Administering the Feed Publishing Framework

This section discusses how to administer the feed publishing framework.

Access the Feed Options page (PeopleTools, Feeds, Feed Options).

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Feed Options page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

 Feed Options page

Use the Feed Options page to define system-wide options for the Feed Publishing Framework.

Field or Control

Description

Log client request

Select Yes to enable logging of feed requests in the PTFP_ACCESS_LOG table. The default value is No.

Last Log ID

Displays the log ID of the last feed request.

Max Rows Limit

Specify the limit for the maximum number of feed entries in a feed. This limit applies to all feed types except paged scheduled feeds.

Show Inactive Feed Menu

Select No to hide the related feeds hover menu when it is inactive—that is, when no feeds of that type have been defined. The default value is Yes, show the related feeds hover menu when it is inactive.

Access the Define Feed Categories page (PeopleTools, Feeds, Define Feed Categories).

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Define Feed Categories page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

 Define Feed Categories page

Use the Define Feed Categories page to manage categories used to organize feeds.

Field or Control

Description

Category ID

Specify a unique ID for the feed category.

Note: The category ID is a user-specified, not system-defined, value.

Description

Enter a short description for the feed category.

This description appears wherever a category can be assigned to a feed definition and in locations where you can search for feeds.

Active

Indicate whether the feed category is active or inactive.

An inactive category is not available to assign to feed definitions or in locations where you can search for feeds. However, if a feed definition is assigned to a category and then that category is made inactive, the feed definition no longer displays an assigned category.

Long Description

Enter a long description for the feed category.

Owner ID

Select the owner ID for the feed category.

The owner ID is a way to identify which definitions are owned by which PeopleSoft applications, such as PeopleSoft General Ledger, Accounts Receivables, PeopleTools, and so on. The values in the drop-down list box are Translate table values associated with the OBJECTOWNERID field.

Save Category

Click to save the feed category.

Delete Category

Click to delete the feed category.

If a feed definition is assigned to a category and then that category is deleted, the feed definition no longer displays an assigned category.

Access the Copy Feed Definitions page (PeopleTools, Feeds, Copy Feed Definitions).

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Copy Feed Definitions page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

 Copy Feed Definitions page

Use the Copy Feed Definitions page to clone an existing feed definition to one with a new feed ID. The new feed definition is published with the same feed options and to the same sites as the original.

Field or Control

Description

Data Type

Select from the following feed data types:

  • All Data Types returns a list of all feeds to which you have access.

    Note: This value is the default.

  • IB Generic Message Feeds returns a list of Integration Broker generic message feeds.

  • List of Feeds returns a list of all feed list feeds.

  • PS Query Feeds returns a list of PeopleSoft Query feeds.

  • Worklist Feeds returns a list of worklist feeds.

Note: The previous list includes only the base feed data types delivered with PeopleTools. The results can differ on your system depending which other PeopleSoft applications you have installed and whether any custom feed data types have been developed.

Feed Type

Select from the following feed types:

  • Real Time returns a list of real-time feeds.

  • Scheduled returns a list of scheduled feeds.

Site Name

Select from the sites available on your system.

This field does not filter the search results; the results indicate whether a feed definition is published to the selected site.

Category

Select from the active feed categories defined on your system.

Keyword

Enter a keyword to narrow the search criteria. Keywords search the Feed ID, Feed Title, and Description fields and are not case sensitive.

Search

Click the Search button to return the list of available feeds that satisfy the search criteria that you entered.

Reset

Click the Reset button to clear the search results and reset all search criteria to their default values.

Feed Definitions

Select the feed from this grid that you wish to copy.

Note: The Published field indicates that the feed definition is published to the site selected in the Site Name field.

New Feed ID

Enter an ID for the new feed definition using only alphabetic characters (A–Z), numeric characters (0–9), and the underscore character (_).

Note: The system converts all lowercase characters to uppercase. In addition, it will convert any other special characters, such as a space, #, @, and so on, to an underscore.

Include Personalization Data

Select this option to copy user-specified and administrator-specified data source parameter values along with the feed definition.

Save Selected Feed

Click to copy the selected feed definition to a new feed definition.

Access the Delete Feed Definitions page (PeopleTools, Feeds, Delete Feed Definitions).

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Delete Feed Definitions page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

 Delete Feed Definitions page

Use the Delete Feed Definitions page to delete selected feed definitions. The system deletes the feed definition from all sites to which it has been published.

Field or Control

Description

Data Type

Select from the following feed data types:

  • All Data Types returns a list of all feeds to which you have access.

    Note: This value is the default.

  • IB Generic Message Feeds returns a list of Integration Broker generic message feeds.

  • List of Feeds returns a list of all feed list feeds.

  • PS Query Feeds returns a list of PeopleSoft Query feeds.

  • Worklist Feeds returns a list of worklist feeds.

Note: The previous list includes only the base feed data types delivered with PeopleTools. The results can differ on your system depending which other PeopleSoft applications you have installed and whether any custom feed data types have been developed.

Feed Type

Select from the following feed types:

  • Real Time returns a list of real-time feeds.

  • Scheduled returns a list of scheduled feeds.

Site Name

Select from the sites available on your system.

This field does not filter the search results; the results indicate whether a feed definition is published to the selected site.

Category

Select from the feed categories defined on your system.

Keyword

Enter a keyword to narrow the search criteria. Keywords search the Feed ID, Feed Title, and Description fields and are not case sensitive.

Search

Click the Search button to return the list of available feeds that satisfy the search criteria that you entered.

Reset

Click the Reset button to clear the search results and reset all search criteria to their default values.

Feed Definitions

Select the feed definition or definitions from this grid that you want to delete.

Note: The Published field indicates that the feed definition is published to the site selected in the Site Name field.

Select All button Select All

Click to select all feed definitions in the list.

Clear All button Clear All

Click to clear the selection of any feed definitions.

Delete Selected Feeds

Click to delete the selected feed definition or definitions.

Access the Edit Feed Templates page (PeopleTools, Feeds, Edit Feed Templates).

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Edit Feed Templates page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

 Edit Feed Templates page

Use the Edit Feed Templates page to edit or delete feed templates.

Field or Control

Description

Data Type

Select from the following feed data types:

  • All Data Types returns a list of all feed templates to which you have access.

    Note: This value is the default.

  • IB Generic Message Feeds returns a list of Integration Broker generic message feed templates.

  • List of Feeds returns a list of all feed list feed templates.

  • PS Query Feeds returns a list of PeopleSoft Query feed templates.

  • Worklist Feeds returns a list of worklist feed templates.

Note: The previous list includes only the base feed data types delivered with PeopleTools. The results can differ on your system depending which other PeopleSoft applications you have installed and whether any custom feed data types have been developed.

Feed Type

Select from the following feed types:

  • Real Time returns a list of real-time feed templates.

  • Scheduled returns a list of scheduled feed templates.

Category

Select from the active feed categories defined on your system.

Keyword

Enter a keyword to narrow the search criteria. Keywords search the Feed ID, Feed Title, and Description fields and are not case sensitive.

Search

Click the Search button to return the list of available feed templates that satisfy the search criteria that you entered.

Reset

Click the Reset button to clear the search results and reset all search criteria to their default values.

Edit

Click the Edit button to edit the feed template in the Feed Publishing Wizard.

See Step 1: Specifying Feed Properties.

Delete

Click to delete the feed template.