Working With PeopleSoft Navigator

You can navigate through the PeopleSoft Navigator hierarchy by opening nodes in the tree or by clicking icons in the map. Either way, both the tree and the map always show the currently selected item. Navigate the map hierarchy by using the following actions:

• To select a tree node and simultaneously expand it, click either the node or the plus sign that appears next to the node.

• To collapse a tree node, click the minus sign that appears to the left of the node.

• To return to a higher-level map, click the appropriate tree node; you cannot use the map to move to a higher level.

When you click a step (the map element corresponding to a single page), the corresponding page appears on the right side of the screen where the map otherwise appears. A page that you access through PeopleSoft Navigator has the same access requirements as a page that you access through the standard application navigation. Therefore, you may need to go through a search page before accessing a transaction.

All of the standard page operations, including the Save and Return to Search buttons, are available. The PeopleSoft Navigator tree also remains available, and you can use it to move to maps or to other pages.

When an activity contains sequential steps, PeopleSoft Navigator offers two ways to move through the sequence:

• Continue using the tree by clicking the next step in the activity.

• Click the navigation links that appear in the upper-right corner of any page that appears in PeopleSoft Navigator.

Depending on where the page falls in the sequence of pages, links for the Prev (previous) page and Next page appear. When you move from page to page, key fields are remembered so that you do not have to go through the search page unless you are moving to a page with different high-level keys.