PeopleSoft Enterprise Absence Management Preface

This preface discusses:

• PeopleSoft applications.

• PeopleSoft Enterprise HRMS Application Fundamentals.

• PeopleBook structure.

• PeopleSoft Enterprise Absence Management terms.

Important! This PeopleBook is written for the PeopleSoft Enterprise Absence Management application. If you are using PeopleSoft Enterprise Global Payroll, refer to the PeopleSoft Enterprise Global Payroll PeopleBook.

PeopleSoft Applications

This PeopleBook refers to the following PeopleSoft application: PeopleSoft Enterprise Absence Management.

PeopleSoft Enterprise HRMS Application Fundamentals

Additional, essential information describing the setup and design of your system appears in a companion volume of documentation called PeopleSoft Enterprise HRMS Application Fundamentals PeopleBook.

PeopleSoft Enterprise Absence Management Terms

These terms are used throughout the PeopleSoft Enterprise Absence Management documentation.

• Payee refers to employees, contingency workers and persons of interest (non-employees).

• Organization refers to both companies in the private sector and organizations in the public sector.

PeopleBooks and the PeopleSoft Online Library

A companion PeopleBook called PeopleBooks and the PeopleSoft Online Library contains general information, including:

• Understanding the PeopleSoft online library and related documentation.

• How to send PeopleSoft documentation comments and suggestions to Oracle.

• How to access hosted PeopleBooks, downloadable HTML PeopleBooks, and downloadable PDF PeopleBooks as well as documentation updates.

• Understanding PeopleBook structure.

• Typographical conventions and visual cues used in PeopleBooks.

• ISO country codes and currency codes.

• PeopleBooks that are common across multiple applications.

• Common elements used in PeopleBooks.

• Navigating the PeopleBooks interface and searching the PeopleSoft online library.

• Displaying and printing screen shots and graphics in PeopleBooks.

• How to manage the locally installed PeopleSoft online library, including web site folders.

• Understanding documentation integration and how to integrate customized documentation into the library.

• Application abbreviations found in application fields.

You can find PeopleBooks and the PeopleSoft Online Library in the online PeopleBooks Library for your PeopleTools release.