Using the %V and %K Meta Variable

Use the %V meta variable if you wish to keep all of your PS_CFG_HOMEs together without needing to set PS_CFG_HOME each time you install a new PeopleTools version.

For example, you could set the PS_CFG_HOME environment variable as follows:

PS_CFG_HOME=C:\PeopleTools\installs\%V

If using the %V meta variable, assume you have installed two versions of PeopleTools: PT8.50 and PT8.51. In this case, PSADMIN automatically maps the %V to the PeopleTools version, creating the following PS_CFG_HOME locations:

C:\PT\installs
          \8.50-00
          \8.51-00

Use the %K variable if you wish to store PS_CFG_HOMEs by patch level. That is, while %V stores the files by version (8.50–00, 8.51–00), %K stores files down to the patch level. For example, using %K, a PS_CFG_HOME may look similar to:

C:\PT\installs
          \8.53
               \8.53-01
               \8.53-03