PeopleSoft Activity-Based Management Pagelets

This chapter provides an overview PeopleSoft Activity-Based Management pagelets of discusses how to:

Set up PeopleSoft Activity-Based Management portal user preferences.
View PeopleSoft Activity-Based Management data through pagelets.

Understanding PeopleSoft Activity-Based Management Pagelets

The PeopleSoft Activity-Based Management pagelets give users instant access to some of the results of the PeopleSoft Activity-Based Management variance analysis, such as object variance rates, object rates, and driver rate variance.

Setting Up PeopleSoft Activity-Based Management Portal User Preferences

This section discusses:

Result Preferences pagelet.
Home Preferences pagelet.

Pagelets Used to Set PeopleSoft Activity-Based Management Portal User Preferences

Page Name	Object Name	Navigation	Usage
Result Preferences	AB_USER_PREF_1	Activity Based Management, Setup, Preferences, Preferences, Result Preferences	Establish default settings for the data that appears in PeopleSoft Activity-Based Management pagelets.
Home Preferences	AB_HOME_PREF1	Activity Based Management, Setup, Preferences, Preferences, Home Preferences	Set the preferences that you want the system to use when you navigate to pages using the PeopleSoft Activity-Based Management homepage.

Result Preferences Pagelet

Access the Result Preferences pagelet.

Use this page to establish settings to display data in PeopleSoft Activity-Based Management portal pagelets. In PeopleSoft Activity-Based Management portal pagelets, you can view the comparison of results between:

Two different scenarios from the same or different periods.
Two different time periods for the same scenario.
The actual, budgeted, and calculated fields for the same scenario and time period.

Business Unit	Select from the available options
Current Scenario	Enter the scenario ID, fiscal year, and accounting period. Enter the calculation column. Values areActuals, Budgeted, andCalculated.
Target/Base Scenario	Enter the scenario ID, fiscal year, and accounting period. Enter the calculation column. Values are Actuals, Budgeted, and Calculated.
Most Recent Run	Select to display the most recent run for the current scenario.
Current Period - 1	Select to display the target or base scenario.
Sort Objects by	Select how you want to sort objects. Values are Absolute % Variance, (absolute percentage) Absolute Variances, and Alphabetically.

Home Preferences Pagelet

Access the Home Preferences pagelet.

SetID, Business Unit, Model ID, Scenario ID, Fiscal Year, and Period

Enter the preferences that you want the system to use when you navigate to pages through the PeopleSoft Activity-Based Management homepage.

Current Period

Select to have the system always default the current period into the search record.

Note. When you click a link on the PeopleSoft Activity-Based Management homepage and you have set your preferences, the system uses them to fill in the search record for the page that you are accessing. In many cases, your preferences enable the system to bypass the search record, thus making it easier for you to navigate to the pages accessed through the PeopleSoft Activity-Based Management homepage.

Viewing ABM Data Through Pagelets

This section discusses:

ABM Object Variance Rates pagelet.
ABM Object Rates pagelet.
ABM Driver Rate Variance pagelet.

ABM Object Variance Rates Pagelet

Displays object amount variances.

Change

This tab displays the object type, description, and % total variance for the settings that you specified on the Result Preferences pagelet.

Amount

This tab displays the total variance, current amount, and target amount.

ABM Object Rates Pagelet

Displays object variance rates.

Change

This tab displays the object type, description, change and % change for the settings specified on the Result Preferences page.

Amount

This tab displays the current amount and target amount.

ABM Driver Rate Variance Pagelet

Displays driver rate variances.

This pagelet displays the description, change and % change for the settings specified in the Result Preferences pagelet.

SetID, Business Unit, Model ID, Scenario ID, Fiscal Year, and Period	Enter the preferences that you want the system to use when you navigate to pages through the PeopleSoft Activity-Based Management homepage.
Current Period	Select to have the system always default the current period into the search record.

Change	This tab displays the object type, description, and % total variance for the settings that you specified on the Result Preferences pagelet.
Amount	This tab displays the total variance, current amount, and target amount.