Lak G posted Message 79 in Message Board Dated : February 25, 1999 at 15:02:23 EST Subject: Print/Distribution in Peoplesoft: Urgent Hi Folks, Any help is greatly appreciated on this. How do you distribute SQR output to different people from different locations (both domestic and international). We want to run SQRs on the server but when it's time to write the output it should be sent to people who ran them. Eg., people running in Germany should get report in Germany. Any help in this matter will be appreciated. Thanks. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Tarek posted Message 80 in Message Board Dated : February 26, 1999 at 08:25:19 EST Subject: lost passwords We have managed to lose all the passwords for our demo database, does anyone know a way to force the passwords to reset from within Oracle, I have tried altering psoprdefn but without success. Thanks. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Raj Ven posted Message 81 in Message Board Dated : February 26, 1999 at 18:08:24 EST Subject: Re: Running Crystal Reports in 3-tier Mode Thanks a lot GRAHAM. Your information was useful. Our Server is UNIX. I found out that Crystal Can't run in the SERVER except NT server. : Raj : Even when your're logged in in 3-tier (ie via the application server) when you run a crystal report on the client it will make a 2-tier connection via ODBC. Therefore, your client workstation must have the necessary db drivers and DSN setup. If you send a crystal to a process scheduler to run offline then you do not need client db drivers. (Crystals running on a proc scheduler can only be sent to file or printer). : Regards : Graham : : I have connected to the PeopleSoft through application Server. But still I like to run the Crystal Report in the Client. Can I do that. When I try it gives me the error : : Message Text: "Cyrstal Reports Print Engine error text: SQL server error". : : When I looked in the trace file it says : : PEStartPrintJob Error : : SQL Server Error. : : Can anybody help on this. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Rakshas posted Message 82 in Message Board Dated : February 27, 1999 at 11:15:41 EST Subject: Re: Moving From one Instance to another Although I do for the most part agree with the other replies to this thread, the time you would want to use Data Mover scripts would be if you already had data in the 2nd database which you want to keep, in which case you may need to combine some sql scripts to delete rows with similiar keys, etc. with the data mover scripts. If all you want to do is just create another instance of the exact database, then using the oracle tools or a database load would be the best. : hi ya, I am not a DBA , but i may be required to create some instances on oracle 8, ps version 7.5.Can some one please advice on the process and how to move from one instance to another eg demo to test database.(is it done using data mover) : Thanks : Duke ***************** End Of Article ****************** Graham posted Message 83 in Message Board Dated : March 02, 1999 at 03:56:45 EST Subject: Re: Print/Distribution in Peoplesoft: Urgent The Run Control will store a unique output destination (either printer or file)for each user. If you get the user to enter the full UNC path name of the output file or printer then you output can be sent to any location/printer on your LAN. This may require you users to setup a share on their c:\temp folder. This can then be addressed by \\machinename\temp\outputfile.lis when setiing up the run control. Regards, Graham : Hi Folks, : Any help is greatly appreciated on this. : How do you distribute SQR output to different people from : different locations (both domestic and international). : We want to run SQRs on the server but when it's time to : write the output it should be sent to people who ran them. : Eg., people running in Germany should get report in Germany. : Any help in this matter will be appreciated. : Thanks. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Pat Knorr posted Message 84 in Message Board Dated : March 06, 1999 at 16:09:47 EST Subject: remotely accessing peoplesoft 6.1 Where would I find information about setting accessing Peoplesoft 6.1 tools and 6 apps of financials from home? I administer PS and Oracle and would like to be able to run client SW on my home pc and get access to backend at work. Any help would be apprecialted. Thanks, Pat Knorr ***************** End Of Article ****************** Pat Knorr posted Message 85 in Message Board Dated : March 06, 1999 at 16:24:58 EST Subject: Re: lost passwords : We have managed to lose all the passwords for our demo database, does anyone know a way to force the passwords to reset from within Oracle, I have tried altering psoprdefn but without success. Thanks. Reset one oprid: Update psoprdefn set oprpswd = ' ', accesspswd='WHAT EVER IT IS IN CAPS' where opertype=0 and oprid='The oprid that you do not know the password to in caps'; Note: the oprpsswd = 'a tick a blank space and another tick' Then you are reset and can login as user, either you need no password the first time or just use your the Oracle password you have just reset it to or name the user and password the same in oracle just for this reset, use peoplesoft security after you iron it out so that the accesspswd and oprpswd are encrypted. Have used this many times but am recalling from use. If you need more info, please email me at pknorr@princeton.edu. You can also do this for everyone by using where opertype=0 and no oprid in your where clause. Usefull when copying database from prod to development. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Peter Choi posted Message 86 in Message Board Dated : March 08, 1999 at 19:25:07 EST Subject: Re: Moving From one Instance to another Hi Dave, I'm a PeopleSoft Administrator (and Oracle DBA). If you are looking at migrating PeopleSoft objects (i.e. from development to testing), you should be using the PeopleSoft Application Upgrader. If you want to create a clone of an existing environment (e.g. taking a copy your test database for Y2K testing), your best bet would be to take a database export (Oracle), create a new instance, and import the export into this new instance. If you want to take a copy of the PeopleSoft application, but you want the data from another database, this is the tricky part : You would want to export ALL the PeopleTools tables, and import these into your target instance (there are about 140 tables, and not ALL are PS as opposed to PS_). Then take an export of the data from your other environment, and import into the new instance. Hope this helps! Pete -- Peter Choi, PeopleSoft / Database Administrator APG Solutions & Technologies Inc. (Ottawa), Canada Email : peterchoi@apg.com ***************** End Of Article ****************** Raju Chellappa posted Message 87 in Message Board Dated : March 16, 1999 at 00:43:57 EST Subject: Multiple PS modules Hi In case of a client installing 3 modules like Student Admin, HR and Financials, Should the database reside in the same physical UNIX machine or is it wise to install them in separate DB Servers.. I would also appreciate any Recommended H/W for a medium size installation.. Thanks - rajuC ***************** End Of Article ****************** Raja RamaSamy posted Message 88 in Message Board Dated : March 17, 1999 at 12:36:06 EST Subject: Alternative methods of Keeping Client binaries Hi, As everyone knows that peoplesoft executables (windows client binaries) would be loaded in a file server (after mapping a logical drive to ps home directory). Then the client will access those executables. I would like to know if there is any other following possibilities. 