8.54 Online Help Updates, December 2014

PeopleBook Topic Description

Accessibility

Guide

Navigating with the

Keyboard

Added a new section: “Using the Keyboard with

the NavBar.”

Accessibility

Guide

Accessibility in PeopleSoft

Applications

Added a new section:”Pagelet Behavior in

Accessibility Mode.”

Application

Designer

Developer's

Guide

Creating Record

Definitions > Setting

Record Properties

Added a description of the Advanced Query

Security and provided a link to the Query

documentation for details.

Application

Designer

Developer's

Guide

Using Page Controls >

Using Secondary Pages

Added a section on modeless windows and

specified that only one active child window

(modeless or modal) can be opened from any

parent.

Application

Designer

Developer's

Guide

Using Page Controls >

Using Edit Boxes and

Long Edit Boxes

Added "Note. The character limit counter is not

applicable for use with fields enabled for the rich

text editor. If a field is enabled for rich text editor,

the system does not display the character limit

counter."

Application

Designer

Developer's

Guide

Creating New Field

Definitions > Creating

New Field Definitions >

Specifying Long Character

Field Attributes and >

Specifying Image Field

Attributes

Updated information related to how DB2 handles

and stores large character fields and image fields.

Application

Designer

Developer's

Guide

Creating Page Definitions

> Modifying the Rich Text

Editor User Interface >

Creating Custom Style

Files

Updated sample code to include new syntax.

Changed from CKEDITOR.addStylesSet to

CKEDITOR.stylesSet.add.

Application

Designer

Developer's

Guide

Working with the Default

Style Sheet > Changing the

Default Style Sheet

Updated information related to changing default

style sheets. Removing reference to the

UPGPT850SWAN Application Engine program.

Section now links to documentation for the

Branding System Options page.

Application

Designer

Developer's

Guide

Creating Custom Plug-In

Files for the Rich Text

Editor > Creating Custom

Buttons

Updated the sample code to match the new syntax.

Application

Designer

Constructing File Layouts

and Performing Data

Added a section describing how to export data to

an ISO standard-format XML file.


Developer's

Guide

Interchanges >

Understanding File

Layouts > XML Format

Files

Application

Designer

Developer's

Guide

Using Scroll Areas, Scroll

Bars, and Grids > Using

Grids

Added a note describing that after upgrades and

updates, grid personalizations will need to be

reapplied.

Application

Designer

Developer's

Guide

Setting Record Field

Properties > Setting

Record Field Use

Properties > Audit

Clarified further when field-level auditing is

applicable.

Application

Designer

Developer's

Guide

Style Sheets Definitions

List

Added the reference table that describes definition

lists to modify user interface elements for classic

pages.

Application

Designer

Developer's

Guide

Running PeopleTools

Cross-Reference Reports

Revised the Understanding Cross-Reference

Reports topic to delete references to Crystal

reports and to add SQR reports. Also renamed the

Running Crystal Reports topic to Running SQR

Reports.

Application

Designer

Developer's

Guide

Using Scroll Areas and

Scroll Bar \ Selecting

Scroll Ara Label Properties

\ Header Area Properties \

Find (term in the table)

Added a note indicating that the system ignores

fields in HTML areas when users use the Find link

to run a Find request.

Application

Designer

Developer's

Guide

Using the PeopleSoft

Application Designer User

Interface> Compile All

PeopleCode

Updated description for Compile all PeopleCode

and added links.

Application

Designer

Lifecycle

Management

Guide

Command Line Parameters Corrected CMTBL to CMTABLE.

Application

Designer

Lifecycle

Management

Guide

Command Line Parameters Added a section “Command Line Option

Sequence.”

Application

Designer Command Line Parameters

Added note to -CP and TP that password can be

plain text or encrypted. and revised command


Lifecycle

Management

Guide

lines.

Application

Engine

Running Application

Engine Programs > Using

the Command Line to

Invoke Application Engine

Programs

Adding a note to -CP, command line option,

indicating passwords may also be passed in

encrypted form.

