PeopleSoft Enterprise Application Fundamentals PeopleBook Preface

This preface discusses:

PeopleSoft Products
Pages with deferred processing.
Common elements used in this PeopleBook.

Note. This PeopleBook documents only page elements that require additional explanation. If a page element is not documented with the process or task in which it is used, then it either requires no additional explanation or is documented with the common elements for the section, chapter, or PeopleBook.

PeopleSoft Products

This PeopleBook refers to these features or products:

PeopleSoft Enterprise Asset Management.
PeopleSoft Enterprise Billing.
PeopleSoft Enterprise Commitment Control.
PeopleSoft Enterprise Engineering.
PeopleSoft Enterprise Cash Management.
PeopleSoft Enterprise Contracts.
PeopleSoft Enterprise General Ledger.
PeopleSoft Enterprise Inventory
PeopleSoft Enterprise Manufacturing
PeopleSoft Enterprise Order Management.
PeopleSoft Enterprise Payables.
PeopleSoft Enterprise Project Costing.
PeopleSoft Enterprise Purchasing.
PeopleSoft Enterprise Receivables.
PeopleSoft Enterprise Service Procurement.
PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Planning

Pages With Deferred Processing

Several pages in this PeopleBook operate in deferred processing mode. Most fields on these pages are not updated or validated until you save the page or refresh it by clicking a button, link, or tab. This delayed processing has various implications for the field values on the page—for example, if a field contains a default value, any value you enter before the system updates the page overrides the default. Another implication is that the system updates quantity balances or totals only when you save or otherwise refresh the page.

See the guidelines for designing pages in the Enterprise PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Application Designer.

About These PeopleBooks

A companion PeopleBook called About These PeopleBooks contains general information, including:

Related documentation, common page elements, and typographical conventions for PeopleBooks.
Information about using PeopleBooks and managing the PeopleBooks Library.
Information on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) country and currency codes used within PeopleBooks.
A glossary of useful PeopleSoft terms that are used in PeopleBooks.

Common Elements Used in This PeopleBook

As of Date	The last date for which a report or process includes data.
Business Unit	An identification code that represents a high-level organization of business information. You can use a business unit to define regional or departmental units within a larger organization.
Description	Freeflow text up to 256 characters.
Effective Date	Date on which a table row becomes effective; the date that an action begins. For example, if you want to close out a ledger on June 30, the effective date for the ledger closing would be July 1. This date also determines when you can view and change the information. Pages and batch processes that use the information use the current row. See Enterprise PeopleTools PeopleBook, “Using PeopleSoft Applications,” Working with Pages, Using Effective Dates
EmplID (employee ID)	Unique identification code for an individual associated with your organization.
Language or Language Code	The language in which you want the field labels and report headings of your reports to print. The field values appear as you enter them. Language also refers to the language spoken by an employee, applicant, or non-employee.
Process Frequency group box	Designates the appropriate frequency in the Process Frequency group box: Once executes the request the next time the batch process runs. After the batch process runs, the process frequency is automatically set to Don't Run. Always executes the request every time the batch process runs. Don't Run ignores the request when the batch process runs. See Enterprise PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Process Scheduler.
Process Monitor	Click to access the Process List page, where you can view the status of submitted process requests. See Enterprise PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Process Scheduler.
Report ID	The report identifier.
Report Manager	Click to access the Report List page, where you can view report content, check the status of a report, and see content detail messages (which show you a description of the report and the distribution list).
Request ID	A request identification that represents a set of selection criteria for a report or process.
Run	Click to access the Process Scheduler request page, where you can specify the location where a process or job runs and the process output format. See Enterprise PeopleTools PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Process Scheduler.
Run Control ID	An identification code that represents a set of selection criteria for a report or process.
SetID	An identification code that represents a set of control table information or TableSets. A TableSet is a group of tables (records) necessary to define your company’s structure and processing options.
Short Description	Freeflow text up to 15 characters.
Status (effective status)	Indicates whether a row in a table is Active or Inactive. You cannot display inactive rows on transaction pages or use them for running batch processes. Inactivate rather than delete data you no longer use in order to maintain an audit trail.
User ID	The system identifier for the individual who generates a transaction.