1. Keeping the file server in unix server. If so, what could be the methods to be followed 2. If the unix server is not treated as file server, what is the other possibilities. we have a client machine running NT software. would anyone has this same kind of environment I would really appreciate if you give information about this ASAP. Thanks for you to spent time on this Regards Raja ***************** End Of Article ****************** Reagan Lee posted Message 89 in Message Board Dated : March 17, 1999 at 22:55:13 EST Subject: Re: Multiple Locations of MS Excel Simon, You were on the right track! I'm surprised it didn't work for you. You actually can string together multiple paths for ExcelDir. You just have to make sure the only thing that separates each path is either a comma (,) or semicolon (;). You may have inadvertently inserted a blank space, which creates an error when you launch nVision. I believe this is your preferrable method as it only requires one config file. Hope this helps. Reagan : Make multiple config files. Use multiple batch files each one pointing to a different config file. When making the users icon point them at the batch file which uses the appropriate config. : Alex : : We are about to implement a 3 tier PeopleSoft GL across Europe. One problem that we are facing is that we have 5 or 6 "standard" PC images with different directory structures. We have the clients setup so that they use a Win95 shortcut to a fileserver to start the PeopleSoft batch file and load in the configuartion files. The different client directory structures means that applications such as Excel (required for nVision) appear in different locations. We are trying to find a way of specifying a string of possible locations (much like a MSDOS path statement) in the PeopleSoft config file. Unfortunatley putting a local config file on each local client is not an option (we will have 300+ users in 26 countries). Any help would be warmly appreciated! : : Regards : : Simon Powell - 3M IT - PeopleSoft ***************** End Of Article ****************** Graham posted Message 90 in Message Board Dated : March 18, 1999 at 04:40:14 EST Subject: Re: Alternative methods of Keeping Client binaries I don't see why you couldn't use your UNIX server as a peoplesofty file server. After all, the PS file server is JUST a storage location for a bunch of files. If your client connects to the UNIX box using NFS I'd be a but concerned about performance but other than that there should be no difference between an NT and UNIX PeopleSoft file server. Good luck. Graham : Hi, : As everyone knows that peoplesoft executables (windows client binaries) would be loaded in a file server (after mapping a logical drive to ps home directory). Then the client will access those executables. : I would like to know if there is any other following possibilities. : 1. Keeping the file server in unix server. : If so, what could be the methods to be followed : 2. If the unix server is not treated as file server, what is the other possibilities. : we have a client machine running NT software. : would anyone has this same kind of environment : I would really appreciate if you give information about this ASAP. : Thanks for you to spent time on this : Regards : Raja ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jim Hardesty posted Message 91 in Message Board Dated : March 18, 1999 at 08:49:52 EST Subject: We've done it in 5x and 7.0x It is suprisingly easy. We have had dial-up home access in both release 5x and 7.0x. We are HPUX, Novell, Oracle. There are two parts. 1. Network. I can't give you much help here other than you need to be able to dial up and access to the database server. For us, that is SQL*NET. We actually take the Oracle products CD home and install it. 2. PeopleSoft executables. You must install the PeopleSoft executables on your local drive. In 5x, it was easy, zip the PSTools /bin directory up and copy it to a diskette or CD. Unzip the directory to the c: drive. Create an icon for pstools.exe and off you go. We never had release 6x, but I think it is like 5, ie, it is still a 16 bit Windows 3.1 application. In 7, you really need to do an actual client install because it updates the windows registry. And it uses lots of files from lots of directories. Probably there is an easy way to do it, but we found it easiest to simply copy the whole PeopleSoft directory to a cd, copy the cd to the local drive and do a client install. It doesn't matter to the client that the PeopleSoft drive is actually pointing to the local drive. Voila, dial-up PeopleSoft. Note, you don't need file server access (for us, that is novell) because you are not getting the PeopleSoft executables from the file server (p: to us). Well, you could, but it would be remarkably slow to load. Feel free to contact me if the above is not enough info. jim jim hardesty the berry company jhardest@lmberry.com (937) 296-4867 ***************** End Of Article ****************** Chris E. posted Message 92 in Message Board Dated : March 19, 1999 at 09:16:21 EST Subject: Re: Cache files not caching Hey: I've seen a few responses about deleting your cache files and then trying this again....this is a good idea; however, if you want to maintain speedy access for this user - after you have purged the local cache directory, copy over the cache directory from a working machine using the same database. This method is called 'Pre-caching' and usually helps speed things up! Good luck! -- Chris : I've got a client who's workstation never uses the cache files in c:\ps\cache... The symptom is, the files in cache all have today's date and current time, and they are complaining that this workstation is dog slow... compared to another workstation that has cache files dated from last week or last month. : Does anyone know what's going on or where to check? : Thanks! ***************** End Of Article ****************** David posted Message 93 in Message Board Dated : March 19, 1999 at 09:20:36 EST Subject: Re: 5.11 to 7.01 upgrade(Financials) : My client has PS financials 5.11(AP,AR & GL) in production. : Now the client wants to upgrade to 7.01. : We have installed PS 7.01. : Instead of going thru the Peoplsoft upgrade methodology, the client wnats to move data from 5.11 to 7.01 table by table. : Can you folks help me in How to go about it? i.e whether are there any tools that will do the data transfer. : TIA : Venkat ***************** End Of Article ****************** David posted Message 94 in Message Board Dated : March 19, 1999 at 09:22:16 EST Subject: Re: 5.11 to 7.01 upgrade(Financials) : My client has PS financials 5.11(AP,AR & GL) in production. : Now the client wants to upgrade to 7.01. : We have installed PS 7.01. : Instead of going thru the Peoplsoft upgrade methodology, the client wnats to move data from 5.11 to 7.01 table by table. : Can you folks help me in How to go about it? i.e whether are there any tools that will do the data transfer. : TIA : Venkat Data junction is horrible. We used data mover and we cut the time in half. You just need to identify all the tables that you need to move and put them in a Data Mover script. It is much easier. