PeopleTools Roadmap
Jeff RobbinsSenior Director, PeopleTools Strategy
The following is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information
purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any
material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.The development, release, and timing of any
features or functionality described for Oracle’s products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.
PeopleTools 8.50New Features and Enhancements
Embedded Analytics & Decision Support• Compensation Workbench• Management of Working Capital• Liability Discounting Analysis• Cash Management Dashboard• Collections Dashboard• Grants Principal Investigator Portal• Project Profitability Workbench • Real Estate Dashboard• Failure Analysis• Maintenance Cost History • Freight Management Workbench
Native Work Environment Enablement• RSS Feed Enablement in:– PeopleSoft Query– Portal Content– Integration Broker Service Operation• Oracle iReceipts Application for iPhones• Expense Approval via Hand Held Device• Data Analysis in Microsoft Excel via Essbase Integration• Recruiting Interview Scheduling in Outlook Calendar
Integrations• Query Web Services• Essbase Integration• Microsoft Office/Desktop Integration• Integration to Projects Suite via Web Services • Validated Integration to Microsoft Project 2007 • Web Services to Integrate Proposals• Web Services Supporting Mobile Technician Device Access • Physical Inventory Integration Using Web Services • Asset Discovery Tool Agnostic Integration • Integration to Oracle Supplier Network and Exchange• Integration to Oracle Workforce Scheduling• Integration to Oracle Retail• Integration to Oracle Financial Accounting Hub• Integration to Oracle Incentive Compensation • Integration to Demantra• Third Party Event Notification Integration• Integration to Hyperion Planning
User Interface• Updated Stylesheet• Auto-Complete• Modal Lookup Prompts & Messages• Drag and Drop Grid Columns and Objects• Column Locking within Grids• Resize Grid Columns• Partial Page Refresh• Modal Zoom Grid for Existing Grids• Horizontal and Vertical Scroll Bars within Grids• Mouse Over Menus• Menu Favorites• Recently Visited Pages• Menu Breadcrumb Trails• Transaction Search via Menu• Configurable X-Y Grids in HCM Succession Planning• Simplified Navigation within Transactions• Mass Update of Preventive Maintenance Schedules• Create Graphical Representations of Reporting Hierarchies
Collaboration• Inclusion of Collaborative Workspaces• Instant Messenger Presence• Integration with Email• Tagging• Dynamic Discount Management• Supplier Side Contract Authoring• Digital Signatures – Internal and Supplier Side• Rich Text Editor
Infrastructure• Certification of New 3rd Party Components• 64 Bit Support for Unix on AIX, HP-UX and Solaris• 64 Bit Support for Linux For HW, OS and Application• Decoupled and Secured PS_HOME
Related Content• Hover Over Content for Tagged Objects• Linked Collaborative Workspaces• External Websites• Embedded Analytics• Discussion Forums
Technologies• Continued Adoption of Oracle Fusion Middleware• Greater Use of BI Publisher (XMLP) e.g.
– Print Capacity Utilization Report via XMLP– PO Dispatch
• PeopleSoft Plug-In for Enterprise Manager
Lifecycle Management• Integration of Oracle Configuration Manager• Certification of Enterprise Manager 10gR5• Process Scheduler Integration for Enterprise manager App Pack• Data Analyzer AE Scripts for Upgrade Performance Improvements• Improved Performance of Change Assistant with File Deployment
Enhancements
Common Components and Security• Expanded Use of Advance Workflow Engine• Messaging and Alerts Framework• Chartfield Security• User-level SAML Security for Web Service• Support for Secured FTP • Native Integration with Oracle Access Manager • Support for Transparent Data Encryption and Data Vault• ADAM (AD LDS) Support• Credit Card Security Enhancements
PeopleTools Reporting• Improved Process Scheduler Capabilities
– Flexible Retention Day Setting– Generic Prompting/Runtime Parameters
• nVision Enhancements Relating to Trees and Prompts• New Reporting Console for Centralized Report Management• New Query Access Service to Access PeopleSoft Data• BI Publisher (XMLP)
– Connected Query Data Source – Iterative Template Development– PDF Full Path Mapping
PeopleTools 8.50New Features and Enhancements
Embedded Analytics & Decision Support• Compensation Workbench• Management of Working Capital• Liability Discounting Analysis• Cash Management Dashboard• Collections Dashboard• Grants Principal Investigator Portal• Project Profitability Workbench • Real Estate Dashboard• Failure Analysis• Maintenance Cost History • Freight Management Workbench
Native Work Environment Enablement• RSS Feed Enablement in:
– PeopleSoft Query– Portal Content– Integration Broker Service Operation
• Oracle iReceipts Application for iPhones• Expense Approval via Hand Held Device• Data Analysis in Microsoft Excel via Essbase Integration• Recruiting Interview Scheduling in Outlook Calendar
