Understanding Orders

An order is a request for temporary or permanent workers. The processing of orders for these two types of workers is similar.

Setup tables (which are configured during implementation) define the values for many of the fields on the order pages. In addition, the setup of customers, employees, and applicants is essential to the creation of orders.

To create an order, your implementation team must configure setup tables properly. Users then select the proper values when entering information in the prompt fields on the Order pages. If table setup is not correct, you cannot enter data in some required fields or save the information to your database.

Oracle's PeopleSoft Staffing Front Office shares the Order and Assignment tables with PeopleSoft Pay/Bill Management, providing seamless integration between these two applications.

PeopleSoft Staffing Front Office also shares the Order, Assignment, and Resource Calendar tables with PeopleSoft Resource Management. Sharing information in these tables facilitates availability information exchange when a resource is assigned using either application. However, orders and assignments added in PeopleSoft Staffing Front Office are not visible in the PeopleSoft Resource Management components, and vice versa.