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Devi Narayanan posted Message 95 in Message Board Dated : March 19, 1999 at 22:30:51 EST Subject: Upgrade 6.02 to 7.5 Hi, Could u please get me the set of instructions for upgrade from 6.02 to 7.5 for HRMS. backend database is oracle 7.x. thanx, Devi ***************** End Of Article ****************** Venugopal Yalavarthy posted Message 96 in Message Board Dated : March 23, 1999 at 14:29:07 EST Subject: Re: Moving From one Instance to another : hi ya, I am not a DBA , but i may be required to create some instances on oracle 8, ps version 7.5.Can some one please advice on the process and how to move from one instance to another eg demo to test database.(is it done using data mover) : Thanks : Duke The question is not clear. If you want to build instance from scratch then only use datamover to run PS default scripts, if you are planning to have another instance like existing one, then you can it @ORACLE level. You don't need Datamover to do this. Hope this helps. Good Luck Venu. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Venugopal Yalavarthy posted Message 97 in Message Board Dated : March 23, 1999 at 14:35:16 EST Subject: Re: We've done it in 5x and 7.0x I can give you some information as I'm having. using dial-up get the access to Network and from there install client on your home PC. As soon as you finish ask your DBA's to bring up Application Server, then connect in 3-tier mode. First time it's very slow but not all the times. Hope this helps. Venu. : It is suprisingly easy. : We have had dial-up home access in both release 5x and 7.0x. : We are HPUX, Novell, Oracle. : There are two parts. : 1. Network. I can't give you much help here other than you need to be able to dial up and access to the database server. For us, that is SQL*NET. We actually take the Oracle products CD home and install it. : 2. PeopleSoft executables. You must install the PeopleSoft executables on your local drive. In 5x, it was easy, zip the PSTools /bin directory up and copy it to a diskette or CD. Unzip the directory to the c: drive. Create an icon for pstools.exe and off you go. We never had release 6x, but I think it is like 5, ie, it is still a 16 bit Windows 3.1 application. : In 7, you really need to do an actual client install because it updates the windows registry. And it uses lots of files from lots of directories. Probably there is an easy way to do it, but we found it easiest to simply copy the whole PeopleSoft directory to a cd, copy the cd to the local drive and do a client install. It doesn't matter to the client that the PeopleSoft drive is actually pointing to the local drive. : Voila, dial-up PeopleSoft. Note, you don't need file server access (for us, that is novell) because you are not getting the PeopleSoft executables from the file server (p: to us). Well, you could, but it would be remarkably slow to load. : Feel free to contact me if the above is not enough info. : jim : jim hardesty : the berry company : jhardest@lmberry.com : (937) 296-4867 ***************** End Of Article ****************** Venugopal Yalavarthy posted Message 98 in Message Board Dated : March 23, 1999 at 14:45:59 EST Subject: Re: Multiple PS modules You can have them on the same server with different directory names like Financials : FSXXX HR : HRXXX STU.ADMIN: SAXXX Venu. : Hi : In case of a client installing 3 modules like Student Admin, HR and Financials, Should the database reside in the same physical UNIX machine or is it wise to install them in separate DB Servers.. : I would also appreciate any Recommended H/W for a medium size installation.. : Thanks : - rajuC ***************** End Of Article ****************** Venugopal Yalavarthy posted Message 99 in Message Board Dated : March 23, 1999 at 14:54:21 EST Subject: Re: tablespaces I don't know how much they did help you in the above 2 follow ups but I'd like to give you some additional information. as soon as you save your project choose build project and in the settings select "skip if table already exists" and build "sql script" only, then if you see your display window in the app designer, you'll have some file with sql extension. Open that file in wordpad and copy then run it in sqlplus(either gui or on unixbox with sysadm previlages id. Then they will create tables in Oracle. This is like you can monitor the script. If you don't want instead of build sql script choose "execute sql now", then you are all set. coming to another point that I assume you already have some tables and you want to change the tablespace name only, then follow "Mathieu Lebrati"'s follow up. Venu. : Hello all, : I have just installed ps7.5 server version with oracle 8 back end. While developing a project i have created few records. How do i put these records in a tablespace? Please give me all details if any new table space has to be created. By default in which tablespace does the record go and sit. : thankx for u help : bye : ***************** End Of Article ****************** Venugopal Yalavarthy posted Message 100 in Message Board Dated : March 23, 1999 at 14:58:41 EST Subject: Re: Process Scheduler and Oracle Backup automation # # Start procs. sched. for all running databases # # ****** Old Loops ****** # # # # ****** Old Loops ****** # # *** Clean up log files # rm /psoft/logs/startprcs.log # # *** Check for databases that are running # for i in `ps -ef | grep dbwr | grep 75 |grep -v fstp275| awk '{print $NF}' | sed s/ora_dbwr_//` do echo $i >> /psoft/logs/startprcs.log # # *** Start Unix procs. sched. if not running # u=`echo $i | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'` echo " case change from $i to $u" >> /psoft/logs/startprcs.log if ! ps -ef | grep PSRUN | grep $u then echo " PSRUN_$u is not running" >> /psoft/logs/startprcs.log /psoft/*/$i/scripts/startps.sh else echo " PSRUN_$u is already running" >> /psoft/logs/startprcs.log fi # # *** Start NT procs. sched. # if [ -e /ssa1c/proc_sched_out/$i ] then echo "Starting NT process scheduler for $i" >> /psoft/logs/start prcs.log touch /ssa1c/proc_sched_out/*75*/${i}.start fi # done ******************************* it might differ depends upon the environment and way of thinking. But i do have this way. Venu. ************************************ : Does anybody have a script that will stop the Process Scheduler and re-start it after the Oracle Backup is complete. Does it help to make Process Scheduler as a NT Servive. I have PS 7.5.2 and Oracle 8 running on a NT platform with logical 3-Tier? : Thanks in advance!! ***************** End Of Article ****************** Venugopal Yalavarthy posted Message 101 in Message Board Dated : March 23, 1999 at 15:04:18 EST Subject: Re: Personal Oracle I think user versions does't have datamover, if you have this one then only try these steps. 1.search for the TNSnames.ora file and modify that as per your needs. 2. in regedit give the exact path of your TNSnames.ora file under software/oracle/admin/TNSnames. And also you have to give your ORACLE_HOME path in PS. 3. using datamover run your appropriated script files(module wise) to load the instance with PS data. hope this helps you. Venu. : : : Right now I am using PS single user version. SQL base the back end that come along with that. How to make personal oracla as my backend to my single user version instead of SQL base. What scripts I need to run. Did anybody succeed in this. Please let me know ? : : How do you acquire PS Single Version. We just purchase PS 7.5 HRMS running on Oracle and Tuxedo, and in the process in implementing it. : Hi Ludhi, : Katram's wants the solution to connect to Pers. Oracle. Single user PS is available from Peoplesoft directly. : If you are not aware of the solution, please forward the question to somebody else. I think your answer was of no use to him. