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The main attributes of a Component Interface (CI) are?

Kes! Properties & Collections! "etho#s an# $ame

%hich one of the followin are stan#ar# properties when a Component

Interface (CI) is create#?

'etistorItems

%ith reference to the Component Interface Tester which of the followin

is $T T*+,?

'et,-istin option is e.ui/alent to openin a recor# in +p#ate01ispla

"o#e onl

%hich of the followin are T*+, when a Component Interface (CI) is

create# on component that has A## action enable#?

'et 2es! Create 2es an# 3in# 2es ets create# automaticallThe

Create metho# is create# alonwith the other Stan#ar# metho#s for the CI

The followin are /arious steps that #escribes the peopleco#e loic while

implementin a Component Interface:4

56,stablish a user session

76'et the Component Interface

86pulate the Create Kes

96eate an Instance of the CI

6pulate the re.uire# fiel#s

;6 Sa/e the CI

%ill Tu-e#o continue to be use# in a PeopleSoft0%ebSphere orPeopleSoft0%eb<oic en/ironment?

=es6 %ebSphere or %eb<oic are use# as the TTP ser/er an# ser/let

enine6 The are not use# as mi##leware with the PeopleSoft Application

Ser/er6 Tu-e#o is alwas use# with PIA! rear#less of the TTP ser/er or

>a/a ser/let enine6



Can a PeopleTools 69 an# a PeopleTools 65- #atabase run on the same

machine?

=es! #atabases can co4e-ist on the same phsical machine6 In most

cases! the#atabases themsel/es can e-ist within the same *1@"S!

howe/er! it isimportant to /erif that the #atabase /ersion re.uire# b

PeopleTools 69 is thesame as for the current PeopleTools 65-

implementation6

ow man "essae no#es are possible for a #atabase6?

+nlimite#

ow will ou et a sinle output b combinin two or more .ueries?

+$I$

%hat @,A pro#uct is use# for 1@ transaction in PS?

Tu-e#o

%hich one of the followin 1ata Tpes is $T supporte# b the

PeopleCo#e prorammin en/ironment?

TI",STA"P

%hat hperlin2s a/ailable in People@oo2s? Some options with #ifferent

hperlin2s not a/ailable in peopleboo2s! select the correct one?

Stu# all hperlin2s in the first pae of people boo2s6

The e-ample below #emonstrates the use of SQ* flas in the

confiuration manaer #irectories fol#er: 43 C:PSrmsS.r%hat #o the

abo/e SQ* flas sinif to the SQ* *eport %riter upon e-ecution?

Specifies the output path

%hen a business re.uirement in 3it0'ap Analsis #oes not meet b

PeopleSoft then?

Some options:56 Customie PS application (=es)76 @u thir# part software

(=es)86 Call PS 1e/elopment Center for ,nhancement (=es)

%hat are the status a/ailable in PeopleSoft 1omain Status "enu?

Ser/er! Client an# Queue Status



%hich of the followin are part of an A, proram ?

Section !Step an# Action

%hich of the followin fires after the #atabase is up#ate#?

Sa/ePostChane

%hat e/ent ets fire# after 1@ +p#ate?

Sa/ePostChane

3or #ownloa#in patches an# fi-es ! ou ha/e one to the customer

connection an# loo2in un#er april! 7BBB an# see *eport I1S li2e *4

CC,$4P59>"6 %hat #oes * stan# for ?

*elease#

In which one of the followin /iews woul# ou see the fiel#s! criteria! an#

other #etails associate# with the current .uer?

Quer /iew

PeopleSoft trac2s obDect chanes usin a sstem table6 %hich

PeopleTools Sstem table is use# to trac2 obDect chanes?

PS*,<,AS,

PeopleSoft has its own namin con/ention for sstem an# non4sstem

(application) tables6 In the list below! *,C*1$A", refers to the name of

an table or recor#6*eferrin to the abo/e information! which one of the

followin i#entifies the namin con/ention PeopleSoft uses for sstem

tables?

