Maintaining Trees

This topic discusses how to maintain trees.

Use the Tree Maintenance page (PSTREEMAINT) to audit a closed tree, copy a tree, delete a tree, or view a tree.

Navigation

Tree Manager > Tree Utilities > Copy/Delete Tree

Image: Tree Maintenance page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Tree Maintenance page. Definitions for the fields and controls appear following the example.

Tree Maintenance page

Field or Control

Definition
Key Type

Displays the key type associated with this tree.

  • SetID: The tree is identified by tree name and setID.

  • Business Unit: The tree is identified by a business unit.

  • User Defined Node Key: The tree is identified by a user-defined key.

  • None: The tree does not contain an additional key. It is keyed only by tree name and effective date.
User Key

Displays the key value.

This field is blank if the key type is None.
Valid Tree

Displays the status of the tree.
Perform Audits

To audit a tree, select its check box and click this button.

The Last Audit field for the tree changes to Valid Tree if the tree passes the audit. If the tree fails the audit, the Last Audit field changes to Draft Tree.

Note: You can get a detail listing of audit errors by running the Repair Tree batch program.
Copy

To access the Tree Definition and Properties page and copy a tree, select a tree check box and click this button.
Delete

To delete a tree, select its check box and click this button.
View

To access the Tree Viewer page and view a tree, select a tree check box and click this button.

Note: Trees secured by PeopleSoft Object Security for anything but full access are not listed and cannot be updated or deleted from the Tree Maintenance page.

Use the Copy Tree page (PSTREEDEFN) to copy a tree.

Navigation

Tree Manager > Tree Utilities > Copy/Delete Tree > Copy button

Image: Copy Tree page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Copy Tree page.

Copy Tree page

Make any necessary changes and click the Copy button.

Use the Tree Viewer page (PSTREEVIEWER) to view a tree.

Navigation

Tree Manager > Tree Utilities > Copy/Delete Tree > View button

Image: Tree Viewer page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Tree Viewer page.

Tree Viewer page

After viewing the tree information, click the Close button to return to the Tree Maintenance page.

Note: Trees displayed in view mode do not differentiate between standard nodes and branches. All nodes expand and collapse so that you can view the whole tree. Use the Expand Node Hierarchy icon to expand all child nodes.

If the multiuser environment is enabled, users will not be able to delete a tree if any branch of the tree – or the tree itself – is checked out by any user.