Application

Engine

Enabling Application

Engine Tracing > Setting

Command Line Options

Removed a junk character from the code.

Application

User's Guide

Working With PeopleSoft

Applications > Using

Drop-Down Menus >

Using SmartNavigation

Clarified that the "Actions" folder in the

breadcrumbs is added to show the user's navigation

path in certain scenarios, but not for additional

drop-down navigation.

Application

User's Guide

Using the Universal

Navigation Header >

Adding Pages to the

Favorites Menu

Appended the note to add that dynamically created

folder content cannot be marked as a Favorite.

Change

Assistant and

Update

Manager

Configuring an

Environment Management

Agent

Updated description for windowsdrivestocrawl and

unixdrivestocrawl to include PS_APP_HOME.

Change

Assistant and

Update

Manager

Using Update Manager

Action

Added a new topic for Defining Target Database to

clarify the ps homes for PUM.

Change Impact

Analyzer

Setting Reporting and

Logging Options

Deleted a reference and a topic on Logging

Options windowa. Updated the screenshot to show

the Options window without the Logging tab

because the Logging options are removed from the

user interface.

Data

Management

Ensuring Data Integrity:

Running SYSAUDIT:

"Security Integrity"

Revised information for SEC-25.

Data

Management


Running

SYSAUDIT:"Pivot Grid

Integrity"

Added information for PIVOT-13 and PIVOT-14

audits.

Data

Management


Running

SYSAUDIT:"Integration

Added information for IBRK-25 audit.


Broker Integrity"

Data

Management

Administering PeopleSoft

Databases on Oracle:

Monitoring PeopleSoft

Database Connections:

"Monitoring PeopleSoft

Module and Action

Information"

Added information about needing to set

EnableAEMonitoring to 1 to use this feature.

Getting Started

With

PeopleTools

PeopleTools

Product/Feature

PeopleBook Index

New section to match products or features to the

PeopleBook where they are documented.

Global

Technology

Swapping the Base

Language

Added a new section titled Managing and Patching

Swapped Language Database to compare different

methods of patching available.

Integration

Broker

Managing REST Services,

Adding REST Service

Definitions,

Understanding, Naming

Services and Service

Aliases for REST Service

Definitions

Clarified naming conventions for REST service

names and aliases. Specifically, REST services and

alias names cannot begin with special characters.

Integration

Broker

Managing REST Service

Operations, Defining

REST Service Operation

Version Information,

Defining Fault Messages

for REST Service

Operations

Added information about HTTP return status codes

for fault messages, including using the OnError

method and the impact of service system status

(production mode versus development mode) on

return status codes.

Integration

Broker

Developing Transform

Programs Using the XSLT

Transform Builder

In the "Understanding Using Oracle XSL Mapper

to Build Transformation Programs in the XSLT

Transform Builder" section added a note that users

cannot use Oracle XSL Mapper to modify XSLT

that has been hand-coded or created with any other

XSLT editing tool. In the "Manually Building

Transformation Programs in the XSLT Transform

Builder" section added information that step names

can be no longer than eight (8) characters and step

descriptions can be no longer than 30 characters.

Integration

Broker

Administration

Using Listening

Connectors and Target

Connectors, Understanding

Listening Connectors

Added a section called, "Listening Connectors and

UTF-8 Encoding," that describes that the listening

connectors delivered with PeopleSoft Integration

Broker support UTF-8 encoding.

Integration Using Listening Updated and labeled optional AS2 connector


Broker

Administration

Connectors and Target

Connectors, Working with

the AS2 Connectors

properties.

Integration

Broker

Administration

Managing Integration

Gateways, Configuring

Security and General

Properties, Setting General

Connection Properties

Added documentation for specifying a string of

server URLs when using the

integrationGateway.properties file to define Oracle

Jolt connect string properties.