PS*,C*1$A",

%hich process is use# for runnin A, prorams which are to be run at a

fre.uenc of less than a #a ?

PS1A,"$

=ou can specificall trace the acti/it of the PSAPPS* ser/er process b

settin the?

PSAPPS*6traces.l



I ha/e create# a "enu an# a Pae an# i/en user access to that pae!

which of the tables ets affecte# on this (Scenario)?

PeopleTools Tables

=ou are a PeopleSoft Partner an# wish to et information on #atabase

performance benchmar2 ( or somethin li2e this)%here woul# ou loo2 for

the info ?

PeopleSoft Knowle#e base

S=SA+1IT fin#s for

rphane# *ecor#s6

art4 II

56 %hat is PIA an# what are its components?

It is n4tier architecture6 %e ha/e client! web ser/er! application ser/er an#

1atabase ser/er6 %e ha/e Dolt an# tu-e#o6 %e ha/e %S<! %S! >S<! >S!

Q+,+,S an# ser/ices6

In #atabase ser/er we ha/e sstem tables! peopletools tables an#

application tables6

76 1ifferentiate 3iel# e#it an# Sa/e e#it?

In 3iel# e#it for each fiel# chane! a transition to the application ser/er tothe #atabase is ta2en place6 In Sa/e e#it for all the fiel#s! onl one

transition to the application ser/er to the 1atabase is ta2en place6

86 %hat are thin2 time functions?

Thin24time functions suspen# processin either until the user has ta2en

some action (such as clic2in a button in a messae bo-)! or until an

e-ternal process has run to completion6

96 In which e/ents error & warnin are use# most e-tensi/el6

3iel# e#it! Sa/e e#it! Search sa/e! row #elete! row insert6

6 Is there an wa b which ou can fin# out whether the user is in A##

mo#e or +p#ate mo#e?

Emo#e4returns A4for A## mo#e6 *eturns + Ffor +p#ate mo#e

;6 %hat is the purpose of the SQ<,G,C function? %hat are its benefits an#

#raw bac2s?

SQ<,G,C is use# to e-ecute the s.l statements (select!

insert!up#ate!#elete)6

%e can et onl one row at a time6



H6 ow is the searchinit e/ent most often use# b people soft application?

A) Searchinit fires before the search #ialoue pae is #isplae# to the en#

user63or this reason searchinit is often use# to enhance roll le/el securit

b insertin an# rain out certain /alues to the search #ialoue pae6

6 %hat are the options for usin SQ< in people co#e?

a) S.le-ec

b) *ecor# class metho#s (selectb2e! #elete! insert! up#ate)

c) +sin s.l class! its properties an# metho#s6

6 %hat is the #ifference between component buffer an# #ata buffer?

Component buffer contains all the #ata of the acti/e component6

1ata buffer contains the #ata other than the #ata in the component buffer

(1ata of other recor#s)

5B6 %hat #atabuffer classes are a/ailable in people co#e?

*owset! *ow! *ecor#! 3iel#! Arra! 3ile! S.l! chart! ri# an# so on6

556 %hen we select a component what e/ents will be fire#?

If #efault mo#e for component is search mo#e: onl searchinit will fire# 6If

#efault mo#e for component is new mo#e :fiel# #efault! fiel# formula!

rowinit! searchinit6

576 %hat are #ifferent /ariables in people co#e an# their Scope?

Sstem /ariables an# +ser #efine# /ariables6

Scope J4 'lobal! Component! <ocal6

Part4III

1. %hat is Application ,n&ine?

It is the tool! which performs! bac2roun# SQ< processin aainst

our application #ata tables6 It is an alternati/e for C@<! SQ< or

SQ*

Prorams6 ther tools such as .uer tool an# mass chane enerate

SQ<6

76 %hat are the parts of Application ,n&ine?

