PeopleSoft Enterprise Cost Management 8.9 Preface

This preface discusses:

PeopleSoft products.
PeopleSoft application fundamentals.
Common elements 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 products:

PeopleSoft Inventory
PeopleSoft Purchasing
PeopleSoft Order Management
PeopleSoft Manufacturing
PeopleSoft eProcurement
PeopleSoft General Ledger
PeopleSoft Commitment Control
PeopleSoft Payables
PeopleSoft Billing
PeopleSoft Project Costing

PeopleSoft Application Fundamentals

The PeopleSoft Cost Management PeopleBook provides you with implementation and processing information for your PeopleSoft Cost Management system. However, additional, essential information describing the setup and design of your system resides in companion documentation. The companion documentation consists of important topics that apply to many or all PeopleSoft applications across the Financials, Enterprise Service Automation, and Supply Chain Management product lines. You should be familiar with the contents of these PeopleBooks.

These companion PeopleBooks contain information that applies specifically to PeopleSoft Cost Management.

PeopleSoft Application Fundamentals for FIN, ESA, and SCM PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Global Options and Reports PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Commitment Control PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Setting Up Procurement Options PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Managing Items PeopleBook

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	Alphanumeric text up to 30 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 or panels and batch processes that use the information use the current row.
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.
Process Monitor	This button takes you to the Process List page, where you can view the status of submitted process requests.
Report ID	The report identifier.
Report Manager	This button takes you to 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).
Run	This button takes you to the Process Scheduler request page, where you can specify the location where a process or job runs and the process output format.
Run Control ID	A request identification 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 organization’s structure and processing options.
Short Description	Alphanumeric text up to 15 characters.
Standard Unit of Measure (UOM)	A type of unit used for quantifying in PeopleSoft systems, and usually associated with items. Depending on the application, units of measure might describe dimensions, weights, volumes, or amounts of locations, containers, or business activities. Examples include inches, pounds, workhours, and standard cost dollars.
Unit (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.
User ID	The system identifier for the individual who generates a transaction.