Prerequisites

This section lists prerequisites for integrating with PeopleSoft HCM:

  • Install PeopleSoft HCM 8 or later.

  • On the Resource Setup - Common Installation Options page, select one of these options as the employee source database:

    • PeopleSoft HCM 8.0+

      Select this option to maintain employee and non-employee source data only in PeopleSoft HCM.

    • PeopleSoft HCM 8.0+ and Financials Database

      Select this option to maintain employee data records in PeopleSoft HCM, and non-employee data records in HCM and Financials databases.

  • Activate the Publication and Subscription services on the Financials database and HCM application servers.

  • Activate the data synchronization application messages.

If you use PeopleSoft HCM Profile Management:

  • Add content items for these content types in PeopleSoft HCM if they are not already defined in the HCM database:

    • Competencies

    • Degrees

    • Languages

    • Licenses and certificates

    • Professional memberships

    • Honors and awards

    • Test results

  • Establish resource setup data in PeopleSoft HCM if it is not already defined in the HCM database.

  • Grant users access to the HCM database to maintain resource setup data.

Note:

If you maintain non-employee data in either PeopleSoft HCM or PeopleSoft Resource Management, any new non-employee record that is created in Resource Management must be maintained in Resource Management. Any new non-employee record that is created in PeopleSoft HCM must be maintained in PeopleSoft HCM.

See the product documentation forPeopleTools: System and Server Administration and PeopleTools: Application Designer Developer's Guide