PeopleSoft SCM Cost Management Implementation

PeopleSoft Setup Manager enables you to generate a list of setup tasks for the organization based on the features that you are implementing. The setup tasks include the components that you must set up, listed in the order in which you must enter data into the component tables, and links to the corresponding documentation.

PeopleSoft Cost Management also provides component interfaces to help load data from the existing system into PeopleSoft Cost Management tables. Use the Excel to Component Interface utility with the component interfaces to populate the tables.

This table lists all of the components that have component interfaces:

Component	Component Interface	Reference
Distribution Type	CM_DISTR_TYPE_CI	See Distribution Type Page
Storage Area Accounting	STORAGE_ACCTS	See Using Storage Area Control
Production Conversion Codes	CE_CONCODE	See Production Conversion Codes Page
Costing Conversion Overhead Rates	CE_CONV_OH_RATE	See Overhead Rates Page
Costing Conversion Rates	CE_CONV_RATE	See Conversion Rates Page
Forecasted Purchase Rates	CE_FCST	See Forecasted Purchase Costs Page
Additional Costs by Item	CE_ITEMEXP	See Adding Additional Costs
Conversion Overhead Codes	CE_OHCODE_CODE	See Production Overhead Codes Page
Transfer Pricing Definition	CM_TRAN_PRICE_CI	See Understanding Transfer Pricing Definitions
Floor and Ceiling Values	CM_VALUE_REF_PGRP	See Generating Reports of Financial Transactions
Assign Crew Actual Costs	CM_CREW_RATE	See Crew Actual Cost Page
Establish Actual Costs for Crew	CE_CREW_ACTCOST_CI	See Crew Actual Cost Page
InterUnit Transfer Accounting	INTERUNIT_DEF_INV	See Interunit Ownership Page

PeopleSoft Events and Notifications Framework

As your organization processes the continuous stream of transactions within your PeopleSoft system, the events and notifications framework enables you to monitor the transaction flow and alert your organization to any errors, changes, and stalled transactions. The messages generated by the events and notifications framework can notify you of the problem, give you a detailed description of the issue, and provide a link to the PeopleSoft page where you can resolve it. One of the ways to use the events and notifications framework is to create PeopleSoft Queries on one or more PeopleSoft tables, add the alert using the Alert Setup component, and then complete the alert setup steps. This method enables you to monitor data within a PeopleSoft table; for example, searching for stalled transactions, instead of looking at the results of a PeopleSoft process. When the Alerts process (EOEN_ALERT) is run, the PeopleSoft table is queried and the alert messages can be generated. These messages can be routed to the appropriate person (PeopleSoft user or non-PeopleSoft user) using an email, a PeopleSoft worklist entry, an XML message, or the PeopleSoft Notification Dashboard.

For the PeopleSoft Cost Management application, sample data includes the following PeopleSoft queries that have been setup to work with the events and notifications framework. These queries may require minor modifications to work in your environment. You can also copy and alter these queries to create new alert messages.

Query	Process Name	Process Category	Description
CM_PENDING_TRANS	IN_ALERTS	CM_PENDING_TRANSACTION	Generates alert messages for costing transactions that are still pending. One alert message is created for each business unit and cost book combination. This PeopleSoft query uses the same logic as the Pending Transactions inquiry page in PeopleSoft Cost Management.
CM_ACCTG_LN_ERROR	IN_ALERTS	CM_ACCTG_LINE_ERROR	Generates alert messages for costing transactions which have an error that is preventing the creation of the accounting lines. One alert message is created per business unit.
CM_ACCTG_LN_UNPOST	IN_ALERTS	CM_ACCTG_LINE_UNPOST	Generates alert messages for costing transactions that have not been posted to the general ledger. One alert message is created for each business unit and cost book combination.

See PeopleSoft Events and Notifications Framework

Other Sources of Information

In the planning phase of the implementation, take advantage of all PeopleSoft sources of information, including the installation guides, table-loading sequences, data models, and business process maps. A complete list of these resources appears in the preface in the PeopleSoft Application Fundamentals with information about where to find the most current version of each.