Integration

Broker

Administration

Managing Integration

Gateways, Configuring

Security and General

Properties, Displaying the

PeopleTools Version of

Integration Gateways

The integrationGateway.properties file features a

new ig.Gateway.showDetails property. When you

set this property equal to True, the Tools version is

displayed when you ping the integration gateway

using the Ping Gateway button on the Gateways

page.

Integration

Broker

Administration

Working with the JMS

Connectors, Using the

JMS Listening Connector

As of the PeopleTools 8.54 release, the

JMSListeningConnectorAdminstrator has been

deprecated. In order to control the JMS Listeners,

please use the JMSAdministratorConsole which is

accessed directly from the gateway administration

page.

Integration

Broker

Administration

Working with the JMS

Connectors, Using the

JMS Target Connector,

Asynchronous and

Synchronous

Communication

The JMS target connector now uses the

JMSCorrelation ID of the request message to

populate the correlation ID of its response

message. In previous releases the connector used

the messageID of the request.

Integration

Broker

Administration

Using the Delivered

Listening Connectors and

Target Connectors,

Example 10: Using the

RIDC Target Connector

An example has been added to the documentation

for using the delivered RIDC target connector.

Integration

Broker Service

Operations

Monitor

Viewing Integration

Gateway Logging Data for

Service Operations

This topic has been modified to better describe

how to configure the system to view gateway

transaction logs using PIA from the Service

Operations Monitor.

Mobile

Application

Platform

Defining Push Button Page

Elements, Understanding

Defining Push Button Page

Elements

Added a subsection called "Save Type Push

Buttons in Pop-Up Container Elements" to explain

that PeopleCode Save event processing via Save

type push buttons does not return input data to the

application server when defined in pop-up

containers. In these cases use an Ajax event for

save processing.

Mobile Documentation for Page The documentation for the Mobile Application


Application

Platform

Elements, Utilities and

Administration tools.

Platform has been enhanced to include

documentation for:

Defining all layout page elements and their

properties properties.

Using Mobile Application Platform

utilities.

Using Mobile Application Platform

administration tools to delete layouts,

delete layout templates, rename layouts,

update layout status, and set default layout

properties.

NA NA

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

(OBIEE) 11.1.1.7.0 is certified for use with

PeopleTools 8.54; support for OBIEE 11.1.1.6.0 is

dropped as of this release.

NA NA

PeopleTools 8.54 includes a new Pagelet Wizard

XSL template named Accordion Menu, which can

be selected as custom XSL for navigation

collection pagelets at step 5 in Pagelet Wizard.

PeopleCode

API Reference BI Publisher Classes

Added topics to document the PeopleCode classes,

methods, and properties that support digitally

signed PDF reports:

DigitalCertStore class.

IPDFSignature class.

PeopleCode

API Reference Charting Classes

Deprecated the Gantt class, SetTaskExpanded

method.

PeopleCode


Added a property delivered in PeopleTools

8.54.02: Chart class, IsXAxisInteger.

PeopleCode


Removed documentation on the following items

since they are internal use only and are not

supported for customer use:

Chart class, DeviceType property.

Chart class,

OverrideSystemDefaultforAccessibility

property.

DialGauge class, DeviceType property.

LEDGauge class, DeviceType property.

StatusMeterGauge class, DeviceType


property.

PeopleCode


Corrected the Chart class IsLineChartSmoothing

property to IsLineChartLineSmoothing.

PeopleCode


Legends are not available for funnel charts. The

use of Chart class methods and properties for

legends has no effect on a funnel chart.

PeopleCode

API Reference Field Class

Added the following methods and properties to the

Field class to support the fluid interface:

Field class methods: AddFFClass,

GetDNDField, GetDNDRow,

GetDNDRowset, GetDNDTargetField,

GetDNDTargetRow,

GetDNDTargetRowset, ReplaceFFClass,

SetGroupletActionUrl,

SetGroupletDisplayIn, SetGroupletID,

SetGroupletImage , SetGroupletMOptions,

SetGroupletTargetID, SetGroupletTimer,

SetGroupletType, and SetGroupletUrl.

