PeopleSoft Cube Builder Preface

This PeopleBook refers to PeopleSoft Cube Builder.

PeopleSoft Cube Builder

PeopleSoft Cube Builder is a set of PeopleTools pages and processes that you use to create and maintain Essbase applications and databases. It also provides mechanisms to interconnect PeopleTools with Oracle Enterprise Performance Manager tools such as Smart View.

Note. The concepts and terminology used in PeopleSoft Cube Builder are the same concepts used in Oracle Enterprise Performance Manager, which is the suite that contains Essbase and Smart View. For more information, see the documentation for Oracle Hyperion products.

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.