2013PSFT-102620 Mastering PeopleTools: Exploiting PeopleTools Tips and Tricks

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2013PSFT-102620Mastering PeopleTools: Exploiting PeopleTools Tips and TricksJim EllisPeopleSoft Applied Technology


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IT Project Justification

Co

st

Value

Low cost,High value


Program Agenda

User Experience

Writing Code

System Administration Tips


User Experience


Evolving from UI to UXHigher Productivity, Information to Action

Process/

Navigation

Content• Interactive• Intuitive• Graphical, Visual

• Proactive Delivery• Actionable• Event-based

• Transactional• Business Process Orientation• Role-based Consoles

Great

User

Experience

Look and Feel


Documented User Experience Techniques

PeopleTools 8.52 and 8.53 have incorporated some exciting new user experience capabilities – Interaction Hub, Dashboards, WorkCenters and more !


iScripts

Create Dynamic URL’s– CREF’s that redirect to other targets

Serve Non-HTML pages– Images, JavaScript, CSS, etc

– iCal, vCards, etc

Ajax/Flex Data Source

PeopleSoft “Swiss Army Knife”


iScripts

Defined in a record that begins with WEBLIB iScript Function must begin with IScript_ iScript Function has no Parameters iScript Function does not Return a Value

Requirements


iScriptsApplication Designer – Derived/Work Record


iScriptsWeb Library Security – Permission Lists


iScriptsApplication Designer – Derived/Work Record


Pagelet Wizard

Create New Displays Extend through new Data Types, Display Formats, & Transform Types

Not just for Home Pages– WorkCenters

– Related Content

– Stand Alone

– Ajax

Configurable iScript


Integration Broker

REST services SOAP services Serve HTML, JSON, JavaScript, XML, etc Client-side Mash-up Benefits:

– Can be anonymous

– Separate server

– Can use HTTP Basic Auth

Stateless UI


JavaScript Injection

Add JavaScript to the end of a common PT% HTML Definition– PT_PAGESCRIPT

– PT_COPYURL

– PT_COMMON (if PT 8.50 or higher)

Change Behavior/Appearance of Existing Pages w/o Modifying Pages Warning: Must be properly managed – easy to introduce bugs…

Modify Behavior Without Modifying Code


Static JavaScriptApplication Designer Definition


Writing Code


Martin FowlerRefactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

“Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.”


Reference Named Definitions

/* Find Definition References command won't find this */If (&rec.Name = "PERSONAL_DATA") Then

/* Too much overhead */If (&rec.Name = CreateRecord(Record.PERSONAL_DATA).Name) Then

/* Best */If (&rec.Name = Record.PERSONAL_DATA) Then


How to Truncate an Array

Learn the Language - Really, Really Well !

Local object &Object;Local array of object &ArrObject = CreateArrayRept(&Object, 0);

/* OK -- It Works, but DON'T DO THIS!! */While (&ArrObject.Len > 0) &ArrObject.Pop();End-While;

/* BETTER: 1 line, no loop, but construction overhead */&ArrObject = CreateArrayRept(&Object, 0);

/* BEST: 1 line, no loop */&ArrObject.Len = 0;


PeopleCode Language

Binary to Base64 – OLD WayLocal JavaObject &f_in = CreateJavaObject("java.io.FileInputStream", "c:\img.gif");Local JavaObject &coder_in = CreateJavaObject("org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64InputStream", &f_in, True);

Local JavaObject &reader = CreateJavaObject("java.io.BufferedReader", CreateJavaObject("java.io.InputStreamReader", &coder_in));

Local string &b64Data = "";Local any &line;While True &line = &reader.readLine(); If (&line <> Null) Then &b64Data = &b64Data | &line | Char(13) | Char(10); Else Break; End-If;End-While;


Keep up with Changes

Binary to Base64 – NEW Way

Local File &f = GetFile("c:\img.png", "R", %FilePath_Absolute);

Local string &b64Data = &f.GetBase64StringFromBinary();


Complex Logic

Bugs love clutter…!