Application ,nine consists of 9 parts6

56 Application: It is a set of SQ< statements6

76 Steps: It is the smallest unit of wor2 committe# in an application686 Sections: Comprises of 5 or more steps



96 Statements: SQ< statements li2e up#ate! insert! #elete or select

are issue#6

86 %hat is the a#/anta&e of usin& Application ,n&ine?

The followin are the a#/antaes of usin Application ,nine6

,ncapsulation:

+nli2e applications #e/elope# usin C@< or SQ*! Application

,nine applications resi#e completel within our #atabase6 %ith

Application ,nine! there are the prorams to compile! no

statements to store! an# no nee# to #irectl interact with theoperatin en/ironment in use6 =ou can buil#! run an# #ebu our

applications without e-istin People Tools6

,ffecti/e 1atin&:

Application sections are effecti/e #ate#4meanin ou can

acti/ate0#eacti/ate a section as of a particular #ate6 This enables

ou to archi/e sections as ou mo#if them! instea# of #estroin

them6 In the future if ou #eci#e to re/ert to a pre/ious incarnation

of a section ou can simpl reacti/ate it6

SQ< 0 "eta4SQ< Support:

In a##ition to writin our SQ< within Application ,nine! ou can

also cop SQ< statements into Application ,nine from SQ< tal2 or

an other SQ< utilit with few F if an chanes6*1@"S platforms ha/e man #ifferin snta- rules F especiall in

rear# to #ate! time an# other numeric calculations6 3or the most

part ou can wor2 aroun# this problem usin "eta4SQ< which

Application ,nine supports6 This lanuae was create# to han#le

#ifferent *1@"S SQ< snta-s b replacin them with a stan#ar#

snta-! calle# "eta4strins6

%ith in latform specific sections

=ou can also ha/e the abilit to call eneric portions of SQ<

statements b usin the & C<A+S, function6 This means ou can



write our eneric SQ< portions Dust once! an# reference them from

our #ifferent platform /ersions6

Set rocessin& Support:

Set processin is a SQ< techni.ue use# to process roups (or sets)

of rows of one time rather than one at a time6 Application ,nine is

particularl effecti/e of processin these tpes of applications6

)bDect )rientation:

+nless #esine# to anticipate chanes in fiel# attributes6 C@<

applications ma nee# to be mo#ifie# when thins chane6 If a

#e/eloper increases a fiel#s lenth! then it ma nee# to be chane#

in e/er instance where the C@< proram uses this fiel# as a bin#

or select /ariable6 This can re.uire a oo# bit of effort6 An#! if not

han#le# properl! a chane li2e this can cause confusin errors6 3or

e-ample! if the lenth of a fiel# in the C@< is wron! it ma wor2

fine! or ou ma et an error! or the fiel# ma et truncate#6

ne of the corner stones of People soft functionalit is Application

1esiner6 @ecause of the wa it wor2s! most fiel# attributes (tpe!

lenth an# scale) can be specifie# once! loball6 If the fiel# is use#

on more than one recor#! it has the same attributes in each of these

recor#s6

)*TA@I<IT=:

=ou can use 1ata "o/er to import0e-port our applications6 This

means that ou can e-port an application(s) into a file! an# attach it

to an e4mail messae6 Then! the recipient can simpl use the

I"P*T feature of 1ata "o/er! an# the application is rea# to run6

96 %hat is a Cache *ecor#?

The Cache recor# (or cache) is a phsical People soft recor#! 2ee#

b process instance that must be create# an# maintaine# b the

Application ,nine #e/eloper6 This recor# #efines the fiel#s that anapplication uses to pas /alues from one SQ< statements to another6



=ou retrie/e cache fiel# /alues b the Application ,nine an# @I$1

functionL ou assin cache /alues usin & S,<,CT6

6 %hat is uni.ue about panels! which refer to /iew as oppose#

to phsical tables?

Panels that refer to /iews in People soft are not use# for insert!

up#ate or #elete6 All fiel#s on these panels are #ispla onl6

;6 (ow search recor#s are use#?

