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Pagelets in PeopleSoft
Pagelets is a powerfull feature introduced in later releases of
People Tools. Pagelets can be considered as the
widgets or apps which are familiar to us in the internet
websites. Pagelets brings in information from thetransaction tables
in a very presentable format or widget style. These pagelets will
be smaller in size and can be
added to HomePages, WorkCenters and Dashboards. There are three
sizes for pagelets narrow, wide and banner
sizes. The page/space where we host the pagelet can hold
multiple pagelets at the same time.
It can be used to display simple yet compelling information like
notice; high priority items awaiting your
approval, frequently used metrics etc. On pagelets users can
further filter down the data to get the more relevant
data. These filters can be saved and are called as
Personalization. Like the usual widgets you see around in thenormal
life, PeopleSoft pagelets also has the option to refresh the
particular piece of information without
disturbing the actual page where this pagelet is hosted. Thus
the specific information can be updated without
navigating away or reloading the entire page. We also have an
option to auto refresh the pagelet every n secondswe specify. It
will be particularly helpful in displaying time sensitive
information.
Peoplesoft pagelets can be created by using different
technologies which includes PeopleSoft Component,
PeopleSoft iScript and javascript. The easiest one will be the
PeopleSoft Component based pagelets. I willexplain how to create
PeopleSoft Component based pagelets in the rest of the content.
While creating pagelet, you should be extremely concerned about
the performance of the system. Because the
pagelet will be hosted in some other space where there can be
multiple pagelets. So if one pagelet hangs due to
bad design, then user wont be able to work on any other pagelets
hosted on the page. So you should design
your pagelet in such a manner that, the data and the page will
be loaded very fast.
Below are the steps to create Pagelet in PeopleSoft.
Step 1: Create a normal Page, design it the way you want to be
displayed in the pagelet.
Step 2: Create another page which you want to use as a
personalization option for the pagelet. In this page youwill put
fields which will act as input values/filters for the data that is
displayed in the pagelet.
Step 3: Add the pages to corresponding components.
Step 4: Write any business logic, such as filtering the data in
the first page based on the data from the
personalization page and other business logic you want to
implement.
Step 5: Add your component to a menu.
Till now you have been doing the regular steps in creating
PeopleSoft components. Now you need to registerthis as a
pagelet.
Step 6: Go to Structure and content: People Tools > Portal
> Structure and Content
Step 7: Navigate to: Root > Portal Objects > Pagelets >
[Folder where you want to register]
Step 8: Click on Add Content Reference
Step 9: Provide the content name, label, description etc. Give
the usage type as Pagelet.
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Step 10: In the URL information group box, provide the node,
menu, market and component of the pagelet
page (page created in step 1). Select the URL Type as PeopleSoft
Component.
Step 11: [Optional: required only if personalization is needed]
On the pagelet Attributes group box, provide the
menu, component and market for the personalization page (Page
created in step 2). Select the URL Type asPeopleSoft Component.
Populate theRefresh Time (sec) field with a value in seconds if you
want your pageletto be refreshed automatically every nth
second.
Step 12: Save the Content reference.
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Step 13: Go to: People Tools > Security > Permissions
& Roles > Permission Lists and open the permission list
which is supposed for the pagelet users and provide required
access to the new components. Save thePermission List.
With the above simple steps you have successfully created a
pagelet. Now in order to use the pagelet, select thepagelet from
the corresponding pages personalization option and save it. For
example, to add the new pagelet to
the homepage, click on Home and on the home page
selectPersonalization hyperlink. From the list of pagelets
displayed, select your pagelet and click on save. When you go
back to the homepage, you can see your pagelet
in the homepage. Now you can drag to arrange the pagelet in the
required order among the other pagelets.
