Appendix: Setting PS_FILEDIR and PS_SERVDIR Environment Variables

This appendix discusses how to:

• Set the PS_FILEDIR and PS_SERVDIR environment variable in Microsoft Windows environments.

• Set the PS_FILEDIR and PS_SERVDIR environment variable in UNIX environments.

Understanding Setting PS_FILEDIR and PS_SERVDIR Environment Variables

Some features of PeopleSoft Integration Broker enable you or require that you upload, import or consume data from files. For example, the system enables you to upload XML data from files to populate messages or consume WSDL from files.

In these and most other situations where you upload, import, or consume data from files, you must set the PS_FILEDIR environment variable on the machine on which the application server resides before you can successfully perform these actions.

Some features require that you also set the PS_SERVDIR environment variables

The procedure for setting the PS_FILEDIR and PS_SERVDIR environment variables is identical.

Setting PS_FILEDIR and PS_SERVDIR in Microsoft Windows Environments

Use the following procedure to set the PS_FILEDIR or PS_SERVDIR environment variable in Windows.

To set the PS_FILEDIR or PS_SERVDIR environment variable in Microsoft Windows environments:

1. Close any open DOS windows.

2. On your desktop, right-click the My Computer icon and click Properties.

   The System Properties dialog appears.

3. Click the Advanced tab.

4. In the Environment Variables section, click the Environment Variables button.

   The Environment Variables dialog box appears.

5. In the User variables for <user name> section, click New.

   A New User Variable dialog box displays.

   1. In the Variable Name field enter PS_FILEDIR or PS_SERVDIR.

   2. In the Variable Value field, enter c:\temp.

   3. Click the OK button to close the dialog box.

6. In the System variables section, click New. The New System Variable dialog box appears.

   1. In the Variable Name field enter PS_FILEDIR or PS_SERVDIR.

   2. In the Variable Value field, enter c:\temp, unless the documentation for the feature with which you are working states that you should enter a different value.

   3. Click the OK button to close the dialog box.

7. Click the OK button again to exit the System Properties dialog box.

Setting PS_FILEDIR and PS_SERVDIR in UNIX Environments

To set the PS_FILEDIR or PS_SERVDIR variable in UNIX use one of the following commands as appropriate for your UNIX environment.

Note that the path you specify in either command is the location from where the system will upload files. The documentation for the feature with which you are working may state a specific path to enter.

To set PS_FILEDIR:

• export PS_FILEDIR = <PS_HOME>/file

• setenv PS_FILEDIR = <PS_HOME>/file

To set PS_SERVDIR:

• export PS_SERVDIR = <PS_HOME>/file

• setenv PS_SERVDIR = <PS_HOME>/file