Considerations for Creating a Policy

The PeopleSoft Active Analytics Framework is neither a programming tool nor a substitute for PeopleCode. Do not use the framework as a way to program policies that do not need to be configurable. If policies are static, the use of PeopleCode is the best method. The framework should not be used as a tool to configure the presentation layer: for dynamically hiding or unhiding fields, making the fields editable, and so on. Furthermore, the data library should not be used when no need exists for the data abstraction layer.

Use the PeopleSoft Active Analytics Framework when a need exists for business users to configure business processes with business rules, without having to customize the application.

Before building policies, consider that each term used in conditions or in actions within policies could negatively affect performance of the application component, especially if the term's retrieval mechanism is time consuming.