This chapter provides an overview of service orders and discusses how to:
Create and modify service orders.
Create service orders from templates.
View and manage service orders and resource requests.
In PeopleSoft Resource Management, you can request services for a customer using a service order. The service order form captures information about the engagement and includes one or more resource requests. The resource request section of a service order captures data that is needed to find qualified resources to work on the engagement. Each resource request can have a unique set of skill and date requirements. You can request multiple resources on a single resource request, provided that the same requirements apply for each. Resource Matching uses the specifications in the service order and resource request to search for available, qualified resources.
This section lists prerequisites and discusses:
The service order form.
Service order and resource request status.
Service order templates.
Service order workflow.
Complete these steps before you work with service orders:
Set up customers and contacts.
See PeopleSoft Working Customers and Orders 8.9 PeopleBook.
Define service order priorities.
(Optional) Define service order default values.
(Optional) Create qualification profiles.
(Optional) Create service order templates.
See Creating, Updating, and Deleting Service Order Templates.
The service order form consists of two tabs—Requests and Order Summary. The Requests tab contains the details of each resource request on the order. The Order Summary tab contains header information, a summary of the requests, and links to other service order options.
Creating a service order enables you to:
Capture customer resource requirements that you can fulfill at a later time.
Capture customer resource requirements that a different user can fulfill.
Provide an audit trail of customer orders that you can analyze to track metrics.
When you first access the service order form, specify the dates, hours per day, and qualifications or keywords that Resource Matching uses to find the best resources for the job. You can define project team requirements by creating a resource request for each project role, and you can request multiple resources to fulfill a role.
When you are ready to finalize the order, enter additional details about the project and customer, and identify the organization and person that are responsible for fulfilling the order.
As the order proceeds through the approval and fulfillment processes, use the form to:
Review fulfillment progress and the assigned resources.
Capture additional information or customer requirements for the order.
Review an order for completeness and understand the requirements prior to processing.
Service order status indicates where the order is in the fulfillment process. The system automatically updates status based on the fulfillment progress of the associated resource requests; you can change the status manually at any time.
This table lists the service order status values that specific actions or processes trigger:
Service Order Status |
Triggering Action or Process |
Draft |
Click the Save for Later button on the Resource Requests or Order Summary tab. Use this option to save a service order to return to at a later time if all of the required fields aren't entered or the order is not ready for submission. |
New |
Click the Save and Submit button on the Order Summary tab. Use this option to save a new service order that is ready for submission to the person who is responsible for staffing to begin the fulfillment process. |
Open |
Manually change the status to Open. Use this status to indicate that you no longer consider an order to be in New status (for example, if you have reviewed it but have not yet made assignments). |
In Process |
Create an assignment in any status for at least one resource request on this service order. |
Canceled |
Cancel all resource requests on a service order. This action automatically cancels the service order. Use this status to indicate that the customer canceled their order for services. Note. You cannot cancel a service order that is in a Draft status. You can delete a Draft service order using the Delete Service Order page. |
Closed |
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A resource request status indicates where the individual request is in the fulfillment process. The system updates status automatically based on fulfillment progress; you can change the status manually at any time.
This table lists the resource request status values that specific activities or processes trigger:
Resource Request Status |
Triggering Action or Process |
Open |
Create a new resource request. |
Canceled |
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Closed |
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Service order templates reduce the amount of work that is required to create a service order by prepopulating many of the field values that are needed to create a new service order. You can create one or more standardized service order templates to use where similar or repetitive projects must be staffed.
Service order templates populate fields on both service order tabs—Requests and Order Summary. A template may also include multiple resource request lines.
Information that is stored on service order templates automatically populates new service orders when you use this option. You can then modify any default values or enter additional information as needed.
Workflow options for service order processing or notification messages are specified for the business unit during implementation. If workflow options are enabled for the business unit, these actions may occur:
When a service order is submitted, a notification of a new service order is routed to the worklist of the person who is identified on the service order as responsible for staffing the order.
If the person who is responsible for staffing the order changes, a notification of the service order is routed to the worklist of the new responsible person. An email notification of the changed service order is also sent to the new responsible person.
Each time the service order status changes, the system sends an email notification to the person who is responsible for staffing the order (unless that is the person who made the change) and to the interested parties who are listed on a service order.
This section discusses how to:
Define resource requests.
Specify qualifications and notes.
Specify keywords.
Enter order summary information.
Define owning organizations.
Access additional service order options.
Add additional resource request information.
Enter multiple date ranges on resource requests.
Change locations or contacts.
Recommend resources.
Save service orders.