Search recor#s are use# to search! retrie/e an# filter #ata6 Search

recor#s also #efine the structure of the #ialo bo-6

H6 %here are the search recor#s assi&ne#?Search recor#s are assine# to a panel roup in a menu6

6 1oes the search recor# for a panel has to be the same as the

recor# bein&

Accesse# on the panel? %h or %h not?

The search recor# for the panel #oes not ha/e to be the same as the

recor# bein

Accesse# on the panel because the search recor# is use# to search

for an# or

3ilter the search 2e6

6 (ow can a search recor# #ialo& bo- be suppresse#?

A search recor# #ialo bo- can be suppresse# b assinin a search

recor# that #oes not ha/e search 2e6

5B6 %hat #o search /iews #eli/ere# b eople soft #o besi#es

#isplain& the #ialo&

@o-?

Search /iews #eli/ere# b People soft are use# to implement row

le/el securit as well as #ispla a #ialo bo-6

556 %hat #o ou nee# to #o to mo#if the search /iews?

To mo#if a search /iew! we nee# to chane the recor# #efinition

an# recreate the un#erlin SQ< /iew6

576 %hen woul# ou ha/e to alter the tables an# mo#if the



panels! in the process

of mo#ifin search recor#s?

=ou nee# to alter tables an# mo#if panels! when ou mo#if a

search recor# to inclu#e a new fiel#6

586 %hen will there be two occurs le/el recor#s in a panel

&roup?

If ou are referrin to two #ifferent recor# #efinitions that share a

same hih4le/el 2e then two4le/el one4scroll bar can be #isplae#

as stac2e# scroll bars6

596 In what or#er #oes the application processor fill buffer for

the panel &roup?The application processor uses occurs le/el in the panel roup to fill

the buffer6

561ifferentiate ,rror 0s %arnin& statements in eople co#e?

The error statement issues a messae an# the con#ition causin the

error must

@e correcte# before procee#in6 The warnin statement issues a

messae an#

The user can procee# without chanin an /alues6

5;6 %here can ou run >obs?

The process sche#uler can run Dobs on the client or a ser/er

machine6

5H6 %hat restrictions are place# on multi4process Dobs?

A multi process Dobs can onl be sche#ule# to run on a ser/er6

56 <ist the three output #estinations a/ailable throu&h the

rocess Sche#uler?

=ou can #irect the output to a printer file an# win#ows screen6

56 %here #o ou set up #efault operator 0 class options for

rocess "onitor?

In operator securit! usin chane! process profile6

7B6 %hat are the a#/anta&es of incorporatin& Table set i#s into



eople soft applications?

Table set I#s allow ou to share sets of /alues (co#es) in the same

prompt table6

756 %hat fiel#s shoul# be at the tope of e/er search recor#

#efinition that use table set I#s?

S,T I1 is the fiel# that shoul# be at the top of e/er recor# #efinition

that uses table set I#s6

776 %hat is a *ecor# 'roup I1?

A *ecor# roup I1 is a roup of recor# #efinitions that are Sharin

the same set control fiel#6

786 %hat #o ou #etermine usin& Table set I#s control

information?

Table set I1 control information #etermines how the information

shoul# be share#6 The Table set I1 control panel #efines which

Table set I#s set control file# co#e will use for each recor# roup6

796 %hat are the three tpes of "aps use# b the na/i&ator?

The 8 tpes of "aps use# b the na/iator are66

56 @usiness Process "ap

76 Acti/it "ap

86 Step "ap

76 %hat are the tpes of laers in Crstal reports?

There are 9 tpes of laers in Crstal *eports6 The are66

56 *eport ea#er 4 In this! we will write title! #ate! an# loos of the

compan6

76 Pae ea#er F +se# to write column hea#ins6

86 1etail F Contains #atabase column /alues6

96 Pae 3ooter F +se# to write pae numbers an# a##ress6

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