Administering a PIA Site

To administer a PIA site:

From the PeopleSoft PIA Administration menu, select 7) Administer a site.
Choose the PIA site from the site list.

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PeopleSoft PIA Site Administration
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  PIA Home:   D:\PT_SERVER\8.61
  PIA Domain: psftpia: stopped
  PIA Site:   PT86104

  1) Configure this site
  2) Edit configuration file

  q) Quit

Command to execute:

Configuring a PIA Site

To configure a PIA site, select 1) Configure this site from the PeopleSoft PIA Site Administration menu.

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PeopleSoft PIA Administration - Quick Configure Site
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  PIA Home:   D:\PT_SERVER\8.61
  PIA Domain: psftpia
  Domain Status: stopped
  PIA Site:   PT86104

  1) Application Server Connect String :[SERVER1:9010]
  2) Jolt Pooling                      :[Enabled]
  3) AppServer Password                :[]
  4) Dynamic Config Reload Setting     :[0]
  5) Web Profile                       :[PROD]
  6) Web User Id                       :[PTWEBSERVER]
  7) Web Password                      :[]
  8) Report Repository File Path       :[d:/psreports]
  9) OBIEE Analytics Server URL        :[]
  s) Save
  q) Quit

Command to execute:

Field or Control	Description
Application Server Connect String	Specifies the application server(s) from which this web site will accept connections if Jolt failover and load balancing are implemented. This modifies the `psserver` setting in the configuration.properties file. See Configuring Jolt Failover and Load Balancing.
Jolt Pooling	Select to toggle Jolt Pooling [Enabled \| Disabled]. This modifies the `joltpooling` setting in the configuration.properties file. See Configuring Jolt Session Pooling.
AppServer Password	Set the domain connection password, which is required for connecting to the application server domain. This modifies the `DomainConnectionPwd` setting in the configuration.properties file. See Configuring Domain Connection Password.
Dynamic Config Reload Setting	This setting enables the psserver string (Application Server Connect String) to be reloaded dynamically. That is, the domain does not need to be restarted for the changed values to take effect. Set Dynamic Config Reload Setting to 1 enables the feature, while setting it to 0 disable the feature. Default value is 1. This modifies the `DynamicConfigReload` setting in the configuration.properties file. Note: This setting applies only to the Application Server Connect String. See Configuring Dynamic Reloading of the Application Server Connect String and Web Profile Attributes.
Web Profile	Specify the web profile used to store the configuration settings for this web site. This modifies the `WebProfile` setting in the configuration.properties file.
Web User ID	The user ID that the Portal uses to access the web profile. This modifies the `WebUserId` setting in the configuration.properties file.
Web Password	The user password that the Portal uses to access the web profile. This modifies the `WebPassword` setting in the configuration.properties file.
Report Repository File Path	The location of the Report Repository. Note: The system uses this setting value only if a Report Repository location is not specified in the current web profile. This modifies the `ReportRepositoryPath` setting in the configuration.properties file.
OBIEE Analytics Server URL	Enter the location of the OBIEE analytics server, if implemented.
Save	After you have made your changes, select S) Save to save your changes to the PIA site.

Editing PIA Configuration Files

To edit the configuration.properties file directly in your text editor, select 1) Edit configuration file from the PeopleSoft PIA Site Administration menu.