Integrations• Query Web Services• Essbase Integration• Microsoft Office/Desktop Integration• Integration to Projects Suite via Web Services • Validated Integration to Microsoft Project 2007 • Web Services to Integrate Proposals• Web Services Supporting Mobile Technician Device Access • Physical Inventory Integration Using Web Services • Asset Discovery Tool Agnostic Integration • Integration to Oracle Supplier Network and Exchange• Integration to Oracle Workforce Scheduling• Integration to Oracle Retail• Integration to Oracle Financial Accounting Hub• Integration to Oracle Incentive Compensation • Integration to Demantra• Third Party Event Notification Integration• Integration to Hyperion Planning
User Interface• Updated Stylesheet• Auto-Complete• Modal Lookup Prompts & Messages• Drag and Drop Grid Columns and Objects• Column Locking within Grids• Resize Grid Columns• Partial Page Refresh• Modal Zoom Grid for Existing Grids• Horizontal and Vertical Scroll Bars within Grids• Mouse Over Menus• Menu Favorites• Recently Visited Pages• Menu Breadcrumb Trails• Transaction Search via Menu• Configurable X-Y Grids in HCM Succession Planning• Simplified Navigation within Transactions• Mass Update of Preventive Maintenance Schedules• Create Graphical Representations of Reporting Hierarchies
Collaboration• Inclusion of Collaborative Workspaces• Instant Messenger Presence• Integration with Email• Tagging• Dynamic Discount Management• Supplier Side Contract Authoring• Digital Signatures – Internal and Supplier Side• Rich Text Editor
Infrastructure• Certification of New 3rd Party Components• 64 Bit Support for Unix on AIX, HP-UX and Solaris• 64 Bit Support for Linux For HW, OS and Application• Decoupled and Secured PS_HOME
Related Content• Hover Over Content for Tagged Objects• Linked Collaborative Workspaces• External Websites• Embedded Analytics• Discussion Forums
Technologies• Continued Adoption of Oracle Fusion Middleware• Greater Use of BI Publisher (XMLP) e.g.
– Print Capacity Utilization Report via XMLP– PO Dispatch
• PeopleSoft Plug-In for Enterprise Manager
Lifecycle Management• Integration of Oracle Configuration Manager• Certification of Enterprise Manager 10gR5• Process Scheduler Integration for Enterprise manager App Pack• Data Analyzer AE Scripts for Upgrade Performance Improvements• Improved Performance of Change Assistant with File Deployment
Enhancements
Common Components and Security• Expanded Use of Advance Workflow Engine• Messaging and Alerts Framework• Chartfield Security• User-level SAML Security for Web Service• Support for Secured FTP • Native Integration with Oracle Access Manager • Support for Transparent Data Encryption and Data Vault• ADAM (AD LDS) Support• Credit Card Security Enhancements
PeopleTools Reporting• Improved Process Scheduler Capabilities
– Flexible Retention Day Setting– Generic Prompting/Runtime Parameters
• nVision Enhancements Relating to Trees and Prompts• New Reporting Console for Centralized Report Management• New Query Access Service to Access PeopleSoft Data• BI Publisher (XMLP)
– Connected Query Data Source – Iterative Template Development– PDF Full Path Mapping
PeopleTools 8.50New Features and Enhancements
PeopleTools
PeopleTools 8.50Certified for PeopleSoft Applications
• PeopleTools 8.50 is the foundation for 9.1 applications• PeopleTools 8.50 features will be adopted by Campus Solutions
in the Jan 2011 Feature Pack• You can upgrade any 8.8, 8.9, 9.0 application to PeopleTools
8.50 NOW!
HCM 9.0
FMS 9.0Tools 8.50
HCM 9.1Tools 8.50
Sample Upgrade Plan
FMS 9.1Tools 8.50
CS 9.0Tools 8.50
PeopleTools 8.50 FeaturesUser Interface
• Navigation and Menu• Grid• Page Refresh• Modal Dialogs
– Search– Error messages
• Auto-Complete– Real-time Filtered Search
PeopleTools 8.50 FeaturesReporting, Analytics, Query
• Reporting– Reporting Console– Reporting Web Services
• Ability to Schedule and Monitor process requests from External Applications
– XML Publisher• Connected Query• Reporting Performance• E-mail
• Query– Query Access Service
• Web service access to build, find and execute PSQuery objects
– Query as Feeds• PeopleSoft as an RSS publisher via PSQuery
– Query results via e-mail
PeopleTools 8.50 FeaturesReporting, Analytics, Query
• Crystal Reports– Crystal 2008
• All older reports migrated to new format
• Cube Manager– Upgraded to new versions of Cognos and Essbase– New Essbase Cube Builder
• nVision– Excel 2007– Private/Public Report Requests– Tree Effective Date Criteria
• Charting– New Organizational Charting
• Used in HCM 9.1• Any hierarchical data, not just HCM
– Improved Gantt Chart
PeopleTools 8.50 FeaturesIntegration
• Broad enhancements to Integration Technology– Easier to debug and track down issues & errors
• Improved logging and test tools• Improved statistics and performance analysis
– Improve the way we build integrations• Reusable message parts• Improved AppClass development environment
– More options for large messages• Improved bulk loading• AppEngine message handler
– Better lifecycle and security• Schema, WSDL Managed objects• SAML support
And much more . .
