PeopleSoft Managing Items 9.1 PeopleBook

PeopleSoft Managing Items Preface

This preface discusses:

PeopleSoft products.
Pages with deferred processing.
Common elements used in this PeopleBook.

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 Inventory.
Oracle's PeopleSoft Cost Management.
Oracle's PeopleSoft Purchasing.
Oracle's PeopleSoft Applications Fundamentals.
Oracle's PeopleSoft PeopleTools.
Oracle's PeopleSoft CRM FieldService.
Oracle's PeopleSoft Call Center Applications.
Oracle's PeopleSoft Demand Planning.
Oracle's PeopleSoft Inventory Policy Planning.
Oracle's PeopleSoft Flow Production.
Oracle's PeopleSoft Manufacturing.
Oracle's PeopleSoft Product Configurator.
Oracle's PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management Integration.

Pages With Deferred Processing

Several pages used to manage PeopleSoft items 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 on the page—for example, if a field contains a default value, any value 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.

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.

Common Elements Used in This PeopleBook

Description	Free-flow text up to 30 characters.
Effective Date	Date on which a table row becomes effective; the date that an action begins. For example, if you want to close out a ledger on June 30, the effective date for the ledger closing would be July 1. This date also determines when you can view and change the information. Pages or panels and batch processes that use the information use the current row. See PeopleTools PeopleBook: Using PeopleSoft Applications
Language or Language Code	The language in which you want the field labels and report headings of the reports to print. The field values appear as you enter them. Language also refers to the language spoken by an employee, applicant, or non-employee.
Process Frequency (group box)	Designates the appropriate frequency in the Process Frequency group box: Once executes the request the next time the batch process runs. After the batch process runs, the process frequency is automatically set to Don't Run. Always executes the request every time the batch process runs. Don't Run ignores the request when the batch process runs.
Process Monitor	This link takes you to the Process List page, where you can view the status of submitted process requests.
Report ID	The report identifier.
Report Manager	This link takes you to the Report List page, where you can view report content, check the status of a report, and see content detail messages (which give you a description of the report and the distribution list).
Recipient's	Select to have a report print in the language defined for the recipient of the report.
Request ID	A request identification that represents a set of selection criteria for a report or process.
Run	Click this button to access the Process Scheduler request page, where you can specify the location where a process or job runs and the process output format. See PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Process Scheduler
Run Control ID	Each run control you create receives a unique run control ID. When you select a process from a menu, a search dialog box appears, asking for a run control ID. If you are in Add mode, enter a new ID for the run control you are about to define. If you are in Update/Display mode, enter an existing run control ID or press Enter and select from the list of available run control IDs.
Short Description	Free-flow text up to 15 characters.
Specified	Select to have a report print in the language that you specify in the Language field.
Status	the options in this field are Active or Inactive. By linking status and effective date, you can retain historical information and plan future implementation. For auditing purposes, PeopleSoft encourages inactivating data that is no longer in use instead of deleting it.
User ID	The system identifier for the individual who generates a transaction.