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
Resource Management, Request Resources, Create or Review Service Order, Resource Requests |
Specify the required dates, qualifications, and keywords to use when searching for resources to fulfill service orders. |
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RS_SELQUALPROFILE |
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Specify resource qualifications from existing qualification profiles. |
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RS_QUALIF_SRCH |
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Specify resource qualifications from a list of qualifications. |
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RS_SO_COMP |
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Pick resource qualifications from the Competency tree. |
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RS_QUALIF_DETAILS |
Click Details on the Qualifications grid. |
Specify additional details about requested license, language, or single-value flexible attributes. |
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Enter customer, project, and organizational information for service orders. |
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Search for an Owning Organization on the Order Summary page. Click the Advanced Search link or the Basic Search link. |
Select organizations that are responsible for delivering services. |
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Click Interested Parties on the Order Summary page. |
Enter people to be notified if service order statuses change and workflow is enabled. |
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Click Order Comments and History on the Order Summary page. |
Review or add comments that are specific to service orders. |
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RS_CUST_INFO1 |
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View customer profiles. Modify PeopleSoft Resource Management-specific information on customer profiles. |
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RS_CONTACT_INFO1 |
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View information about customer contacts. |
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Click Additional Information for a specific resource request on the Order Summary page. |
Enter desired values for flexible resource attributes that are specific to the resource request line. |
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Click Use Multiple Date Ranges for a specific resource request on the Order Summary page. |
Define additional date ranges if the specified request is for resources to work in noncontiguous intervals. |
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Click Change Location/Contact Information for a specific resource request on the Order Summary page. |
Enter location and contact information that is specific to the resource request line. |
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Click Recommend Resources for a specific resource request on the Order Summary page. |
Recommend resources for the specified resource request. |
Access the Resource Requests page.
The service order business unit that you select on the Add a New Value page when you first enter this component controls:
Workflow.
The list of projects and customers that you can select for the order.
The default values that appear on the Resource Request page are based on service order default values and the origin of the service order. For example:
If you create a service order from the Express Search feature, the specified dates, hours per day, qualifications, and keyword values appear on the Resource Requests page.
In addition, resources who are in the Considering grid on the Express Search page when the service order is created are associated with this request as recommended resources.
If you create a service order from the Manage Generic Resources page in Program Management, the values for primary project role, quantity, description, hours per day, and date range appear on the Resource Requests page.
Order description and project appear on the Order Summary page.
Your ability to edit fields or select certain field values is based on your user role and the origin of the service order.
Service Order |
Displays the service order ID that you entered or that the system autogenerated. Autogenerated values appear as NEXT until you save the assignment. Note. All service order IDs and service order template IDs must be unique. |
Entered by and Date |
Displays the name of the user who creates the order and the system date on which the user created it. |
Customer |
Select the customer who is requesting the services. The customer must be defined with a valid customer ID. Note. If PeopleSoft Contracts is not installed or if no project is entered on the service order, the customer prompt table shows a list of customers who are associated with the setID for the service order business unit. If you enter a customer ID first and then enter a project ID, and that project is not affiliated with the customer through a contract, the system issues a warning message at save time. This warning reminds you that the selected customer is not associated with the project that was selected for the service order. |
Resource Request
Project Role |
Enter the position that is to be filled on this resource request. If the resource request is created in PeopleSoft Program Management, the primary project role populates this field and is not editable. |
Quantity |
Enter the total number of resources who are required to fulfill the resource request. This is the number of resources that you require on the same dates with the same skill set. This field is not editable if the value is populated from PeopleSoft Program Management. After you submit a service order, the fulfillment progress appears beside the Quantity field. For example, if you request two resources, upon submission the fulfillment progress appears as 0 of 2 Assigned; the system updates this value when you assign resources. |
Status |
Displays where the individual resource request is in the process of being fulfilled. The system automatically updates the status based on fulfillment progress; you can change it manually at any time. When you submit a service order, the resource request status becomes Open. This field is visible only after you submit a service order. |
Description |
Enter a description of the resource request in 30 characters or fewer. This description is used in other parts of the system to identify the request. |
Pool ID |
Select the resource pool from which the request would like a resource. This field is optional. |
Region |
Select a region code associated with the request. This field is optional. |
Personnel Status |
Select Employee or Non-Employee. Displays the personnel status associated with request. This field is optional. |
Start Date and End Date |
Enter the dates that the assignment is expected to start and end. Click the calendar next to the start and end dates to select those dates. You can enter the start date and days of work and the system calculates the end date. If you require the resources on a single resource request to work in noncontiguous intervals, you can add additional date ranges for this request on the Order Summary page. If you enter multiple date ranges, the start date that appears on the Resource Request page is the earliest start date of all date ranges, and the end date is the latest end date. Start date, end date, days and hours of work are required to submit a service order for fulfillment. The resource request start date, end date, days and hours of work are used by Resource Matching to find available resources. |
Hours per Day |
Enter the number of hours per day required of the resource. Note. If the request has multiple date ranges, this field will not display a value. |
Days of work |
Enter the number of work days that are required to complete the job. If you enter start and end dates but not the days of work, the default value is the number of work days between the start and end dates. You can use dates and days of work to indicate a date range that is longer than the estimated days of work. For example, you can specify start and end dates that are three months apart and enter days of work as 30, indicating that the thirty-day job can be completed at any time during those three months. |
Late Start Date |
Displays the latest date that the resource can start the assignment and still complete it by the end date. The system calculates this field based on the end date and days of work values. |
Partial Days Acceptable |
Click if part-time work is acceptable on this project. This option impacts Resource Matching because it indicates that the resource is not required to have a full day available every day to be considered a strong fit for the request. As such, Resource Matching evaluates part-time resources, and the Availability fit scores of partially available resources are higher than they would be if you don't select this check box. |
Trainees Allowed |
Click if trainees are acceptable on this project. These are resources who are typically observing the resource who is assigned to a project for evaluation purposes. This field is used for informational purposes only. |
Complete Order |
After you specify qualifications, keywords, and notes, click the Complete Order button to proceed to the Order Summary page and enter project, customer, and organization details. |
Select the Qualifications tab on the Resource Request page to specify the desired accomplishments, competencies, and flexible qualification factors for the requested resource. You can specify qualifications based on a predefined qualification profile, look up specific qualifications from a list, or select competencies from the Competency tree. Resource Matching uses qualifications to find qualified resources.
