Oracle's PeopleSoft Resource Management Preface

This preface discusses:

• PeopleSoft products.

• PeopleSoft application fundamentals.

• Pages with deferred processing.

Note. This PeopleBook documents only page elements that require additional explanation. If a page element is not documented with the process or task in which it is used, then it either requires no additional explanation or is documented with the common elements for the section, chapter, or PeopleBook.

PeopleSoft Products

This PeopleBook refers to these products:

• Oracle's PeopleSoft Contracts

• Oracle's PeopleSoft Expenses

• Oracle's PeopleSoft Human Resources Profile Management

• Oracle's PeopleSoft Maintenance Management

• Oracle's PeopleSoft Program Management

• Oracle's PeopleSoft Project Costing

• Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Service Automation Portal Pack (ESA Portal Pack)

• Oracle's PeopleSoft Services Procurement

• Oracle's PeopleSoft Staffing Front Office

PeopleSoft Application Fundamentals

The PeopleSoft Resource Management 9.1 PeopleBook provides you with implementation and processing information for your PeopleSoft Resource Management system. However, additional, essential information describing the setup and design of your system resides in companion documentation. The companion documentation consists of important topics that apply to many or all applications across the Financial Management Solutions, Enterprise Service Automation, Asset Lifecycle Management, and Supply Chain Management product lines. You should be familiar with the contents of these PeopleBooks.

These companion PeopleBooks refer specifically to PeopleSoft Resource Management:

• PeopleSoft Application Fundamentals 9.1 PeopleBook

• PeopleSoft Program Management 9.1 PeopleBook

• PeopleSoft Project Costing 9.1 PeopleBook

• PeopleSoft Financials, Enterprise Service Automation, Asset Lifecycle Management Portal Packs 9.1 PeopleBook

• PeopleSoft Maintenance Management 9.1 PeopleBook

• PeopleSoft Staffing Front Office 9.1 PeopleBook

Note. One or more pages in PeopleSoft Resource Management operate in deferred processing mode. Deferred processing is described in the preface in the PeopleSoft Application Fundamentals 9.1 PeopleBook.

Pages with Deferred Processing

Several pages in PeopleSoft Resource Management operate in deferred processing mode. Most fields on these pages are not updated or validated until you save the page or refresh it by clicking a button, link, or tab. This delayed processing has various implications for the field values that are on the page—for example, if a field contains a default value, any value that you enter before the system updates the page overrides the default. Another implication is that the system updates quantity balances or totals only when you save or otherwise refresh the page.

See the guidelines for designing pages in the PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Application Designer.

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.