Data Types

This section discusses the data types that PeopleSoft supports.

Term Definition

Primitive

PeopleSoft supports the primitive data types in the following list. You may use primitive data types in child and peer elements.

  • Binary

  • Boolean

  • Character

  • Date

  • DateTime

  • Decimal

  • Integer

  • String

  • Text

  • Time

Note: When an Integer or Decimal is selected as a primitive and the unbounded checkbox is selected then the maximum that will be allowed is a length of 31. This maximum includes the negative ,if applicable, and the fractional part for decimals.

Compound

A compound data type can be a PeopleSoft record, complex primitive data type, or another document.

Complex primitive

A complex primitive data type is a primitive data type that can contain attributes.

With this data type, the system-generated XML creates the element tag with the associated attributes as a sibling instead of a child.

Collection

Collection elements represent multiple occurrences of a single type, similar to an array or a set.

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