Preface


This preface contains the following information:

• What's in This Guide

• What you Should Know

• Typographic Conventions

• User Roles

What's in This Guide

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The following table provides a quick overview of what is in this guide.

Chapter	Contents
Chapter 1 "Basic Connector Concepts"	Concepts you should understand before you set up iAS Enterprise Connector for PeopleSoft or use the API.
Chapter 2 "Data Mining"	How to use the repository browser to view and modify PeopleSoft information.
Chapter 3 "Programming for the PeopleSoft Connector"	Contains the procedure for acquiring UIF objects and executing functions. Also, describes how to use the management console to view and change your Enterprise Connector for PeopleSoft configuration, load files into the repository, and edit files.

What you Should Know

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This guide assumes you are familiar with the following topics:

• iAS programming concepts

• The Internet and World Wide Web

• PeopleSoft programming concepts

• Java programming language and Java servlets

• Enterprise JavaBeans

Typographic Conventions

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File and directory paths are given in Windows format; with backslashes separating directory names. For Unix versions, the directory paths are the same, except slashes are used instead of backslashes.

URLs follow the form:

http://server.domain/path/filename.html

In these URLs, server is replaced with the name of server on which you run your application; domain is your Internet domain name; path is the directory structure on the server; and filename is an individual file.

This guide uses the following font conventions:

• The monospace font is used for sample code and code listings, API and language elements (such as function names and class names), file names, path names, directory names, and HTML tags.

• Italic type is used for book titles, emphasis, variables and placeholders, and words you should replace in code.

User Roles

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People with different skill sets are typically involved with the setup of the Enterprise Connector for PeopleSoft:

System Administrator	Installs iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for PeopleSoft Enterprise Connector for PeopleSoft.
Systems and Business Analyst	Uses the PeopleSoft Data Mining tool to define PeopleSoft transactions that are available through iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for PeopleSoft Enterprise Connector for PeopleSoft. Uses the Management Console to specify levels of security, the end users that have access to specific kinds of data, and performance characteristics, such as pooling.
Applications Programmer	Writes servlets and EJBs that call the Unified Integration Foundation (UIF) APIs. Uses the Repository Browser to determine available data types and access methods.
PeopleSoft Programmer	Writes PeopleSoft programs that communicates with the Enterprise Connector for PeopleSoft, or modifies existing programs to make them DPL-compliant.