Field class properties: Draggable,

Droppable, FreeFormStyleName,

HtmlAttributes, HtmlInputType,

IsHyperlink, JavaScriptEvents, and

PlaceholderText.

PeopleCode

API Reference Grid Classes

Added the following properties to the Grid class to

support the fluid interface:

FreeFormStyleName.

Layout.

PeopleCode


Added the RowHighlight property to the Grid class

to disable or enable row highlighting for a grid.

PeopleCode


Added the following items to manage row headers

for accessibility mode:

Grid class, SetRowHeader method.

GridColumn class, RowHeader property.

PeopleCode

API Reference

Internet Script Classes

(iScript)

Added the following methods and properties to



Request class methods: FormFactor and

GetDeviceInfo.

Request class properties:

BrowserDeviceFormFactor,

BrowserDeviceType,

BrowserFluidCapable,

BrowserPlatformClass, BrowserTypeClass,

ExtraLarge, Large, Medium, and Small.

PeopleCode

API Reference

Message Classes >

Message Class Methods

Revised the description of the

OverrideURIResource method to indicate that it is

used to override the URI template portion of

thegenerated URL.

PeopleCode

API Reference

Message Classes >

Message Class Properties

Removed the IsEmpty property, which was

removed from the code line in PeopleTools 8.48.

PeopleCode

API Reference

Mobile Application

Platform (MAP) Classes

Added three new methods to the Map class that

were introduced in PeopleTools 8.54.04:

GetAuthTokenDomain, GetPortaName, and

GetPortaNodeName.

PeopleCode

API Reference

PeopleSoft Search

Framework Classes

Add the following to support images in search

results:

SearchQuery class, IncludeImages

property.

SearchResult class, GetImageUrl method.

PeopleCode

API Reference PSEvent Class

Added a chapter on the PSEvent class, which

provides all of the methods for publishing and

subscribing to notifications from the Push

Notification Framework.

PeopleCode

Developer's

Guide

Using Methods and Built-

In Functions >

Implementing Modal

Transfers

Added a section on modeless windows and

specified that only one active child window

(modeless or modal) can be opened from any

parent.

PeopleCode

Developer's

Guide

Working With File

Attachments >

Understanding the File

Attachment Functions

Added a note for FTP sites and HTTP repositories

regarding Windows processing file names in a

case-insensitive manner.

PeopleCode

Developer's

Guide

Working With File

Attachments > Application

Deployment and System

Configuration

Virus scanning now applies to files uploaded with

the MAddAttachment built-in function.


Considerations

PeopleCode

Developer's

Guide

Working With File

Attachments > Application

Deployment and System

Configuration

Considerations

PeopleTools now includes utility pages that allow

CopyAttachments and CleanAttachments to be run

as batch processes to avoid timeout issues.

PeopleCode

Developer's

Guide

Debugging Your

Application > Compiling

All PeopleCode Programs

at Once

Compiling PeopleCode in Application Designer

provides the option to compile and save directive

PeopleCode.

PeopleCode

Developer's

Guide

Debugging Your

Application >

Finding References

to Application

Packages and

Classes

Debugging Your

Application >

Using the Find In

Feature

Revised these topics to include descriptions on

filter options for record PeopleCode and page

PeopleCode.

PeopleCode

Developer's

Guide

Using the PeopleCode

Editor

Added a new "Accessing PeopleCode Editor"

section to describe new toolbar buttons for viewing

page PeopleCode and record PeopleCode.

PeopleCode

Developer's

Guide

Using the PeopleCode

Editor

Added a new "Using the Auto-Complete Feature"

section to describe the auto-complete feature for

PeopleCode application classes, built-in classes,

built-in functions, system variables and constants.

