EIPs

The PeopleSoft application delivers a number of pre-configured EIPs to meet some of the common integration needs. These PeopleSoft Workflow-related EIPs may be particularly useful:

• The Worklist Entry EIP (component interface WORKLISTENTRY) enables third-party applications to access existing worklist entries, mark items as selected or worked, or reassign items to other users.

• The Worklist Synchronization EIP consolidates worklist data from multiple PeopleSoft databases using the application engine program WL_REPLICATE, which publishes worklist data using WORKLIST_MSG.

  Users who would otherwise have to work from multiple worklists (for example, people who use PeopleSoft Workflow in both PeopleSoft HCM and PeopleSoft Financials) can use one worklist and still see all work items from both sources.

  Third-party applications can also use this EIP to create new worklist entries, entries that can include a URL for the action that must be taken.

• The Worklist EIP (component interface WORKLIST) enables third-party applications to add new entries to PeopleSoft worklists.

  This method is not the preferred way to add worklist entries. The preferred method is to use a component interface for a component that already calls TriggerBusinessEvent and to let TriggerBusinessEvent create the worklist entry. Another alternative is to use the Worklist Synchronization EIP.

• Third-party applications can use a web service request message to create worklist entries for a task that is external to a PeopleSoft application. The web service provides a reply message when the worklist item is marked complete.