This preface discusses:
PeopleSoft products.
PeopleSoft application fundamentals.
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.
This PeopleBook refers to these products:
Oracle's PeopleSoft Order Management.
Oracle's PeopleSoft Promotions Management.
Oracle's PeopleSoft Billing.
Oracle's PeopleSoft Contracts.
The Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Pricer PeopleBook provides you with implementation and processing information for the PeopleSoft Promotions Management system. However, additional, essential information describing the setup and design of the system resides in companion documentation. The companion documentation consists of important topics that apply to many or all PeopleSoft applications across the PeopleSoft Financials, Enterprise Service Automation, and Supply Chain Management product lines. You should be familiar with the contents of these PeopleBooks.
These companion PeopleBooks contain information that applies specifically to PeopleSoft Enterprise Pricer:
PeopleSoft Application Fundamentals for FIN, ESA, and SCM PeopleBook.
PeopleSoft Setting Up Global Options and Reports PeopleBook.
PeopleSoft Order Management PeopleBook.
PeopleSoft Promotions Management PeopleBook.
PeopleSoft Working with Customers and Orders PeopleBook.
PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management Integration PeopleBook.
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.
Business Unit |
An identification code that represents a high-level organization of business information. You can use a business unit to define regional or departmental units within a larger organization. |
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 is 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. |
EmplID (employee ID) |
Unique identification code for an individual associated with the organization. |
Language or Language Code |
The language in which you want the field labels and report headings of 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 |
Designates the appropriate frequency in the Process Frequency group box: Once runs the request the next time that the batch process runs. After the batch process runs, the process frequency is automatically set to Don't Run. Always runs the request every time that the batch process runs. Don't Run ignores the request when the batch process runs. |
Process Monitor |
This button accesses the Process List page, where you can view the status of submitted process requests. |
Report Manager |
This button accesses the Report List page, where you can view report content, check the status of a report, and see content detail messages (which describe the report and the distribution list). |
Run |
This button accesses the Process Scheduler request page, where you can specify the location where a process or job runs and the process output format. |
Run Control ID |
A request identification that represents a set of selection criteria for a report or process. |
SetID |
An identification code that represents a set of control table information or tablesets. A tableset is a group of tables (records) necessary to define an organization's structure and processing options. |
User ID |
The system identifier for the individual who generates a transaction. |