Select the Notes tab to enter additional comments for this request. These comments are used for information only.
Specify qualifications on the resource request as you do on the Express Search page.
See Specifying Qualifications.
Select the Keywords tab on the Resource Request page to specify keywords as resource requirements.
The system administrator creates and routinely refreshes a Verity search index of work experience and resume document information for all available resources. The index is used to calculate the individual Work Experience and Resume factor fit scores, which are included in the calculation of the Qualifications factor family fit score.
Enter specific keywords here that you can use as a search string to compare against free-form text within the resource's work experience and resume document attachment on the resource profile. This option is best used in cases where the competency information is insufficient or not consistently maintained, or when you want to specify skill requirements that are not listed as competencies or accomplishments.
Specify keywords on the resource request as you do on the Express Search page.
See Entering Keywords.
Access the Order Summary page.
Status |
This field is visible only after you submit a service order. It indicates where this service order is in the process of being fulfilled: Canceled, Closed, Draft, In Process, New, or Open. The system automatically updates status based on fulfillment progress; you can change the status manually at any time. When you submit a service order, the status becomes New. See Service Order and Resource Request Status. If you change the status, and service order workflow is activated for the business unit, upon saving the service order the system sends an email notification message to the person who is responsible for staffing the order (unless that is the person who made the change) and to interested parties who are listed on the service order. |
Order Information
Resource Requests in this Order
This collapsible scroll area displays the project role, description, start and end dates, number of days and hours needed, status, and qualifications for each resource request on the order. You can add a resource request on this page; return to the Resource Requests page to enter the detailed requirements.
Additional Information |
Click to access the Service Order - Additional General Information page. |
View Multiple Date Ranges |
Click to access and modify the Service Order - Detailed Date Ranges page. |
Change Location/Contact Information |
Click to access the Service Order - Location and Contact Details page. |
Recommend Resource |
Click to access the Service Order - Recommend Resources page. |
Generic Resource Name: <resource name> |
Click to access the Resources page in PeopleSoft Program Management and view the project resource list. This link appears if the resource request is associated with a generic resource placeholder in PeopleSoft Program Management. |
You can select the owning organization by executing a basic or advanced search.
Selecting Owning Organizations Using a Basic Search
Access the Service Order Owning Organization - Select an Organization basic search page.
Select an Organization |
Expand the tree as needed to identify the desired default owning organization, and then click the organization. You can select any level on the tree to serve as the default owning organization. |
Selected Organization |
Displays the name of the organization selected. You can select only one owning organization. |
Advanced Search |
Click to access the Service Order Owning Organization - Select an Organization advanced search page. |
Selecting Owning Organizations Using an Advanced Search
Access the Service Order Owning Organization - Select an Organization advanced search page.
Find Organizations Like |
Enter all or part of an organization name using a wildcard—% or *—if necessary. The search is case sensitive. Enter only % or * to return a list of all organizations for the specified business unit. |
Find |
Click to generate the search. The organizations that match the search criteria appear on the page. |
Sel (select) |
Enter the desired default owning organization. |
Select |
Click for the selected organization name to appear as the selected organization on this page. |
OK |
Click to select the organization and return to the previous page. |
The service order form provides links to additional tools to assist you in managing service orders. This section discusses:
Notifying interested parties of service order status changes.
Entering order comments or view history.
Emailing partners.
Notifying Interested Parties
Access the Service Order - Interested Parties page.
