1.1.5 Reviewing COBOL Requirements for PeopleSoft HCM

The following table lists the PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 products for which COBOL is required:

Product	COBOL Requirements
Absence Management	Required
Base Benefits	Conditionally Required for: Leave Accrual processing and Benefits Billing.
Benefits Administration	Required
Cobra Administration	Required
Global Payroll Core	Required
Global Payroll for Argentina	Required
Global Payroll for Australia	Required
Global Payroll for Brazil	Required
Global Payroll for China	Required
Global Payroll for France	Required
Global Payroll for Hong Kong	Required
Global Payroll for India	Required
Global Payroll for Japan	Required
Global Payroll for Malaysia	Required
Global Payroll for Mexico	Required
Global Payroll for New Zealand	Required
Global Payroll for Singapore	Required
Global Payroll for Spain	Required
Global Payroll for Switzerland	Required
Global Payroll for United Kingdom	Required
Global Payroll for United States	Required
Human Resources	Conditionally Required for: Festive Advances, Federal HCM Central Personnel Data File processing, Education and Government, Commitment Accounting, Tenure, Flexible Service, and Faculty Events processing.
Payroll Interface	Required
Payroll for North America	Required
Pension Administration	Required

Note:

COBOL is not required for PeopleSoft PeopleTools or for applications that contain no COBOL programs. If one of the products in your application contains COBOL programs, then you need to purchase a COBOL compiler.

See PeopleSoft Enterprise Frequently Asked Questions About PeopleSoft and COBOL Compilers, My Oracle Support, Article ID KB696014.

The following table lists COBOL compilers by operating system:

COBOL Compiler	Operating System
Visual COBOL	Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux
IBM COBOL for AIX	AIX
IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS	z/OS

For more information on COBOL see the PeopleSoft PeopleTools installation documentation.

See the PeopleSoft 9.2 Application Installation for your database platform and current PeopleTools release, “Installing and Compiling COBOL on UNIX.”

See the PeopleSoft 9.2 Application Installation for your database platform and current PeopleTools release, “Installing and Compiling COBOL on Windows.”