PeopleTools Related Content Framework

The PeopleSoft Related Content Framework provides the tools for subject matter experts or portal administrators to contextually link application pages with collaborative content provided as related content services.

Related content services provide immediate access to relevant, contextual information for any activity without requiring additional actions by users. The PeopleSoft Related Content Framework acts as an enterprise mashup, tying together all types of content such as PeopleSoft Interaction Hub-related content services, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) analytics, queries, and any relevant non-PeopleSoft data into a single location: PeopleSoft application pages.

The terms related content and related content service are synonymous. Related content can be any collaborative, analytical, or informational content that is useful for performing a business process. A related content service is content, such as a discussion forum or a tagging capability, that is offered as a service to be consumed by other applications. You can configure related content within the same database, among multiple PeopleSoft databases, and between a PeopleSoft application page and non-PeopleSoft data.

When users access application pages that are configured with related content, that content appears in the related content frame at the bottom of the application page. You can assign multiple services to entire components, individual pages in a component, or a combination of the two. If an application page has multiple services, each service appears as a tab in the related content frame. In addition to the related content frame at the bottom of the page, a Related Content drop-down list box appears in the navigation bar at the top of pages that are configured with related content services.

The following example shows the Define Merit Increases page from PeopleSoft HCM with a related content frame. The frame has three tabs, one for each of the PeopleSoft Interaction Hub related content services: Related Discussion, Related Tags, and Related Links.

The following example illustrates the Define Merit Increases page from PeopleSoft HCM with the Related Discussion service in the Related Content frame.

 Define Merit Increases page with the Related Discussion service in the Related Content frame

For more information on the PeopleSoft Related Content Framework, see PeopleTools: Portal Technology, “Developing and Configuring Related Content Services.”