The Background Process Model

Many functions in Oracle's PeopleSoft General Ledger, such as journal editing and posting, allocations processing, financial consolidations, year-end closing, and creation of summary ledgers are run as background processes using a process request page. A common processing model is incorporated into all PeopleSoft background processes to initiate processes, monitor their progress, and track their history. In addition, through commits, this model frees shared resources as quickly as possible to facilitate concurrent activity.

The model includes the following elements:

• Unit of work.

• Process instance (run ID).

• Request records.

• Message log.

PeopleTools Documentation: PeopleSoft Process Scheduler, "Understanding PeopleSoft Process Scheduler"