Contents


List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Procedures

List of Code Examples

Preface

What's in This Guide
What you Should Know
Typographic Conventions
User Roles

Chapter 1 Basic Connector Concepts

The Three-Tiered Application Model
About the Unified Integration Framework
Architecture of the PeopleSoft Connector
Overview of the Connector Tools

Repository Browser
PeopleSoft Management Console
PeopleSoft Data Mining Tool

Chapter 2 Data Mining

Starting the Management Console

To start the Management Console on NT
To start the Management Console on Solaris

Gathering Data

To create a new data source
To load data into the repository

Chapter 3 Programming for the PeopleSoft Connector

About Data Objects

Primitive Objects

Integers, floats, and doubles
Fixed length strings and variable length strings
Fixed size byte arrays and variable size byte arrays

Structure Objects
Array Objects
Type Information Objects
UIF Naming Conventions

Operation
Target
Type
Attributes and Paths
Changing Data Types

Working with Servlet Samples

Acquiring the UIF Runtime Object and Mapping it to the Connector
Creating the Service Provider Object
Creating a Function Object
Running a Function Object

Employee Details Sample

To run the Employee Details Sample on NT
To run the Employee Details Sample on Solaris

The ProcessMsg Demo
To Start the SearchDialog Demo

Code Samples

Search Dialog Demo Code Examples

Building Message Definitions

To create a project
To select project options
To define a new employee record field
To add existing fields to your project
To define the record
To set table space
To build the project
To build a panel
To define a panel group for this panel
To define your menu
To define a new business process
To give authorization to the panel

Index