PeopleSoft Enterprise Inventory 8.9 Preface

This preface discusses:

PeopleSoft Products
PeopleSoft application fundamentals.
Pages with deferred processing.
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 Cost Management
PeopleSoft Purchasing
PeopleSoft Order Management
PeopleSoft Manufacturing
PeopleSoft Supply Planning
PeopleSoft eProcurement
PeopleSoft General Ledger
PeopleSoft Commitment Control
PeopleSoft Payables
PeopleSoft Billing
PeopleSoft Inventory Policy Planning
PeopleSoft Project Costing
PeopleSoft Maintenance Management

PeopleSoft Application Fundamentals

The PeopleSoft Inventory PeopleBook provides you with implementation and processing information for the PeopleSoft Inventory 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 contain information that applies specifically to PeopleSoft Inventory.

PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications Fundamentals PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Cost Management PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Enterprise Manufacturing PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Enterprise Order Management PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Enterprise Working With Customers and Orders PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Enterprise Commitment Control PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Enterprise Purchasing PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Enterprise Setting Up Procurement Options PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Enterprise Managing Items PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Chain Management Integration PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Enterprise Global Options and Reports PeopleBook

Pages With Deferred Processing

Several pages in PeopleSoft Inventory operate in deferred processing mode. Most fields on these pages are not updated or validated until you save the page or refresh it when you click 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.

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

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	Free-flow 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 background processes that use the information use the current row.
Language or Language Code	The language in which you want the field labels and report headings of the reports to print. The field values appear as you enter them. Language also refers to the language spoken by an employee, applicant, or nonemployee.
Process Frequency (group box)	Designates the appropriate frequency in the Process Frequency group box: 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 Process executes the request every time the batch process runs. Don't Run ignores the request when the batch process runs.
Process Monitor	This link 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 link 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).
Request ID	A request identification that represents a set of selection criteria for a report or process.
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.
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	Free-flow text up to 15 characters.
Status	the options in this field are Active or Inactive. By linking status and effective date, you can retain historical information and plan future implementation. For auditing purposes, PeopleSoft encourages inactivating data that is no longer in use instead of deleting it.
User ID	The system identifier for the individual who generates a transaction