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Venugopal Yalavarthy posted Message 102 in Message Board Dated : March 23, 1999 at 15:07:36 EST Subject: Re: PS DBA/Admin activities It's not possible with e-mails man. Good luck Venu. : Hi : My current project has Financial/Distribution/Manufacturing ver 7.51 and PeopleTools ver 7.52 running Oracle 8 on a NT platform. If anybody has experience on DBA activities and/or a document that details the same , please contact me @ Raju_Chellappa@yahoo.com. I am not a DBA and I have to perform some activities. : If anybody has instructions on how to create a new PS database instance (for eg: FSTEST from a FSDEV backup) from another backup, please e-mail me at Raju_Chellappa@yahoo.com : Thanks in advance : - rajuC ***************** End Of Article ****************** Anh posted Message 103 in Message Board Dated : March 24, 1999 at 07:11:07 EST Subject: Re: Upgrade 6.02 to 7.5 : Hi, : Could u please get me the set of instructions for upgrade from 6.02 to 7.5 for HRMS. backend database is oracle 7.x. : thanx, : Devi You can download the instruction set from PS Web Site. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dennis Gross posted Message 104 in Message Board Dated : March 24, 1999 at 16:21:21 EST Subject: Inaccessible data base I have had a very strange problem on my PC. We basically use 2 databases, a production database (lets call it PROD), and a development database (DEV). I am able to log in to PROD via PeopleTools; when I try to log in to DEV i get the following error message: "SQL Error. Stmt #2 Error Position: 0 Return: 8200 - Cannot connect to requested database". I am able to access both databases in SQL Server 6.5, our backend. I am also able to access both databases from another PC. its only my PC that has this problem. I've checked all the configuration files against our standard config and everything seems to match. Can someone help? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jolly Paily posted Message 105 in Message Board Dated : March 24, 1999 at 17:40:01 EST Subject: PS Higher Education Functional consultant required Need Immediately: 1. PS Higher Education Admin (Functional)- NJ- 6 months rate: open Client in New Jersey has a need for a Functional Student > Administration consultant for a 6 month assignment. This person would be the Student Records Lead. The client is currently in 7.0 and they are going to 7.5. They are live in Student Financials and are working on the other three modules (Admissions, Student Records and Student Financials) which are scheduled to go live in July. The platform is NT SQL Server ,DB. This consultant must have senior Student Records knowledge, Peopletools, > Peoplecode, SQR, Crystal Visions. Experience in 7.5 necessary. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Venugopal Yalavarthy posted Message 106 in Message Board Dated : March 29, 1999 at 11:27:53 EST Subject: Re: Upgrade 6.02 to 7.5 Here I'm attaching some information and website address where you can find all this information. To get access you should have PeopleSoft Customer Connection Id. http://www4.peoplesoft.com/upgrades.nsf/4a4eb8a6c8dede3388256475005d779f/a4ac06ac2cdee0f78825668900806cd9?OpenDocument. Check your e-mail for furthur Info. Hope this helps you. Venu. : Hi, : Could u please get me the set of instructions for upgrade from 6.02 to 7.5 for HRMS. backend database is oracle 7.x. : thanx, : Devi ***************** End Of Article ****************** Venugopal Yalavarthy posted Message 107 in Message Board Dated : March 29, 1999 at 11:31:08 EST Subject: Re: Inaccessible data base Clear your cache on client and reboot your machine and try to connect. If still getting the same problem then check your TNSnames.ora file and see if it's having the required info. Venu. : I have had a very strange problem on my PC. We basically use 2 databases, a production database (lets call it PROD), and a development database (DEV). I am able to log in to PROD via PeopleTools; when I try to log in to DEV i get the following error message: "SQL Error. Stmt #2 Error Position: 0 Return: 8200 - Cannot connect to requested database". I am able to access both databases in SQL Server 6.5, our backend. I am also able to access both databases from another PC. its only my PC that has this problem. I've checked all the configuration files against our standard config and everything seems to match. Can someone help? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Teddy Kinzer posted Message 108 in Message Board Dated : March 31, 1999 at 13:13:49 EST Subject: SQL SSERVER AND ACCESS ID SQL Server 6.5 Windows NT We are setting a procedure for users to change their PeopleSoft passwords. We setup our ACCESSID not to be 'sa'. Soooo the quick way of allowing users to change passwords does not work. The sp_password, is looking for 'sa'. What is everyone doing here? We are reluctant to change back to 'sa' because of a security breach with SQR. The developers or anyone using SQR can setup a process to capture the ACCESSID and Password and hence, have control of the Server. Any thoughts on how you have dealt with the password change situation will be helpful. If you just use 'sa' please respond also. Thank you, Ted teddy_l_ted_kinzer@rl.gov ***************** End Of Article ****************** Teddy Kinzer posted Message 109 in Message Board Dated : March 31, 1999 at 13:31:25 EST Subject: PERFORMANCE AND THE PEOPLESOFT CLIENT I am looking for ideas and thoughts regarding the PeopleSoft Client. We currently have our users access a file server for the pstools.exe, etc. There is a perception that it is too slow. Client or Server where do you keep the files? Also our network folks are asking why we do not have more than one server for client. Has anyone been able to setup a way to have the client access a file server based on their location on the network? The main problem I see is the registry settings used for the client setup. Any thoughts will be appreciated. Thanks Ted teddy_l_ted_kinzer@rl.gov ***************** End Of Article ****************** Graham posted Message 110 in Message Board Dated : April 01, 1999 at 06:07:08 EST Subject: Re: SQL SSERVER AND ACCESS ID Ted What happens when you try and change the operators password from the Change Password button on the PS login screen? If the operators accessid is something other than sa and that sql user has the correct permissions to PS sql serer objects you should be ok. What errors are you getting when the operator does this? Graham : SQL Server 6.5 : Windows NT : We are setting a procedure for users to change their PeopleSoft passwords. We setup our ACCESSID not to be 'sa'. Soooo the quick way of allowing users to change passwords does not work. The sp_password, is looking for 'sa'. : What is everyone doing here? : We are reluctant to change back to 'sa' because of a security breach with SQR. The developers or anyone using SQR can setup a process to