Name |
Add or remove individuals to notify of any changes to the service order's status if workflow is enabled. |
Entering Order Comments and Viewing History
Access the Service Order - Service Order History page.
Use this page to record and track comments about this service order and review the history of changes to priority, status, and owning organization.
Last Upd Dt Tm (last updated date and time) |
Displays the date and time of the update. |
Name |
Displays the name of the user who entered the update. |
Comments/Billing Information |
View, add, or delete comments or billing information. |
Service Order Priority |
View the history of service order priority changes and, if required, add further explanation for the changes. |
Service Order Status |
View the history of service order status changes and, if required, add further explanation for the changes. |
Service Order Owning Organization |
View the history of service order owning organization changes and, if required, add further explanation for the changes. |
Emailing Partners
Access the E-mail Partner page.
Access the Service Order - Additional General Information page.
Enter values for any flexible service order attributes or flexible preference factors that are established for your organization. Define optional flexible attributes during implementation.
Access the Service Order - Detailed Date Ranges page.
Use this page to define additional date ranges if the request is for resources to work in noncontiguous intervals. For example, if the date range that is specified on the Resource Request page is January 1 to January 31, and you also need the resource from March 1 to March 31, add a row and enter the second date range. You must also enter the number of hours required per day for each date range.
Start Date and End Date |
Enter the start and end date for each unique date range on this resource request. Add additional rows as required. |
Hours per Day |
Enter the number of hours required of the resource per day for each date range listed. |
Access the Service Order - Location and Contact Details page.
Use this page to select a different location or contact that only applies to this individual resource request line.
Access the Service Order - Recommend Resources page.
Use this page to recommend resources for this resource request. Resource Matching evaluates recommendations when it calculates fit scores. You can also view recommended resources on the Staffing Workbench - Fulfill Orders tab to assist you in making staffing decisions.
Resources who were previously recommended for this resource request appear on the page.
Name and Entered on |
Displays the name of the person who is making the recommendation and the date on which that person entered it. |
Name and Comments |
Enter a resource to recommend for this resource request, and add comments to explain the recommendation. Add rows as necessary to recommend additional resources. |
The system sends a worklist item to the resource as a notification that the resource is recommended for a resource request.
There are three ways you can save service orders in PeopleSoft Resource Management:
This section discusses how to create service orders from templates.
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
Resource Management, Request Resources, Create Svc Order from Template, Create Service Order From Template |
Create new service orders using field values from predefined templates. |
Access the Create Service Order From Template page.
Business Unit |
Displays the business unit that is associated with the template. |
Service Order Template ID |
Select the template to populate a new service order form. The system copies all of the information from the template to the service order. You can modify the new service order field values without affecting the template. |
PeopleSoft Resource Management provides additional tools to help you view and manage service orders. This section discusses how to:
View assigned resources.
Review service orders.
Delete service orders.
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
RS_SO_SUMMARY |
Resource Management, Request Resources, Create or Review Service Order, Order Summary |
View assigned resources for resource requests and drill down to assignments or resource profiles. |
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Resource Management, Request Resources, Delete Service Order, Delete Service Order |
Delete service orders. |
Access the Order Summary page. Expand the Resource Requests in this Order group box.
In the Assigned Resources grid, you can view the resources who are assigned to this resource request and drill down to the assignment and the resource profile.
Assignment Status |
Click the status to access the Assign Resource page and view the details of the assignment. |
Resource Name |
Click the resource name to view the resource's profile. |
Personnel Status |
Displays the resource's personnel status of Employee or Non-Employee. |
Start Date and End Date |
Displays the start and end dates of the assignment. If multiple date ranges are indicated on the assignment, these columns display the earliest start and latest end dates of those indicated date ranges. |
Access the Order Summary page.
Note. The service order appears in read-only mode if you do not have security access to update service orders.
On this page you can view (not update) service order, resource request, and assignment information.
Access the Delete Service Order page.
You can delete service orders only in a status of New or Draft.
Warning! Only system administrators should have permission to delete service orders. Delete a service order with caution. PeopleSoft Resource Management does not provide any embedded checking mechanisms to make sure that there are no assignments for a service order before you delete it, resulting workflow to notify the service order owner that the deletion occurred, checking mechanisms to find bids or recommendations that may be associated with the service order, or workflow to notify the owner or interested parties that a bid or recommendation is no longer valid because the service order was deleted.
Customer ID |
Displays the ID and name of the customer who is associated with this service order. |
Project |
Displays the project ID and description that is associated with this service order. |
Entered by |
Displays the user ID and name of the person who entered the service order. |
Delete |
Click to delete this service order. |
Save |
Deletes the service order. A message appears confirming that the service order was deleted. Click OK to close the dialog box. |
Use the folder navigation to return to the Delete Service Order search page to delete another service order.