Creating the Feed Data Type Definition

This section lists the steps for creating a new feed data type definition and discusses how to:

  • Define a new feed data type.

  • Determine whether additional advanced options are available.

You complete these steps to define a new feed data type:

  1. Select PeopleTools > Feed > Define Data Types.

  2. Specify the data source application class.

  3. Select the service operations to be used by feeds of this data type and specify the default service operation.

  4. Specify the default feed head level attributes for feeds of this data type.

  5. (Optional) Click the Publish as Feed link to create a list of feeds feed, which lists all feeds of this data type that the user can access.

  6. Determine whether additional advanced options are available.

Access the Define Feed Data Types page (PeopleTools, Feeds, Define Feed Data Types).

Image: Define Feed Data Types page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Define Feed Data Types page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Define Feed Data Types page

PeopleTools delivers the following feed data types: FEED, GENERICFEED, PSQUERY, PTSF_SES_FEED_DT, and WORKLIST. To create a new feed data type, use the Add New Value field on the search page.

Field or Control

Definition
Data Type

Displays the type of feed that you are creating or editing. This field is display-only.
Description

Enter a short description of the type of feed. You may enter up to 30 characters.
Long Description

Enter a long description of the type of feed to clearly describe its purpose. You may enter up to 255 characters.
Owner ID

Select the owner ID for the feed data type definition.

The owner ID is a way to identify which definitions are owned by which PeopleSoft applications, such as PeopleSoft General Ledger, Accounts Receivables, PeopleTools, and so on. The values in the drop-down list box are Translate table values associated with the OBJECTOWNERID field.
Active

Select to activate the feed definition.

Default Feed Properties

Not all readers display all properties. This table describes the default feed properties that some feed readers process and display.

Note: These properties are the defaults. You can change any of these default properties at the individual feed level.

Field or Control

Definition
Copyright

Enter copyright information to be included in the XML.

Logo

Enter a URL to the logo to be included in the XML, for example, http://example.com/img/logo.gif.
Icon

Enter a URL to an icon to be included in the XML, for example, http://example.com/img/icon.gif.
Author Name

Enter an author name to be included in the XML.
Author Email

Enter an author's email address to be included in the XML.
Contributor Name

Enter a contributor's name to be included in the XML.
Contributor Email

Enter a contributor's email address to be included in the XML.

Supporting Application Class

Field or Control

Definition
Package Name

Enter the application class package name that you want to use for the data type.

Each Feed Data Type application class should be associated with one Feed Data Type service operation.
Path

Enter the application class path that you want to use for the data type.

Application Class ID

Enter the name of the application class that you want to use for the data type. The class must exist in the application package name that you specify.

Feed Service Operations

Field or Control

Definition
Service Operation

Enter the name of the service operations associated with the feed definition that are used to retrieve data.
Type

Displays whether the service operation is real-time or scheduled. This field is display-only.
Default

Select this check box to make this service operation the default.

The standard advanced option page, PTFP_PUB_AS_ADVOPT, has one advanced option: Max Number of Entries. If your new feed data type has additional data source parameters (such as a paged feed, an incremental feed, or other parameters), then you must create a custom advanced options page. Otherwise, you can use the standard advanced options page shown in this example:

Image: Example of the standard Advanced Feed Options page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the standard Advanced Feed Options page.

Example of the standard Advanced Feed Options page