Enterprise PeopleTools 8.50 PeopleBook: PeopleSoft Application Designer Developer's Guide

Getting Started with PeopleSoft Application Designer

This chapter provides an overview of the PeopleSoft Application Designer product and discusses the implementation tasks necessary to work with this tool.

PeopleSoft Application Designer Overview

PeopleSoft Application Designer is the core development tool used to build and modify PeopleSoft applications. PeopleSoft Application Designer enables you to build a variety of definitions, including:

Fields.
Records (Tables).
Pages.
Components.
Menus.
PeopleCode.
SQL.

PeopleSoft Application Designer Implementation

This section discusses:

Installation-level steps.
Main application development steps.

Installation-Level Steps

Before you can begin using PeopleSoft Application Designer, the following items must be in place.

Step	Reference
Set up security. For developing and customizing PeopleSoft applications you will need access to the definitions involved, such as fields, records, pages, and so on. Your administrator can provide access by adjusting your definition security settings. There are also general PeopleTools permissions for maintaining and upgrading data that your administrator may need to provide access to as well. These include Build and Data Administration, Change Control, and Upgrade.	See Implementing Definition Security. See Setting PeopleTools Permissions.
Set up workstations. PeopleSoft Application Designer is a windows-based program. To run PeopleSoft Application Designer, you need to have a supported version of Windows with ample CPU and memory resources, and you need to have the workstation configured using PeopleSoft Configuration Manager so that there is connectivity to the appropriate database and all required environment variables are set.	See Configuring Developer Workstations.

Step

Reference

Set up security.

For developing and customizing PeopleSoft applications you will need access to the definitions involved, such as fields, records, pages, and so on. Your administrator can provide access by adjusting your definition security settings. There are also general PeopleTools permissions for maintaining and upgrading data that your administrator may need to provide access to as well. These include Build and Data Administration, Change Control, and Upgrade.

See Implementing Definition Security.

See Setting PeopleTools Permissions.

Set up workstations.

PeopleSoft Application Designer is a windows-based program. To run PeopleSoft Application Designer, you need to have a supported version of Windows with ample CPU and memory resources, and you need to have the workstation configured using PeopleSoft Configuration Manager so that there is connectivity to the appropriate database and all required environment variables are set.

See Configuring Developer Workstations.

Main Application Development Steps

This table presents the main steps for creating a PeopleSoft application.

Step	Reference
Design application.	Review your in-house development cycle and documentation.
Create fields.	See Creating Field Definitions.
Create record definitions.	See Planning Records, Control Tables, and TableSets. See Creating Record Definitions.
Build SQL tables.	See Administering Data.
Create pages.	See Designing Pages for Optimal Performance and Accessibility. See Using Page Controls. See Creating Page Definitions.
Create components.	See Creating Component Definitions.
Register components.	See Using the Registration Wizard.
Test the application.	Review your in-house testing procedures and documentation.

Other Sources of Information

This section provides information to consider before you begin to use PeopleSoft Application Designer. In addition to implementation considerations presented in this section, take advantage of all PeopleSoft sources of information, including the installation guides, release notes, PeopleBooks, and training courses.