Getting Started with Supported Integration Technologies

This chapter discusses:

Supported integration technologies.
Supported integration technologies implementation.

Supported Integration Technologies Overview

This PeopleBook describes several integration technologies that PeopleSoft delivered prior to PeopleSoft 8.

Note. PeopleSoft supports the older technologies documented in this PeopleBook; however, you should use the more robust and adaptable tools delivered with the current release.

EDI Manager	Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a standard means of exchanging data between companies so that they can transact business electronically. PeopleSoft EDI Manager enables you to define event and action codes, define EDI transactions, set up trading partners, map transactions, and monitor transaction processing.
Outgoing Forms API	Forms routing enables the system to take data from a PeopleSoft page on which a user is working, enter it onto a third-party form, and mail the completed form to designated users by means of the forms product’s mail capabilities. PeopleSoft provides a PSFORMS dynamic link library (PSFORMS.DLL) that PeopleSoft applications use to communicate with forms software, which includes session-level, query, and send operations.
Open Query ODBC Driver and API	The PeopleSoft Open Query ODBC driver and API enable third-party reporting tools or applications to access PeopleSoft data in conformance with the PeopleSoft Query access architecture (the embedded SQL access intelligence provided by PeopleSoft Query).

Supported Integration Technologies Implementation

The technologies discussed in this PeopleBook are automatically installed with PeopleTools. In the planning phase of your implementation, take advantage of all PeopleSoft sources of information, including the installation guides and release notes. Moreover, in addition to the information in this PeopleBook, refer to the following PeopleBooks.

Technology	PeopleBook
EDI Manager	Enterprise PeopleTools 8.49 PeopleBook: SQR for PeopleSoft Developers
Outgoing Forms API	Enterprise PeopleTools 8.49 PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Application Designer
Open Query ODBC Driver and API	Enterprise PeopleTools 8.49 PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Query and Enterprise PeopleTools 8.49 PeopleBook: Crystal Reports for PeopleSoft

Other Sources of Information

In addition to the implementation considerations presented in this section, take advantage of all PeopleSoft sources of information, including the installation guides, release notes, PeopleBooks, and curriculum.