PeopleTools 8.51 PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Application Designer Developer's Guide

Getting Started with PeopleSoft Application Designer

This chapter provides an overview of PeopleSoft Application Designer and discusses the implementation tasks necessary to work with this tool.

PeopleSoft Application Designer Overview

PeopleSoft Application Designer is the core development tool used to build and modify PeopleSoft applications. PeopleSoft Application Designer enables you to build a variety of definitions, including:

Fields
Records (Tables)
Pages
Components
Menus
PeopleCode
SQL

PeopleSoft Application Designer Implementation

This section discusses:

Installation-level steps.
Main application development steps.

Installation-Level Steps

This table lists the steps you must complete before you can begin using PeopleSoft Application Designer:

Step	Explanation	Reference
Set up security.	For developing and customizing PeopleSoft applications, you need access to the definitions involved, such as fields, records, pages, and so on. Your administrator can provide access by adjusting your definition security settings. Your administrator also might need to grant general PeopleTools permissions for maintaining and upgrading data. These permissions include Build and Data Administration, Change Control, and Upgrade.	See Implementing Definition Security. See Setting PeopleTools Permissions.
Set up workstations.	PeopleSoft Application Designer is a Microsoft Windows-based program. To run PeopleSoft Application Designer, you must have a supported version of Windows with ample CPU and memory resources. Also, you must use PeopleSoft Configuration Manager to configure your workstation with connectivity to the appropriate database and to set all required environment variables.	See Configuring Developer Workstations.

Step

Explanation

Reference

Set up security.

For developing and customizing PeopleSoft applications, you need access to the definitions involved, such as fields, records, pages, and so on. Your administrator can provide access by adjusting your definition security settings. Your administrator also might need to grant general PeopleTools permissions for maintaining and upgrading data. These permissions include Build and Data Administration, Change Control, and Upgrade.

See Implementing Definition Security.

See Setting PeopleTools Permissions.

Set up workstations.

PeopleSoft Application Designer is a Microsoft Windows-based program. To run PeopleSoft Application Designer, you must have a supported version of Windows with ample CPU and memory resources. Also, you must use PeopleSoft Configuration Manager to configure your workstation with connectivity to the appropriate database and to set all required environment variables.

See Configuring Developer Workstations.

Main Application Development Steps

This table presents the main steps for creating a PeopleSoft application:

Step	Reference
1. Design application.	Review your in-house development cycle and documentation.
2. Create fields.	See Creating Field Definitions.
3. Create record definitions.	See Planning Records, Control Tables, and TableSets. See Creating Record Definitions.
4. Build SQL tables.	See Administering Data.
5. Create pages.	See Designing Pages for Optimal Performance. See Using Page Controls. See Creating Page Definitions.
6. Create components.	See Creating Component Definitions.
7. Register components.	See Using the Registration Wizard.
8. Test the application.	Review your in-house testing procedures and documentation.

Other Sources of Information

This section provides information you should consider before you begin to use PeopleSoft Application Designer. In the planning phase of your implementation, take advantage of all Oracle sources of information, including the installation guides and troubleshooting information. A complete list of these resources appears in the preface in About These PeopleBooks, with information about where to find the most current version of each.