PeopleSoft Enterprise Electronic Data Interchange Messaging Preface

This preface discusses:

PeopleSoft application fundamentals.
Common elements in this PeopleBook.
Pages with deferred processing.

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 Application Fundamentals

The PeopleSoft Electronic Data Interchange Messaging PeopleBook provides you with implementation and processing information for your PeopleSoft 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.

The following companion PeopleBooks apply specifically to Electronic Data Interchange messaging:

PeopleSoft Enterprise Application Fundamentals 8.9 PeopleBook
Enterprise PeopleTools 8.46 PeopleBook: Integration Tools
PeopleSoft Enterprise Components for Financials and Supply Chain Management 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 first date for which a report or process includes data.
BU or 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.
Short Description	Freeflow text up to 15 characters.
Effective Date	Date which a table row becomes effective; the date that an action begins. For example, if you want to close 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 8.46 PeopleBook: Using PeopleSoft Applications
Language or Language Code	The language of the field labels and report headings of reports to print. The filed values appear as you enter them. Language also refers to the language spoken by an employee, applicant, or non-employee.
Process Frequency	Designates the appropriate frequency to process: 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: executes the request every time the batch process runs. Don't Run: Ignores the request when the batch process runs.
Process Monitor	View the status of submitted process requests. See Enterprise PeopleTools 8.46 PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Process Scheduler
Report ID	The report identifier.
Report Manager	View report content, check the status of a report, and see detailed messages. See Enterprise PeopleTools 8.46 PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Process Scheduler
Run Control ID	A request identification that represents a set of selection criteria for a report or process.
Run	Specify the location where a process or job runs and the process output format.
Status	Check the progress of a report or process. A valid status is Posted, Not Posted, Generated, Processing, or Scheduled.
User ID	The system identifier for the individual who generates a transactions.
Instance or Prcs Instance	The number that represents where the request is in the queue.