Business Unit

Identification code that represents a high-level organization of business information. Use a business unit to define regional or departmental units within a larger organization.

Effective Date

Date on which a table row becomes effective; the date that an action begins. For example, if you want to close out a ledger on June 30, the effective date for the ledger closing would be July 1. This date also determines when you can view and change the information. Pages or panels and batch processes that use the information use the current row.

See PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools PeopleBook: Using PeopleSoft Applications, “Working with Pages,” Using Effective Dates

Effective Status

Indicates whether a row in a table is Active or Inactive. You cannot display inactive rows on transaction pages or use them for running batch processes. Inactivate rather than delete data you no longer use in order to maintain an audit trail.

Fund

An accounting entity established for the purpose of carrying on specific activities or attaining certain objectives in accordance with special regulations, restrictions, or limitations. This is a delivered PeopleSoft ChartField, specific use of which is typically defined by your organization during implementation of PeopleSoft General Ledger.

Fund Affiliate

ChartField used to correlate transactions between funds when using a single intraunit account.

Landlord

An entity that owns and rents land, buildings, or dwelling units.

Language or Language Code

The language in which you want the field labels and report headings of your reports to print. The field values appear as you enter them.

Language also refers to the language spoken by an employee, applicant, or non-employee.

Lease

Legally binding agreement between a landlord and a tenant where the tenant rents all or part of a physical property from the landlord.

Operating Unit

ChartField used to identify a location, such as a distribution warehouse or sales center.

Payee

The entity to whom a payment must be made.

Payor

The entity who is required to make a payment.

Process Frequency

Select the appropriate frequency from the drop-down box:

Process Once: Executes the request the next time the batch process runs. After the batch process runs, the process frequency is automatically set to Don't Run.

Don't Run: Ignores the request when the batch process runs.

Always Process: Executes the request every time the batch process runs.

Process Monitor

A link that accesses the Process List page, where you can view the status of submitted process requests.

See PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Process Scheduler, “Understanding PeopleSoft Process Scheduler.”

Product

ChartField that captures additional information useful for profitability and cash flow analysis by product sold or manufactured.

Program

ChartField that identifies groups of related activities, cost centers, revenue centers, responsibility centers, and academic programs. Tracks revenue and expenditures for programs.

Project

ChartField that captures information for project/grants accounting.

Report ID

Unique identification code for a report.

Report Manager

A link that accesses the Report List page, where you can view report content, check the status of a report, and see content detail messages (which show you a description of the report and the distribution list).

See PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Process Scheduler, “Understanding PeopleSoft Process Scheduler.”

Request ID

A request identification that represents a set of selection criteria for a report or process.

Run

This button takes you to the Process Scheduler request page, where you can specify the location where a process or job runs and the process output format.

See PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Process Scheduler, “Understanding PeopleSoft Process Scheduler.”

Run Control ID

An identification code that identifies the run parameters for a report or process.

Select All

Click this button to select all options on the page.

SetID

An identification code that represents a set of control table information or TableSets. A TableSet is a group of tables (records) necessary to define your company's structure and processing options.

Short Description

Any text up to 15 characters.

Tenant

An entity that pays rent to use or occupy land, a building, or other property owned by another.

User Defaults

User preferences and defaults used for PeopleSoft Real Estate Management.

User ID

The system identifier for the individual who generates a transaction.