PeopleTools 8.50 FeaturesPlatforms
• Platforms– Server Tiers
• Java 6• Tuxedo• WebLogic, WebSphere • no OAS
– Operating Systems• 64-bit servers only• Windows application is 32-bit but only
supported in 64-bit production environments
– Browser• IE 7, 8 – no IE 6• Firefox 3.5• Safari 3, 4
– VM Images on EPD
PeopleTools 8.50 FeaturesRelated Content
• Related Content Framework– PeopleSoft or non-PeopleSoft content presented
in context of transactional data– Integrate social networking features of PeopleTools 8.50– Create functional mash-ups within the
PeopleSoft application
Product Demonstration
Enhanced PeopleTools License New Collaboration features – no license fee
• All PeopleSoft applications can take advantage of new PeopleTools Collaboration features!
– Users can create Collaborative Workspaces• Associated to PeopleSoft data & processes• Leverage social networking features
inside PeopleSoft applications• Custom workspace branding• Publish content as RSS feeds
– Users can incorporate Web 2.0 content on application pages
• Utilize PT8.50 Related Content framework• Incorporate external content
– Web– Analytics & BI– Other Web 2.0 applications
PeopleTools
PeopleSoft Demos and ViewletsIn Action
• Get helpful insights on many PeopleTools and Collaboration Framework features from over 30 recorded mini demos
• http://www.oracle.com/applications/peoplesoft/tools_tech/ent/ptools• Topic Areas:
– Integration– Life Cycle Management– Enterprise 2.0– Platforms– Reporting– Security– PeopleTools Developer
PeopleSoft Community SampleCode
• You collaborate with your colleagues at work and conferences, now you can share with the entire community!
• At http://peoplesoft-projects.samplecode.oracle.com, using your Oracle.com user ID and password, you can:
– Share projects– Share snippets– Share “how to” documents– Discuss code, yours, ours, others’– Share your knowledge– Subscribe to mailing lists– Grow the community
PeopleTools Future Direction
• Leverage PT8.50 Menu and Navigation architecture– Contextual navigation– Integrated search results
• Continued User Experience improvements– Secondary/associated pages– Related Content
• Further use of Portal features• Many enhancements to LCM tools
Includes direct links to PeopleBooks, PeopleBook Updates, Release Notes, Installation and Upgrade Guides, and more. All accessible from one convenient My Oracle Support location. https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=847882.1
PeopleTools 8.50
Documentation Homepage
PeopleTools 8.50 Documentation
PeopleTools 8.50
Hosted PeopleBooks
PeopleTools Cumulative Feature
Overview Tool
Access a searchable HTML installation of our PeopleTools 8.50 PeopleBook suite. This hosted solution lets you access PeopleBooks using the help link in your applications without having to install PeopleBooks on your own server.
http://www.oracle.com/pls/psft/homepage
Dynamic tool provides concise descriptions of new and enhanced solutions and functionality that have become available between your starting and target releases.
The CFO tool can be found on My Oracle Support and on our Doc Home Pages.
PeopleTools 8.50 Available Training
• PeopleTools 8.50 classes available now:– PeopleSoft PeopleTools 1 Rel 8.50– PeopleTools II Rel 8.50– PeopleTools I/PeopleTools II - Accelerated Rel 8.50– PeopleSoft PeopleCode Rel 8.50– SQR for PeopleSoft Rel 8.50– Application Engine Rel 8.50– PeopleCode/SQR – Accelerated Rel 8.50– PeopleCode/Application Engine – Accelerated Rel 8.50
• To view a schedule of these classes or new upcoming classes visit the Oracle University booth in Moscone West (W-144) or go to oracle.com/education
PeopleSoft Enterprise Documentation and Curriculum
For more information about …
Training e UPK e Self-Study CDs � Hosted PeopleBooks Release Notes � Cumulative Feature Overview Tool
Installation and Upgrade Guides e And more …
Visit our PeopleSoft Enterprise Information Portal on Oracle.com. Click PeopleSoft to access the portal.
http://www.oracle.com/applications/peoplesoft-information-portal.html
And Follow us on Twitter!
https://twitter.com/PeopleSoft_Info
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