Understanding PeopleSoft Navigator

PeopleSoft Navigator enables end users to see workflow maps according to their hierarchical relationships. Users can browse the maps and navigate to individual pages by clicking the map elements representing the pages.

Users access PeopleSoft Navigator in PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture by selecting PeopleTools, Worklist, Navigator, which causes the Navigator structure to appear in place of the standard PeopleSoft portal structure. In the Navigator structure, users see a tree representing the hierarchical relationships of the workflow maps that fall under the high-level map that is used as the Navigator homepage.

As the user clicks the business processes and activities in the tree, the corresponding maps appear on the right-hand side of the screen. When the user clicks a step—the map element corresponding to a single page—the corresponding page appears on the right-hand side of the screen.

Maps that are used for workflow are visible through PeopleSoft Navigator; you can also create additional maps (which are not part of workflow) specifically for use in Navigator. In this context, the maps are commonly called Navigator maps, rather than workflow maps.