PeopleCode

Language

Reference

PeopleCode Built-in

Functions and Language

Constructs

Added the following built-in functions to support

the fluid interface:

AddJavaScript, AddMetaTag,

AddOnLoadScript, AddStyleSheet,

CreateSearchRowset,

DoModalComponentPopup,

DoModalPopup, ExecuteSearchSavePC,

GetAddSearchRecName, GetPageTitle,

GetPageType, GetSearchRecName,

IsAddMode , IsBackEnabled, IsFluidMode,

IsFluidSearchStart, IsGroupletRequest,

IsHomeEnabled, IsLogoutEnabled,

IsNavBarEnabled, IsNextInListEnabled,

IsNotifyEnabled, IsPinEnabled,


IsPrevInListEnabled, IsSaveEnabled,

IsSearchEnabled, SetAddMode,

SetThemeId, and SetTransferAttributes.

PeopleCode

Language

Reference

PeopleCode Built-in


Constructs

Added a note to the Clean function: All white

space characters (for example, a blank space, a tab,

a carriage return, and so on) are deemed printable.

Therefore, they are not removed by the Clean

function.

PeopleCode

Language

Reference

PeopleCode Built-in


Constructs

PeopleTools now includes utility pages that allow

CopyAttachments and CleanAttachments to be run

as batch processes to avoid timeout issues.

PeopleCode

Language

Reference

PeopleCode Built-in


Constructs

Clarified the use of forward slashes in various

parameters of the attachment functions.

PeopleCode

Language

Reference

PeopleCode Built-in


Constructs

Added CreateBreadcrumb and GetBreadcrumbs

that allow application developers to manage the

user's breadcrumbs.

PeopleCode

Language

Reference

PeopleCode Built-in


Constructs

Added the DateTimeToUserFormat for converting

PeopleSoft internal date/time format to the user

preferred date/time format.

PeopleCode

Language

Reference

PeopleCode Built-in


Constructs

Added the GetAttachmentURL function for MAP

applications.

PeopleCode

Language

Reference

PeopleCode Built-in


Constructs

Virus scanning now applies to files uploaded with

the MAddAttachment built-in function.

PeopleCode

Language

Reference

PeopleCode Built-in


Constructs

The InsertImage built-in function now supports

PNG and SVG file formats.

PeopleCode

Language

Reference

PeopleCode Built-in


Constructs

Added the following three functions for

conditional navigation:

OverrideCNAVDisplayMode,

ShouldSuppressCREF, and

UIDisplayMode.

In addition, noted that the following

methods, properties, and functions are

“conditional navigation aware,” which

means that they will generate a URL or

return a value that is dependent on the

conditional navigation configuration:


AbsoluteContentURL property (content

reference class and content reference link

class), AbsolutePortalURL property

(content reference class and content

reference link class), FindCRefByName

method (PortalRegistry class),

FindCRefByURL method (PortalRegistry

class), FindCRefLinkByName method

(PortalRegistry class),

GenerateComponentContentRelURL built-

in function,

GenerateComponentContentURL built-in

function,

GenerateComponentPortalRelURL built-in

function, GenerateComponentPortalURL

built-in function,

GenerateComponentRelativeURL built-in

function, GenerateHomepagePortalURL

built-in function,

GenerateHomepageRelativeURL built-in

function, GetAbsoluteContentURL method

(PortalRegistry class), GetURL built-in

function, Transfer built-in function, and

ViewURL built-in function

PeopleCode

Language

Reference

PeopleCode Built-in


Constructs

Added the ResizeImage function to create one or

more resized copies of the source image (or

images).

PeopleCode

Language

Reference

PeopleCode Built-in


Constructs

Revised the RevalidatePassword function to

indicate that the function automatically accounts

for scenarios in which the signon ID and the ID in

effect after signon differ, and it requests

revalidation based on the signon ID.

PeopleCode

Language

Reference

PeopleCode Built-in


Constructs

Split this chapter into smaller topics alphabetically:

A, B, C, and so on.

PeopleCode

Language

Reference

PeopleCode Built-in


Constructs > Directive

PeopleCode Functions and

Constructs

Added a new topic describing directive

PeopleCode: #If and #ToolsRel.