capture the ACCESSID and Password and hence, have control of the Server. : Any thoughts on how you have dealt with the password change situation will be helpful. If you just use 'sa' please respond also. : Thank you, : Ted : teddy_l_ted_kinzer@rl.gov ***************** End Of Article ****************** Lynn Overall posted Message 111 in Message Board Dated : April 01, 1999 at 14:29:08 EST Subject: Re: Inaccessible data base Since youre not on Oracle you wont have a TNSNames file. what you might do is to check your ODBC setup to see if you have placed a database name in the {Advanced} section (ODBC 3.0} if so when you connect you will attempt to default into that database. Also check when you connect via the same Data Source through wisql to verify which database you are in by default. hope this helps. : Clear your cache on client and reboot your machine and try to connect. If still getting the same problem then check your TNSnames.ora file and see if it's having the required info. : Venu. : : I have had a very strange problem on my PC. We basically use 2 databases, a production database (lets call it PROD), and a development database (DEV). I am able to log in to PROD via PeopleTools; when I try to log in to DEV i get the following error message: "SQL Error. Stmt #2 Error Position: 0 Return: 8200 - Cannot connect to requested database". I am able to access both databases in SQL Server 6.5, our backend. I am also able to access both databases from another PC. its only my PC that has this problem. I've checked all the configuration files against our standard config and everything seems to match. Can someone help? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Lynn Overall posted Message 112 in Message Board Dated : April 01, 1999 at 15:05:09 EST Subject: PeopleSoft Object versioning Does any one out there have a suggestion for CM software which integrates with peopletools. I am considering using a Development suite called CAST to version DB objects, however I will have to create a way to extract the non DBobjects {peoplesoft panels etc} for versioning purposes. I am using PVCS as a CM repository for now so it would be nice to find an app that will fit between PeopleTools and PVCS. Any Ideas ? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Derek Tomei posted Message 113 in Message Board Dated : April 01, 1999 at 15:42:26 EST Subject: Re: PERFORMANCE AND THE PEOPLESOFT CLIENT The reason for running the executables from a file server is due to maintenance purposes. When you have to perform an upgrade, you would have to visit every PC client if you installed the EXE's locally. This becomes a nightmare to maintain. It is best to locate the exe's on a file server. If you have clients accessing the file server accross a slow WAN connection this could be a problem. One idea is to replicate directories from one file server to another and have users connect / Map the same drive to a file server which is on their Local Area Network. This way you are able to maintain the software, SQR's, Crystal Reports, etc on One Server. Hope that Helps! Derek Tomei Database Administrator Tropical Shipping dtomei@tropical.com : I am looking for ideas and thoughts regarding the PeopleSoft Client. We currently have our users access a file server for the pstools.exe, etc. There is a perception that it is too slow. : Client or Server where do you keep the files? : Also our network folks are asking why we do not have more than one server for client. Has anyone been able to setup a way to have the client access a file server based on their location on the network? The main problem I see is the registry settings used for the client setup. : Any thoughts will be appreciated. : Thanks : Ted : teddy_l_ted_kinzer@rl.gov ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dave Gordon posted Message 114 in Message Board Dated : April 04, 1999 at 14:25:30 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft Object versioning Hi Lynn, Actually, the panels and such ARE database records. The PeopleTools objects are stored in a series of tables, like PSPANELDEFN, PSRECDEFN, and so forth. All of these tables are fairly easy to find and work with. Go into Query and see for yourself, they all begin with a PS. Regards, Dave : Does any one out there have a suggestion for CM software which integrates with peopletools. I am considering using a Development suite called CAST to version DB objects, however I will have to create a way to extract the non DBobjects {peoplesoft panels etc} for versioning purposes. I am using PVCS as a CM repository for now so it would be nice to find an app that will fit between PeopleTools and PVCS. : Any Ideas ? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Graham posted Message 115 in Message Board Dated : April 06, 1999 at 09:48:26 EST Subject: Re: PERFORMANCE AND THE PEOPLESOFT CLIENT The reality is that even if your executables/dll's are on a file server you STILL must re-visit each client workstation when either a tools or an apllication upgrade is applied. The reason is that DLL's need registering in your client registry along with paths to sqr,crystals, cobols etc. With application release say from 750 to 751 your folder which contains PS_HOME will change from say 'EP750' to 'EP751'. Unles you want to just leave your folder named incorrectly you must do a complete de-install and re-install of the PS client on every workstation (even then some registry settings relating to Folio and Crystal will still have the old folder path which you'll need to write a batch program to poke new registry values in manually). Also, don't forget the registry settings and PS_HOME env variable for all your app servers and process schedulers. Contact me direct if you want any more detailed info. I've been through this before and would be glad to offer any help I can. Good luck Graham : The reason for running the executables from a file server is due to maintenance purposes. When you have to perform an upgrade, you would have to visit every PC client if you installed the EXE's locally. This becomes a nightmare to maintain. It is best to locate the exe's on a file server. : If you have clients accessing the file server accross a slow WAN connection this could be a problem. One idea is to replicate directories from one file server to another and have users connect / Map the same drive to a file server which is on their Local Area Network. This way you are able to maintain the software, SQR's, Crystal Reports, etc on One Server. : Hope that Helps! : Derek Tomei : Database Administrator : Tropical Shipping : dtomei@tropical.com : : : I am looking for ideas and thoughts regarding the PeopleSoft Client. We currently have our users access a file server for the pstools.exe, etc. There is a perception that it is too slow. : : Client or Server where do you keep the files? : : Also our network folks are asking why we do not have more than one server for client. Has anyone been able to setup a way to have the client access a file server based on their location on the network? The main problem I see is the registry settings used for the client setup. : : Any thoughts will be appreciated. : : Thanks : : Ted : : teddy_l_ted_kinzer@rl.gov ***************** End Of Article ****************** Anne-Marie Matula posted Message 116 in Message Board Dated : April 06, 1999 at 12:32:27 EST Subject: TS-189 sample file Does anyone know where I can receive a sample TS-189 file (EDI formatted admissions application) or any agencies that use this format so I can contact them regarding a sample file? This is my first EDI project and I am terribly confused about how it works. The actual file specifications for anyone looking for this information can be found at the following site: http://adm5.byu.edu/ar/aacraoig/igtoc.html Thank you for any insight you can offer! Anne-Marie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anne-Marie Matula Student Information System Project Office of Information Technologies Whitmore Bldg, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Phone: 413/577-0685 Fax: 413/545-2150 ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dennis Adams posted Message 117 in Message Board Dated : April 07, 1999 at 20:00:48 EST Subject: Change Management Control Has anyone successfully implemented a Change Control software for version control of PeopleSoft objects as well as SQRs, SQCs, etc. Please provide comments on successes or failures. I'm seeking any ideas, thoughts, real experience. Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Eugene Soroka posted Message 118 in Message Board Dated : April 07, 1999 at 21:12:01 EST Subject: Performance and Server Requirements We are going to migrate PeopelSoft v5.1 to v.7.5 in our organisation. List of modules include HR, GL, AR, AM, Payroll. It is going to be run on Windows NT, Oracle 8, 3 tier. We have network 16mb Token-Ring. At this stage application, database servers are going to reside on the same box. This is going to be Compaq Proliant 7000, 512mb RAM and 2 processors Pentium II Xeon 450 mhz and 14*9.1 gb drives with 5 channels. Initially we are going to implement GL (appr. 30 users). Does anyone have any advice or tips on performance and general problems. Please help save our necks. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mats posted Message 119 in Message Board Dated : April 09, 1999 at 11:27:54 EST Subject: Sql server web data to peoplesoft transfer what to do when we transfer database from normal default installation of sql7.0 to binary sort order of Peoplesoft.Do i have to do reindexing my destination table. My data gets tranfered but my store procedures and trigers are working heywire what do do. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Bob posted Message 120 in Message Board Dated : April 11, 1999 at 12:03:01 EST Subject: Re: SQL SSERVER AND ACCESS ID Hi: I run into this every single time!! The trick is the following...when no one is on the system in MS SQL Executive delete all user_ids and user_logons for MS SQL and the MS SQL database (Very Important) then open the chsysmssql.dms script in data mover (login in as sa!!) and delete all text up to the point where it states //finall database cleanup NB: make sure the ACCESSID and PASSWORD are set correctly and run the script. This will re-create all users and passwords for the specific db your in. If you wish to re-asign passwords to everyone then before you run the dms delete all passwords from the PSOPRDEFn table. Once you run the script this will assign the user password the same as the user name!! Hope this helps!! ***************** End Of Article ****************** BOb posted Message 121 in Message Board Dated : April 11, 1999 at 12:09:33 EST Subject: Re: Inaccessible data base HI: See my follow up message: SQL SERVER AND ACCESS ID above In this case clear your cache will not help b/c it's a db related. Also that other person was right you will not have a TNSname file b/c your not running in an oracle enviroment. f you were you would probably not have this problem of running more than one db on one rdbms. With MS SQL (6.5 ot 7.0) this is tricky!! but once manged properly it will no longer be a headache. BOB ***************** End Of Article ****************** Graham posted Message 122 in Message Board Dated : April 13, 1999 at 07:15:46 EST Subject: Re: SQL SSERVER AND ACCESS ID Bob Where is the dm script you refer to chsysmssql.dms . I am on tools release 7.51 and I don't have it. Graham : Hi: : I run into this every single time!! The trick is the following...when no one is on the system in MS SQL Executive delete all user_ids and user_logons for MS SQL and the MS SQL database (Very Important) then open the chsysmssql.dms script in data mover (login in as sa!!) and delete all text up to the point where it states //finall database cleanup NB: make sure the ACCESSID and PASSWORD are set correctly and run the script. This will re-create all users and passwords for the specific db your in. If you wish to re-asign passwords to everyone then before you run the dms delete all passwords from the PSOPRDEFn table. Once you run the script this will assign the user password the same as the user name!! : Hope this helps!! : ***************** End Of Article ****************** max posted Message 123 in Message Board Dated : April 14, 1999 at 06:52:00 EST Subject: New Inastance Hi I m a technical consultant, working with Peopletools i have developed a system in ptools, with default database ptdmo i need to migrate this system in to another instance how can i create new blank instance pls help me in to solve this problem thanks in advance Max ***************** End Of Article ****************** NH posted Message 124 in Message Board Dated : April 14, 1999 at 09:22:54 EST Subject: Re: Alternative methods of Keeping Client binaries You can have a Unix file server with an NFS mount for your clients. It means you have to add the appropriate software onto every client and there is no insignificant costs involved with the licensing with this. Maybe instead, have a look at SAMBA Server (needs to be installed on your Unix host only) and advertises your directories that your windows clients can map to just like windows drives. ***************** End Of Article ****************** salim dawood posted Message 125 in Message Board Dated : April 15, 1999 at 15:55:03 EST Subject: Re: Change Management Control we are using Change Control from Peoplesoft for PS objects and MKS from MKS inc. based in Wwaterloo in Ontario Canada for managing Cobol, Sqr changes etc..... : Has anyone successfully implemented a Change Control software for version control of PeopleSoft objects as well as SQRs, SQCs, etc. : Please provide comments on successes or failures. : I'm seeking any ideas, thoughts, real experience. Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Brian Hirsch posted Message 126 in Message Board Dated : April 16, 1999 at 11:29:18 EST Subject: Function Points for Financial Modules Has anyone estimated or counted the function points associated with any of the financial modules? