PeopleTools 8.52: Supported Integration Technologies

Getting Started with Supported Integration Technologies

This chapter provides an overview of Supported Integration Technologies and discusses:

Supported integration technologies implementation.
Other sources of information.

Supported Integration Technologies Overview

This PeopleBook describes several integration technologies that PeopleSoft delivered before PeopleSoft 8.

Note. Oracle supports the older technologies documented in this PeopleBook; however, you should use the more robust and adaptable tools delivered with the current release.

EDI Manager	Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a standard means of exchanging data between companies so that they can transact business electronically. PeopleSoft EDI Manager enables you to define event and action codes, define EDI transactions, set up trading partners, map transactions, and monitor transaction processing.
Outgoing Forms API	Forms routing enables the system to take data from a PeopleSoft application page on which a user is working, enter it into a third-party form, and mail the completed form to designated users by means of the forms product’s mail capabilities. The PeopleSoft system provides a PSFORMS dynamic link library (PSFORMS.DLL) that PeopleSoft applications use to communicate with forms software, which includes session-level, query, and send operations.
Open Query ODBC Driver and API	The PeopleSoft Open Query ODBC driver and API enable third-party reporting tools or applications to access PeopleSoft data in conformance with the PeopleSoft Query access architecture (the embedded SQL access intelligence provided by PeopleSoft Query).

Supported Integration Technologies Implementation

The technologies discussed in this PeopleBook are automatically installed with PeopleTools. In the planning phase of your implementation, take advantage of all PeopleSoft sources of information, including the installation guides and release notes. Moreover, in addition to the information in this PeopleBook, refer to the following PeopleBooks:

Technology	PeopleBook
EDI Manager	PeopleTools 8.52: SQR for PeopleSoft Developers PeopleBook
Outgoing Forms API	PeopleTools 8.52: PeopleSoft Application Designer Developer's Guide PeopleBook
Open Query ODBC Driver and API	PeopleTools 8.52: PeopleSoft Query PeopleBook and PeopleTools 8.52: Crystal Reports for PeopleSoft PeopleBook

Other Sources of Information

In addition to the implementation considerations presented in this section, take advantage of all sources of information about PeopleSoft products, including the installation guides, release notes, PeopleBooks, and curriculum.