Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Resource Management Preface

This preface discusses:

PeopleSoft products.
PeopleSoft application fundamentals.
Pages with deferred processing.

Note. This PeopleBook documents only page elements that require additional explanation. If a page element is not documented with the process or task in which it is used, then it either requires no additional explanation or is documented with the common elements for the section, chapter, or PeopleBook.

PeopleSoft Products

This PeopleBook refers to these products:

Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Contracts
Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Expenses
Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Resources Profile Management
Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Maintenance Management
Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Program Management
Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Project Costing
Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Service Automation Portal Pack (ESA Portal Pack)
Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Services Procurement
Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Staffing Front Office

PeopleSoft Application Fundamentals

The PeopleSoft Enterprise Resource Management 9.0 PeopleBook provides you with implementation and processing information for your PeopleSoft Resource Management system. However, additional, essential information describing the setup and design of your system resides in companion documentation. The companion documentation consists of important topics that apply to many or all applications across the Financial Management Solutions, Enterprise Service Automation, Asset Lifecycle Management, and Supply Chain Management product lines. You should be familiar with the contents of these PeopleBooks.

These companion PeopleBooks refer specifically to PeopleSoft Resource Management:

PeopleSoft Enterprise Application Fundamentals 9.0 PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Enterprise Program Management 9.0 PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Enterprise Project Costing 9.0 PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Enterprise Financials, Enterprise Service Automation, Asset Lifecycle Management Portal Packs 9.0 PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Enterprise Maintenance Management 9.0 PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Enterprise Staffing Front Office 9.0 PeopleBook

Note. One or more pages in PeopleSoft Resource Management operate in deferred processing mode. Deferred processing is described in the preface in the PeopleSoft Enterprise Application Fundamentals 9.0 PeopleBook.

Pages with Deferred Processing

Several pages in PeopleSoft Resource Management operate in deferred processing mode. Most fields on these pages are not updated or validated until you save the page or refresh it by clicking a button, link, or tab. This delayed processing has various implications for the field values that are on the page—for example, if a field contains a default value, any value that you enter before the system updates the page overrides the default. Another implication is that the system updates quantity balances or totals only when you save or otherwise refresh the page.

See the guidelines for designing pages in the Enterprise PeopleTools 8.48 PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Application Designer.

About These PeopleBooks

A companion PeopleBook called About These PeopleBooks contains general information, including:

Related documentation, common page elements, and typographical conventions for PeopleBooks.
Information about using PeopleBooks and managing the PeopleBooks Library.
Information on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) country and currency codes used within PeopleBooks.
A glossary of useful PeopleSoft terms that are used in PeopleBooks.