Publishing PeopleSoft Interaction Hub Content as a Feed

This section provides an overview of which PeopleSoft Interaction Hub items can be published as a feed and discusses how to publish that content as a feed.

Use the Publish Feed Definition page (PTFP_PUB_AS_FEED) to define feed security options, enter additional feed properties, and access advanced options.

Navigation:

  • Click the Publish as Feed link on the administration page for the item to be published.

  • Click the Edit button on the Publish as Feed page.

  • Click the Add Feed button on the Publish as Feed page.

Use the Advanced Feed Options page (PTFP_PUB_AS_ADVOPT) to enter advanced option values that are specific to the feed data type.

Navigation:

Click the Advanced Options link on the Publish Feed Definition page.

Use the Publish as Feed page (PTFP_PUB_AS_LIST) to review, edit, add, or delete feed definitions for this item.

Navigation:

  • When one or more feeds have been defined for this item, click the Publish as Feed link on the administration page for the item.

  • Click the Publish button on the Publish Feed Definition page.

  • Click the Cancel button on the Publish Feed Definition page.

Use the Publish Feed Definition to Sites page (PTFP_PUB_AS_SITES) to publish an existing feed to other sites.

Navigation:

Click the Publish Feed to Other Sites link on the Publish Feed Definition page.

Use the Define Feed Data Types page (PTFP_DATATYPE) to define feed data types and publish the list of feeds for that type.

Navigation:

PeopleTools, Feeds, Define Feed Data Types

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Publish Feed Definition Page

PTFP_PUB_AS_FEED

Define feed security options, enter additional feed properties, and access advanced options.

See PeopleSoft CRM: Automation and Configuration Tools, “My Worklist - Publish Feed Definition Page”.

Advanced Feed Options Page

PTFP_PUB_AS_ADVOPT

Enter advanced option values that are specific to the feed data type.

SeePeopleSoft CRM: Automation and Configuration Tools, “My Worklist - Advanced Feed Options Page”.

Publish as Feed Page

PTFP_PUB_AS_LIST

Review, edit, add, or delete feed definitions for this item.

See PeopleSoft CRM: Automation and Configuration Tools, “My Worklist - Publish as Feed Page”.

Publish Feed Definition to Sites Page

PTFP_PUB_AS_SITES

Publish an existing feed to other sites.

See PeopleSoft CRM: Automation and Configuration Tools, “My Worklist - Publsih Feed Definition to Sites Page”.

Define Feed Data Types Page

PTFP_DATATYPE

Define feed data types and publish the list of feeds for that type.

PeopleSoft Interaction Hub provides the capability to publish many types of PeopleSoft Interaction Hub content as feeds. Typically, a feed for one of these items can be published through a Publish as Feed link directly from the administration pages for that item without having to specify any advanced feed options. In PeopleSoft Interaction Hub, you can publish the following types of content as feeds:

  • Blogs.

    Advanced feed options do not need to be defined when publishing a blog as a feed.

  • Content management folders including managed content folders, categorized content folders, and news publications.

    You can determine which subfolders are to be excluded from the feed through the advanced feed options for the content management folder.

  • Discussion forums.

    Advanced feed options do not need to be defined when publishing a discussion forum as a feed.

  • Workspaces including action item lists, blogs, calendar events, discussion topics, documents, and wiki content from the workspace.

    You must determine which modules are to be included in the workspace feed through the advanced feed options for the workspace.

    Note: While action items, calendars, and wiki content appear in the list of feed data types delivered with PeopleSoft Interaction Hub, these items can only be published as part of a workspace feed and therefore cannot be published independently from a workspace.

  • Workspace Blogs modules.

    Advanced feed options do not need to be defined when publishing a workspace Blogs module as a feed.

  • Workspace Discussions modules.

    Advanced feed options do not need to be defined when publishing a workspace Discussions module as a feed.

  • Workspace Documents modules.

    You can determine which subfolders are to be excluded from the feed through the advanced feed options for the Documents module.

In addition, PeopleTools delivers the capability to publish several types of feeds including queries, worklists, Integration Broker messages, and lists of feeds. The PeopleTools PeopleBooks cover publishing and managing PeopleTools feed data types.

See the product documentation for PeopleTools: Feed Publishing Framework, “Creating and Using Feeds and Feed Templates.” Publishing Feeds Using the Publish as Feed Pages.

Additional information on specific PeopleSoft Interaction Hub feed types can be found in the PeopleSoft Interaction Hub PeopleBooks.

This section provides a high-level overview of the process to publish PeopleSoft Interaction Hub items as feeds.

Note: In order to have the privileges to publish an item as a feed, you must be an administrator, manager, or owner of that item.

To publish an item as a feed:

  1. Go to the administration page for that item.

    For example, for a blog, go to the Manage Blog page; for a news publication, go to the Folder Properties page; for a workspace, go to the Administration - Feeds page; and so on.

  2. Click the Publish as Feed link.

    Depending on whether feed has already been published for this item, one of the following pages is displayed:

    • The Publish as Feed page is displayed if a feed has already been published for this item. Continue with step 3.

    • The Publish Feed Definition page is displayed if a feed has not been published for this item. Continue with step 4.

  3. Determine whether you want to edit one of the current feeds, or create a new feed.

    On the Publish as Feed page, click Edit to edit an existing feed; click Add New to create a new feed.

  4. Set the feed parameters, additional feed parameters, and feed security options on the Publish Feed Definition page.

    See the product documentation for PeopleTools: Feed Publishing Framework, “Creating and Using Feeds and Feed Templates,” Publishing Feeds Using the Publish as Feed Pages, Defining Feed Properties.

  5. If you are required to set advanced options for this feed data type or if you wish to define advanced options for this feed, click the Advanced Options link.

    1. Set the advanced options for the feed.

    2. Click OK on the Advanced Feed Options page.

  6. Click the Publish button on the Publish Feed Definition page to save any new or revised feed definitions.

This section also discusses the following topics:

  • Publishing feeds to other sites.

  • Publishing feed lists.

Publishing Feeds to Other Sites

PeopleSoft Interaction Hub feeds can also be published to other sites within the system. You use the Publish Feed Definition to Sites page to do this.

See the product documentation for PeopleTools: Feed Publishing Framework, “Creating and Using Feeds and Feed Templates,” Publishing Feed Definitions to Additional Sites.

Publishing a List of Feeds

Each of the delivered PeopleSoft Interaction Hub feed data types can also be published as a list of feeds, which provides a list of published feeds of that type.

To publish a list of feeds for a feed data type:

  1. Select PeopleTools, Feeds, Define Feed Data Types to access the Define Feed Data Types page for the type of feed you wish to publish as a list.

  2. Select the data type for which to produce the list of feeds.

    Note: While action items, calendars, and wiki content appear in the list of feed data types delivered with PeopleSoft Interaction Hub, these items can only be published as part of a workspace feed. Therefore, if you publish a list of feeds for one of these types, the feed document will always be empty even though some items have been published as part of a workspace feed.

  3. Click the Publish as Feed link.

  4. Enter the feed definition information.

    Note: To distinguish this as a list of feeds, you can change the feed title to include “List of” — for example, “List of Workspace Feeds.”

  5. Publish and save the feed definition.

See the product documentation for PeopleTools: Feed Publishing Framework, “Creating and Using Feeds and Feed Templates,” Publishing a List of Feeds Feed.