PeopleCode

Language

Reference

Meta-SQL Reference

Added the %SelectDummyTable meta-SQL

variable to perform a SELECT without specifying

a specific table, such as performing a select on


PS_INSTALLATION and others.

PeopleCode

Language

Reference

Meta-SQL Reference

Added the %SqlHint meta-SQL function that

inserts a database platform-specific SQL hint into

the specified SQL statement.

PeopleCode

Language

Reference

Meta-HTML Reference

Added the following meta-HTML elements to

support the branding framework:

%ContentReference

%StyleSheet

PeopleCode

Language

Reference

Meta-HTML Reference

Added the following meta-HTML elements to


%BB, %BP, and %BV.

%ExplainMessage.

%FORMFACTOREXTRALARGE,

%FORMFACTORLARGE,

%FORMFACTORMEDIUM, and

%FORMFACTORSMALL.

Pivot Grid

Using Component Real-

Time Search and Pivot

Grids in Fluid Mode \

Publishing Pivot Grid

Fluid Views as Grouplets

Added two notes to clarify the security settings

between Pivot Grid Viewer and Pivot Grid

grouplets.

Portal

Technology Additional Branding Tasks

Provided additional information on managing

custom homepage tabs.

Portal

Technology

Creating and Maintaining

Action Items >

Configuring Action Items

Added a note to ensure that the external URL in

the Define Related Content Service page for a non-

PeopleSoft URL has the additional parameter:

PTAI=T.

Portal

Technology

Migrating Activity Guide

Data > Upgrading Activity

Guide Data Using ADS

Definitions

Added a table listing the ADS and managed

objects that are migrated with activity guide data.

Portal

Technology

Developing PeopleCode to

Customize Activity Guide

Usage > Developing

Navigation Buttons

Added content for the two new reserved methods,

PTAI_NAV_SAVE

and PTAI_NAV_SAVE_NEXT.

Portal

Technology

Using Pagelet Wizard to

Create and Manage

Pagelets: Step 6:

Added a new topic: Publishing a Pagelet as a

Grouplet for a Fluid Homepage.


Specifying Pagelet

Publishing Options

Portal

Technology

Administering

Portals >

Administering

Content References

> Defining Content

References

Developing and

Configuring

Related Content

Services >

Managing Related

Content >

Managing Related

Content for

Content References

Updated the topic to remove the KEYWORDS

attribute from the list of content reference

attributes and revised description to instruct users

to use the KEYWORD attribute.

Portal

Technology

Administering Portals >

Administering Content

References

Add a section, "Setting Fluid Attributes for

Content References," for the Fluid Attributes tab.

Portal

Technology

Configuring the Portal

Environment >

Configuring Web Profiles

> Configuring Appearance

and Character

Clarified the use of the View File Time to Live

setting.

Portal

Technology


Environment >

Configuring Web Profiles

> Configuring Portal

Security

Updated the Start Page group box to describe the

start page iScript and the Fluid Homepage field.

Portal

Technology


Environment > Defining

Portal Nodes > Setting

Portal Node

Characteristics

Revised this topic to add descriptions for two new

page elements - Portal Host Node and Network

Node Name and updated the screenshot.

Portal

Technology

Administering Homepages

and Dashboard Pages

Created a new topic, "Searching for and Importing

Pagelets," to fully document the use of the Pagelet

Search page.

Portal

Technology

Configuring

PeopleSoft

Applications to Use

Oracle WebCenter

As of PeopleTools 8.54, integration with Oracle

WebCenter through the delivered related content

services has been deprecated. These service

definitions may be removed from a future release


Related Content

Services

Enabling Locale

Switching Through

Query Parameters

in Oracle

WebCenter

of PeopleTools.

Portal

Technology

Working with

Conditional

Navigation

Administering

Content References

> Defining Content

References

Configuring Web

Profiles >

Configuring

General Portal

Properties

Created a new topic, "Working with Conditional

Navigation," to describe the configuration of

conditional navigation. Added descriptions for two

new page elements: Fluid Mode and Small Form

Factor Optimized. Added descriptions for two new

page elements: Disable Fluid Mode and Disable

Fluid on Desktop.

