Creating and Applying Tools Delta Package

Since PUM supports multiple PeopleTools releases it is necessary for PUM to handle shape differences that may exist between different PeopleTools releases. There are 2 types of Tools dependencies:

  • Hard Dependencies - The object will not work on a lower release and is therefore stripped from the change package definition.

  • Soft Dependencies - Some of the attributes of the object are stripped in order to work on the lower release.

When the customer does upgrade to the newer PeopleTools release, any previously applied updates that contained soft dependencies need to be re-applied with the associated post-requisites to add back the attributes or objects that were stripped away when the updates were applied in the old release. The Tools Delta Package option in the PeopleSoft PIA application is used to create this change package.

Prerequisites

You will use the Change Assistant Update Manager > Define or Create a New Change Package action to create and apply the change package. Before you can select this action, the following prerequisites must be configured and installed:

  1. Download the latest PeopleSoft Update Image (PI) from My Oracle Support and install it locally.

    See Installing PeopleSoft Update Image

  2. Configure the Microsoft Windows client running Change Assistant.

    See Configuring the Microsoft Windows Client Running Change Assistant

  3. (Optional) Configure Environment Management Framework for your target environment, if you want to use the file deploy feature.

    See Configuring the Environment Management Hub

  4. (Optional) Start EMF if you plan to use the file deploy feature.

    See Running the Environment Management Hub

  5. Define the PUM Source and EM Hub.

    Note:

    For the PeopleTools Upgrade these options were skipped when the original configuration for Change Assistant was completed. Depending on the PeopleSoft Image downloaded and installed, you may need to remove Change Assistant and install the version delivered with the PeopleSoft Image. After installing a new version of Change Assistant, you will need to set up Change Assistant.