Understanding Third Party Integration

Open Integration Framework

PeopleSoft provides an open integration framework that enables you to integrate with Webcast and content management vendors to import classes into Enterprise Learning Management from an external source.

Here's a summary of how the integration works:

• For incoming data, an incoming message initiates the process.

  Using PeopleTools Integration Broker, the open integration framework process reads the XML document contained in the message and uses the standard XSLT to transform the XML. Finally, the open integration framework maps the transformed data to the corresponding learning management data and processes that information.

• For outgoing data, such as requesting a Webcast learning component from a vendor, a functional process initiates the outgoing message.

  The process reads from the learning management tables and uses data mapping to create an XML document. This initial XML document may be changed into to a PeopleSoft XML document. Another change is then applied to either the initial XML document or to the subsequent PeopleSoft XML document, depending on the supplier's needs, to create a final document. PeopleTools Integration Broker then sends the final document.

Implementation Steps

PeopleSoft delivers the catalog import application classes that you need to integrate with third parties. You can view the application class types and classes on pages provided in the Set Up ELM menu.

PeopleSoft also delivers the data mapping required for importing files in standard formats. To complete the data mapping setup, you must run the Datamapping Sync process (HRS_DM_SYNC).