Portal

Technology

Configuring WS-Security

for WSRP Consumption

and Production,

Configuring WS-Security

for PeopleSoft as a WSRP

Producer

Added information about the WSRP security

options that are supported in WebCenters.

Process

Scheduler

Scheduled JobSet

Definitions

Updated the description of Time Zone indicating

that the default time zone is the server time zone.

Process

Scheduler

Selecting Output Types

and Formats

Added a note indicating that if multiple files of the

same output format are generated and made

available in the destination directory, one file may

be picked up randomly and attached to an outgoing

Email.

Process

Scheduler

Defining Search

Configuration

Updated the screenshots and the steps for enabling

indexing.

Query

Defining Selection Criteria

\ Drilling URL in

PeopleSoft Query \

Understanding Drilling

URLs

Added a note describing the limitation when using

queries with Unions.

Query Working with Advanced

Query Options \ Joining

Add a limitation note for using the Outer Join

functionality.


Records \ Creating Outer

Joins

Query

Creating and Running

Simple Queries \ Creating

New Queries

Modified a note to clarify that the record alias

doesn't include AS and TO.

Query

Using Composite Query \

Composite Query

Overview \ Composite

Query Considerations and

Limitations

Added a limitation note indicating that Composite

Query is not supported on the Informix

environment.

Query

Using Composite Query \

Creating Composite Query

Definitions \ Selecting

Based Query \ Query Alias

(term)

Modified the description of the Query Alias field

to add the format rules when adding the query

aliases.

Query

Scheduling Queries \

Selecting Process Requests

Removing this statement: "If a query result

includes a file without data, the report headers or

other text are sent in email that indicates that the

report was empty."

Query

Drilling URL in

PeopleSoft Query \

Defining Attachment URL

Widgets

Modified a note to clarify the user permissions and

roles when they view the attachment URL file.

Search

Technology

Working with Global

Search > Working With

the Portal Registry Search

> Setting Up the Portal

Registry Search

Updated content to include information on using

the SES console to combine search definitions into

a single search group.

Search

Technology Mapping Search Attributes Revised description of Attribute Name field.

Search

Technology

PeopleSoft Search

Framework Versus Verity

Search Engine >

Understanding Key

Differences Between

Oracle SES and Verity

Included stemming to the list of differences and

added the supported languages for stemming.

Search

Technology

Working with the Search

Results > Working with

Persistent Search Controls

Added a note on support for persistent search.

Security

Administration

Managing PeopleSoft

Personalizations, Working

with Personalization

In the "Working with Personalizations Options"

topic, the heading of the subtopic, Understanding

Navigation Personalizations has been changed to


Options Understanding Navigation Settings.

Security

Administration

Administering User

Profiles, Specifying User

Profile Attributes, Setting

Roles

A note has been added to this topic explaining that

you cannot overwrite roles in the Roles grid. To

add a role click the Add Row button (+). To delete

a role click the Delete row button (-).

Security

Administration

Setting Up Roles,

Executing Dynamic Role

Rules

This topic contained a section called, "Executing

Dynamic Role Rules for a User Profile," which

described using the User Profile - Roles page to

execute a dynamic role rule for a single user

profile. You cannot execute role rules for a single

user profile. The behavior is that you can execute

role rules for all roles assigned to a user profile.

The incorrect section has been removed from the

documentation. A new section has been added

called, "Executing Dynamic Role Rules for All

Roles Assigned to a User Profile," which describes

using the User Profile - Roles page to execute

dynamic role rules for all roles assigned to a user

profile.

Security

Administration

Working with User

Profiles Across Multiple

PeopleSoft Databases

Added a topic, "Securing User Profile

Synchronization," listing options to secure service

operations during user profile synchronization.

Security

Administration

Implementing Definition

Security (Three-Tier)

The documentation as been enhanced with more

complete documentation for three-tier definition

security.