&bPosEffdt = False;If &hdr.Name = "POSITION_DATA" And &fld.Name = "EFFDT" Then &bPosEffdt = True;End-If; If (&fld.IsKey) And &bPosEffdt = False Then &where = &where | " and " | &prefix | &fld.Name | %This.GetFieldSQLBind(&fld);End-If;


Be Positive

Use an Empty “If” - Instead of “Not”

If ( &hdr.Name = Record.POSITION_DATA And &fld.Name = Field.EFFDT) Then REM ** Do nothing;Else &where = &where | " and " | &prefix | &fld.Name | %This.GetFieldSQLBind(&fld);End-If;


Don’t Be So Negative -

It is harder to comprehend negative logic…

If ( Not (&hdr.Name = Record.POSITION_DATA And &fld.Name = Field.EFFDT)) Then &where = &where | " and " | &prefix | &fld.Name | %This.GetFieldSQLBind(&fld);End-If;


Administration Tips


Troubleshoot with Fiddler

Report Node Integration Broker PeopleSoft Test Framework User Interface

HTTP Debugging Proxy Server Application


HTTP Debugging Proxy Server ApplicationTroubleshoot with Fiddler






Modular Infrastructure Design

PS_CFG_HOME– Contains the PeopleSoft configuration content like cache, log files

– PeopleTools 8.50+

PS_APP_HOME – Location of the PeopleSoft Application– Install and run the PeopleSoft application independent of PeopleTools.

– PeopleTools 8.52+, PeopleSoft Applications 9.0+

PS_CUST_HOME – Location of Customizations– Designate a specific file system location for customizations (COBOL, SQR, etc.)


Decoupled Homes



PS_HOME– Contains only file system artifacts deployed by PeopleTools installation programs

PS_CFG_HOME – Location of Configuration content like cache, log files– PeopleTools 8.50+

PS_APP_HOME – Location of the PeopleSoft Application– Install and run the PeopleSoft application independent of PeopleTools.

– PeopleTools 8.52+, PeopleSoft Applications 9.0+

PS_CUST_HOME – Location of Customizations– Designate a specific file system location for customizations (COBOL, SQR, etc.)


Decoupled PeopleSoft Homes


Modular Infrastructure Design Secured Environment

– Different owners for PS_APP_HOME and PS_HOME

– No cross-writing of the PS_HOME and PS_APP_HOME by restricted users.

– Runtime user can have restricted access

Reduced Disk Space Needs– Same installation can be shared by multiple independent runtime users

Patch Application– Simplified due to fewer distinct copies of the installation that must be maintained.

Reuse– Decouple PeopleSoft homes helps run multiple applications use the same PS_HOME

Problem Diagnosis– Easier to isolate the problem

Isolation of Customizations– Allows the PS_HOME and PS_APP_HOME locations to retain only content delivered with the installation program

Advantage of Decoupled PeopleSoft Homes



Oracle's PeopleSoft Virtualization Products (Doc ID 1538142.1) Quick Start Option for PeopleSoft Applications Portal, HRMS, FSCM, ELM Two Oracle Linux/Oracle VM Images

– PeopleSoft FSCM Database instance running on Oracle Database 11.1.0.7 containing PeopleSoft demo data

– PeopleSoft Internet Architecture and Application Server with Oracle Tuxedo 10gR3 and Oracle Weblogic 11g

PeopleSoft OVM Whitepaper Available– http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E18128_01/psft/acrobat/OVM_Templates_WhitePaper_2010.pdf

PeopleSoft Oracle VM Images


Books to Make Your Life Easier…..Tips and Techniques – Get Ready for Your PeopleSoft Upgrade !

http://www.amazon.com/PeopleSoft-PeopleTools-Techniques-Oracle-Press/dp/0071664939/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374537673&sr=1-4&keywords=jim+marion


Learn MoreNew Information Development Solutions

More helpful resources can be found on the PeopleSoft Information Portal

Video Feature Overviews & More on YouTube

Strategy Blog Linkedin

Cumulative Feature Overview ToolTwitter Facebook

Click on to link to resource.

http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/054275.html

https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&doctype=SYSTEMDOC&id=1117033.1

http://www.youtube.com/user/PSFTOracle?feature=mhum

http://blogs.oracle.com/peoplesoft/

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?viewMembers=&gid=4530781&sik=1342212056199

http://twitter.com/peoplesoft_info


https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oracle-PeopleSoft/220476464680933


Learn MoreMore Information Development Solutions

More helpful resources can be found on the PeopleSoft Information Portal

Click on to link to resource.

Hosted & Mobile PeopleBooks

Entity Relationship Diagrams

Fit Gap UPK Upgrade Resource Report

Service Repository

Business Process Maps

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