Understanding Integration Options for the Asset Repository Module

Enabling integration between PeopleSoft Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and PeopleSoft Financial and Distribution Management (FDM) occurs on the Installed Product Configuration page, which is keyed by setID. Select the box labeled Enable Asset Integration with PeopleSoft Financials to allow integration. Also, when this check box is selected, the check box that controls the display of the installed asset serial ID is automatically selected because the PeopleSoft Financials application requires Serial ID values for all hardware assets.

The check box is the only setup option required for this integration other than the Product Mapping for Hardware Assets page and the full synchronization of manufacturer and asset subtype data.

However, other standard PeopleSoft integration-related setups are required. For example, you may need to configure the integration gateways, activate the relevant service operations, configure and activate routings, and set the message queues to running. These are all standard integration setup requirements.

Since the asset entries also include employee, department, and location values, the entries for these three types of data should also be in sync between the two systems. Therefore, you also must synchronize the existing messages for employee, department, and location in addition to synchronizing the new messages for manufacturers and asset subtypes.