SQR Language

Reference for

PeopleSoft

Processing-Limits Section

Updated the Processing-Limits Section to define

the sizes and limitations of some of the SQR

internal structures.

SQR Language

Reference for

PeopleSoft

Processing-Limits Section

Added a note indicating that the value for the

keyword NUMVARIABLES in

$PS_HOME/sqr/pssqr.ini should be ignored.

System and

Server

Administration

Guide

Tracing, Logging, and

Debugging > Setting Up

the PeopleCode Debugger

Added note: "Application Designer (PSIDE.EXE)

will not connect to the PeopleCode Debugger

through a firewall using Network Address

Translation (NAT)."

System and

Server

Administration

Guide

Setting Application Server

Domain Parameters >

SMTP Settings

Added settings to enable and control TLS security.

System and Setting Application Server Clarified the dbflags parameter with respect to


Server

Administration

Guide

Domain Parameters >

PSTOOLS Options

Application Engine and PeopleCode behavior.

System and

Server

Administration

Guide

Understanding PeopleSoft

Internet Architecture >

PeopleSoft Architecture

Fundamentals

Added a note indicating the PeopleSoft

architecture supports both IPv4 and IPv6 network

protocols.

System and

Server

Administration

Guide

Understanding Verity

Search Indexes >

Components of Verity and

PeopleSoft Search

Architecture

Added a note under Verity Technologies indicating

the Verity mkvdk fails and displays error when the

collection storage drive/partition is less than 4Tb.

System and

Server

Administration

Guide

WebLogic Domain Types

Updated the MAX_FILE_DESCRIPTOR,

debugging output setting to a limit of 16384 and

added a note for user to set the optimum value of

the environment variable in setEnv.sh file.

System and

Server

Administration

Guide

Changing WebLogic User

Passwords

WebLogic "operator" user name and password is

removed from setEnv.* script in PIA. Instead the

operator user name and password values are

encrypted and stored in a properties file in the PIA

installer. If the customer later changes the operator

password in WebLogic, they have to modify the

properties file with encrypted value of the new

password. Updated the steps to modify the

properties file.

System and

Server

Administration

Guide

Setting Up Reverse Proxy

Servers>Configuring

Microsoft IIS 7.0 as RPS

Removed section Configuring Microsoft IIS as an

RPS and updated steps to configure Microsoft IIS

7.0 for reverse proxy server.

System and

Server

Administration

Guide

Bypassing Restrict-by-

File-Type Functionality for

System Administrators

Added the missing punctuation.

System and

Server

Administration

Guide

Configuring Verity Search

and Building Verity Search

Indexes

Moved the Building Verity-Based Registry Search

Indexes topic from the Portal Technology book to

the System and Server Administration Guide.

System and

Server

Administration

Guide

Using Administration

Utilities > File Extension

List > Standard Extensions

Removed a note that had a reference to the

web.xml file and revised the section.

System and Configuring Process Entered a description for the PSSQR Path.


Server

Administration

Guide

Scheduler > SQR

System and

Server

Administration

Guide

Using Administration

Utilities > DDL Model

Defaults

Updated the list to include information about DDL

model statement.

Test

Framework

Installing and Configuring

PTF: Defining PTF

Configuration Options

Updated the description for the Allow Untrusted

SSL option. This option is now disabled.

Connections must be secure, unless a delivered

web service is activated by a PTF administrator.

Test

Framework

Using PeopleSoft Test

Framework: Using the Log

Viewer

Added the Export command to the Log Menu

Command table.

Test

Framework

Using PeopleSoft Test

Framework: Using the

PTF Test Recorder

Updated the list of Configure Recording Tools

options.

Test

Framework

Installing and Configuring

PTF: Installing a PTF

Client

Added information about installing from the

command line.

Test

Framework Test Language Reference Added Exists and Get Property actions for DIV..

Test

Framework Test Language Reference Added Weekday() function.

Workflow

Technology Migrating Workflow Data

Added information about delivered ADS templates

for workflow data migration.

Documents

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