Creating a New Feed Data Type Definition

Access the Define Feed Data Types page (PeopleTools, Feeds, Define Feed Data Types).

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Define Feed Data Types page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

PeopleTools delivers the following feed data types: FEED, GENERICFEED, PSQUERY, PTSF_SES_FEED_DT, and WORKLIST. To create a new feed data type, use the Add New Value field on the search page.

Field or Control	Description
Data Type	Displays the type of feed that you are creating or editing. This field is display-only.
Description	Enter a short description of the type of feed. You may enter up to 30 characters.
Long Description	Enter a long description of the type of feed to clearly describe its purpose. You may enter up to 255 characters.
Owner ID	Select the owner ID for the feed data type definition. The owner ID is a way to identify which definitions are owned by which PeopleSoft applications, such as PeopleSoft General Ledger, Accounts Receivables, PeopleTools, and so on. The values in the drop-down list box are Translate table values associated with the OBJECTOWNERID field.
Active	Select to activate the feed definition.

Default Feed Properties

Not all readers display all properties. This table describes the default feed properties that some feed readers process and display.

Note:

These properties are the defaults. You can change any of these default properties at the individual feed level.

Field or Control	Description
Copyright	Enter copyright information to be included in the XML.
Logo	Enter a URL to the logo to be included in the XML, for example, http://example.com/img/logo.gif.
Icon	Enter a URL to an icon to be included in the XML, for example, http://example.com/img/icon.gif.
Author Name	Enter an author name to be included in the XML.
Author Email	Enter an author's email address to be included in the XML.
Contributor Name	Enter a contributor's name to be included in the XML.
Contributor Email	Enter a contributor's email address to be included in the XML.

Supporting Application Class

Field or Control	Description
Package Name	Enter the application class package name that you want to use for the data type. Each Feed Data Type application class should be associated with one Feed Data Type service operation.
Path	Enter the application class path that you want to use for the data type.
Application Class ID	Enter the name of the application class that you want to use for the data type. The class must exist in the application package name that you specify.

Field or Control

Description

Package Name

Enter the application class package name that you want to use for the data type.

Each Feed Data Type application class should be associated with one Feed Data Type service operation.

Path

Enter the application class path that you want to use for the data type.

Application Class ID

Enter the name of the application class that you want to use for the data type. The class must exist in the application package name that you specify.

Feed Service Operations

Field or Control	Description
Service Operation	Enter the name of the service operations associated with the feed definition that are used to retrieve data.
Type	Displays whether the service operation is real-time or scheduled. This field is display-only.
Default	Select this check box to make this service operation the default.