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Chris Alman posted Message 127 in Message Board Dated : April 19, 1999 at 08:16:13 EST Subject: Re: New Inastance Read peoplesoft installation and admin for oracle. you can download it from their continuous documentation page. anyway the sql scripts your after are createdb.sql utlspace.sql fsddl.sql (financials) hrddl.sql (HR) rollback.sql psroles.sql dbowner.sql psadmin.sql by editing these scripts ( ie. change the sid name etc. ) you can create a new instance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Tom Pierce posted Message 128 in Message Board Dated : April 19, 1999 at 13:03:58 EST Subject: Re: Change Management Control i've heard about a product called stat! from mbr technologies that *supposably* does object change control for peoplesoft objects as well as sqrs and cobol programs. if anyone has any info and/or experience with this tool i would appreciate hearing about it. thanks! tom pierce ***************** End Of Article ****************** Bob Star posted Message 129 in Message Board Dated : April 20, 1999 at 00:05:51 EST Subject: Re: SQL SSERVER AND ACCESS ID If you are on PS 7.5X then do the following. Run dropuser.sql and addoper.sql in the isql window for that particular database. This is a new solution to a very old problem!!! Bab Star bstar25@hotmail.com ***************** End Of Article ****************** Paul Kuczynski posted Message 130 in Message Board Dated : April 20, 1999 at 07:38:32 EST Subject: The role of PeopleSoft Administrator Has anyone documented any formal procedures for the role of PeopleSoft Administrator? I'm writing system management and operational procedures for our PeopleSoft HRMS implementation. So far this is what I have: setting up the system How often does this occur? New environments (test, conversion, parallel, etc.) performance tuning Database Application – (embedded sql?) dealing with upgrades releases tax updates ( x per year) fixes/patches integrating with other applications new maintenance to existing troubleshooting advice pre-helpdesk post-helpdesk from development planning for the future major releases scheduling Any additional information would be appreciated...Thanx Paul ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mike Seery posted Message 131 in Message Board Dated : April 20, 1999 at 10:01:09 EST Subject: Re: PERFORMANCE AND THE PEOPLESOFT CLIENT Agree with all that's been said. We found that we had a rougue Anti-Virus program on Netware '95 clients which was severely impacting on running the client from an NT (IP) server. Reinstalling the anti-virus software fixed the problem. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Derek Tomei posted Message 132 in Message Board Dated : April 27, 1999 at 09:28:13 EST Subject: Re: PERFORMANCE AND THE PEOPLESOFT CLIENT If you are running PeopleTools 7.0 or above you do not need to visit every workstation. PSCFG.EXE the config manager has a command line interface allowing you to run an automatic / silent installation on each client. You can create a configuration , export it to a file, and then use the pscfg command line interface to have your clients execute in their login script or via an attachment in e-mail. type pscfg -? at the command line to find the details. Derek Tomei Database Administrator Tropical Shipping dtomei@tropical.com ***************** End Of Article ****************** Naveen posted Message 133 in Message Board Dated : May 02, 1999 at 23:52:41 EST Subject: Re: Upgrade 6.02 to 7.5 : : : Hi, : : Could u please get me the set of instructions for upgrade from 6.02 to 7.5 for HRMS. backend database is oracle 7.x. : : thanx, : : Devi : You can download the instruction set from PS Web Site. ***************** End Of Article ****************** KALYAN posted Message 134 in Message Board Dated : May 03, 1999 at 10:42:19 EST Subject: Re: Multiple PS modules HI, its recommended that u have three of them on three servers and have clustered for fall back options as a fail safe. if its oracle, have ur database temp size equal to ur Db size if u can afford!!. : You can have them on the same server with different directory names like : Financials : FSXXX : HR : HRXXX : STU.ADMIN: SAXXX : Venu. : : Hi : : In case of a client installing 3 modules like Student Admin, HR and Financials, Should the database reside in the same physical UNIX machine or is it wise to install them in separate DB Servers.. : : I would also appreciate any Recommended H/W for a medium size installation.. : : Thanks : : - rajuC ***************** End Of Article ****************** Lorne Kaufman posted Message 135 in Message Board Dated : May 08, 1999 at 13:05:27 EST Subject: Re: Performance and Server Requirements :: There are a few things that can be done to ensure of a smooth GL implemintation. When it comes to performance. 1) Make sure if you are going to use combo edits that your rules are in line with your business needs. 2) When using Combo Edits take full advantage of the Wild card in the explosion process which will significantly reduce the number of rows in the COMBO_DATA_TBL by X * 3. 3) Depending on how much converted data you are going to bring in you might want to look at using data partitions in Oracle 8. 4) Consider that using raid 5 for redundancy might not be worth the performance hit you will take on writes. (This depends on how the system will be utilized) A lot of inquiry (Reads) Raid 5 is great (A lot of entry (Writes) Raid 5 is bad) 5) Last, there are tuning opportunities in the application, because PeopleSoft was written or ANSI-92 Standards for database independence. So there are many things that can be done to improve this (Statistics on particular tables, Indexes of specific processes (AP/AM some GL) and last resort id modifying Stored SQL (This should be your last resort to achieve the performance necessary to please the user community. : We are going to migrate PeopelSoft v5.1 to v.7.5 in our organisation. : List of modules include HR, GL, AR, AM, Payroll. It is going to be run on Windows NT, Oracle 8, : 3 tier. : We have network 16mb Token-Ring. : At this stage application, database servers are going to reside on the same box. This is going to be Compaq Proliant 7000, 512mb RAM and 2 processors Pentium II Xeon 450 mhz and 14*9.1 gb drives with 5 channels. : Initially we are going to implement GL (appr. 30 users). : Does anyone have any advice or tips on performance and general problems. Please help save our necks. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Eric Weber posted Message 136 in Message Board Dated : May 10, 1999 at 19:37:25 EST Subject: DataMover in Single User Does anyone know if datamover works in single user version 7.5? I receive an error message stating "Missing or invalid version of SQL library PSSBS (0,0)". Thanks for any help. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Matt McCall posted Message 137 in Message Board Dated : May 14, 1999 at 09:33:29 EST Subject: Query Security If a user is running a query on a table that has sensitive data (eg:salary info) is it possible to setup some security where that column (eg:salary) in which a user would not be able to select the data?, We obviously do not want the user community to access salary info via peoplesoft query. tia Matt ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mike Dybis posted Message 138 in Message Board Dated : May 17, 1999 at 07:57:32 EST Subject: Re: Query Security At a previous PeopleSoft site, we simply created SQL views in the Data Designer and granted the appropriate query security access to them. The SQL views were basically a clone of the table with the salary and review rating fields removed. Only a select population had access to the record definitions provided by PeopleSoft which contained the salary and review rating information. : If a user is running a query on a table that has sensitive data : (eg:salary info) is it possible to setup some security where : that column (eg:salary) in which a user would not be able to : select the data?, We obviously do not want the user community to access salary info via peoplesoft query. : tia : Matt ***************** End Of Article ****************** K.Ranapratap posted Message 139 in Message Board Dated : May 18, 1999 at 14:38:39 EST Subject: Re: Function Points for Financial Modules Hai Brian, Can you please explain in detail what you require. Rana : Has anyone estimated or counted the function points associated with any of the financial modules? ***************** End Of Article ****************** GREG posted Message 140 in Message Board Dated : May 21, 1999 at 09:01:17 EST Subject: error message when accessing GARNISH_SPEC PANELS I get an error when accessing the garnish_spec panel: "Field does not exist -- DERIVED_PAY.PRORATE_TYPE. (2,104)" I searched people code and found only one reference like this. It is the fieldedit and fieldchange peoplecode for PRORATION STATE RULE ON GARNISH_SPEC7. The field that shows on application designer for the panel entry is GARN_SPEC.STATE_GARN_PRORATE. Note : I did a panel trace which did not help me. This panel works with another existing database and I suspect a change was made to the peoplecode but can't locate it. I think the change is related to the GARNISH_SPEC PANELGROUP AND/OR THE ADDRESS_SBP PANEL ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mike Revelette posted Message 141 in Message Board Dated : May 21, 1999 at 16:08:50 EST Subject: PeopleSoft on Solaris2.6 shared memory, semaphores settings Has anyone tried to tune the semaphores, shared memory and IPC parameters in /etc/system in Solaris2.6 with PS7.5 and Oracle8? We will try to implement this system with 13 Oracle instances and 8 application servers all on 1 Sun Ultra system with 4G RAM. I will initailly set semap, semmni, semmns and semmnu to 4096. I'm not sure if the settings will be correct as I have never seen one system with this many instances. Thanks in advance for any past experiences you can share. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Huay posted Message 142 in Message Board Dated : May 22, 1999 at 10:21:06 EST Subject: Re: Query Security Just to add on to what Mike has said. Once the new view has been created, you would need to create the relation under the Tree Manager. Choose the appropriate Query Tree to assign it to and then under the Query security, assign the rights to the appropriate users. ***************** End Of Article ****************** K.Ranapratap posted Message 143 in Message Board Dated : May 23, 1999 at 10:57:14 EST Subject: Re: Worklist Unavailable Hai, Check have you added all your reuired fields in the user created worklist record definition. rana : Hi, : Try to compare the values of two workflow tables : : PSWORKLIST : PS_"Specific"_WL (Find the correct name in the Business Process) : These tables store the lines of the Worklist. : : : We have a user whose worklist will appear, but when she clicks on an item, she cannot process the item; she simply gets no response (her machine works fine otherwise). This happens only on items requiring authorization-level access; she can do approvals. : : When our administrator tried to fix the problem by changing her security authorization, the changes would not stick. Has anyone seen this problem, and if so, how was it resolved? ***************** End Of Article ****************** David Newman posted Message 144 in Message Board Dated : May 24, 1999 at 20:50:04 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft on Solaris2.6 shared memory, semaphores settings Mike: You're only putting 4Gigs of RAM on this box? Depending on the number of users you plan to support, this machine sounds like it could support EITHER your 13 Oracle instances OR your 8 Tuxedo app server domains. You're allocating about 190 MB of RAM for each db instance and Tux domain - that's not much for Oracle, and it can maybe support a medium-template Tux domain with 150-200 users. If you have more than this usage planned, I would UP the RAM!!!! -- David : Has anyone tried to tune the semaphores, shared memory and IPC parameters in /etc/system in Solaris2.6 with PS7.5 and Oracle8? We will try to implement this system with 13 Oracle instances and 8 application servers all on 1 Sun Ultra system with 4G RAM. I will initailly set semap, semmni, semmns and semmnu to 4096. I'm not sure if the settings will be correct as I have never seen one system with this many instances. Thanks in advance for any past experiences you can share. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Chris Alman posted Message 145 in Message Board Dated : May 26, 1999 at 03:59:57 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft on Solaris2.6 shared memory, semaphores settings these are my settings for my Solaris Enterprise 1000 set semsys:seminfo_semmni=210 set semsys:seminfo_semmns=400 set semsys:seminfo_semmni=140 set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=400 set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=50000000 set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=32768 set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=32768 these are my settings for my E3500 with 500 meg RAM set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=452984832 set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=32768 set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=32768 set semsys:seminfo_semmni=210 set semsys:seminfo_semmns=400 set semsys:seminfo_semmni=140 set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=400 ***************** End Of Article ****************** Paresh Saxena posted Message 146 in Message Board Dated : May 27, 1999 at 08:50:30 EST Subject: Career Opportunities I am a PeopleSoft Consultant with expertise in PeopleSoft Financials, peopleTools and Student Admin. Should anybody feel interested they may get in touch with me. Regards, paresh ***************** End Of Article ****************** Paresh Saxena posted Message 147 in Message Board Dated : May 27, 1999 at 08:53:28 EST Subject: Career Opportunities Hi, I am a PeopleSoft Consultant with expertise in PeopleSoft Financials and Student Admin. Should you feel interested please do get in touch with me. Regards, Paresh : Need Immediately: : 1. PS Higher Education Admin (Functional)- NJ- 6 months : rate: open : Client in New Jersey has a need for a Functional Student > : Administration consultant for a 6 month assignment. This person would be the : Student Records Lead. The client is currently in 7.0 and they are going to 7.5. They are live in Student Financials and are working on the other three modules (Admissions, Student Records and Student Financials) which are scheduled to go live in July. The platform is NT SQL Server ,DB. This consultant must have senior Student Records knowledge, Peopletools, > Peoplecode, SQR, Crystal Visions. Experience in 7.5 necessary. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Matt McCall posted Message 148 in Message Board Dated : May 27, 1999 at 10:18:33 EST Subject: Re: Query Security : Just to add on to what Mike has said. Once the new view has been created, you would need to create the relation under the Tree Manager. Choose the appropriate Query Tree to assign it to and then under the Query security, assign the rights to the appropriate users. Thanks, I had a brain cramp, I should have thought about using a view ***************** End Of Article ****************** David Newman posted Message 149 in Message Board Dated : May 31, 1999 at 21:31:40 EST Subject: Re: The role of PeopleSoft Administrator Paul: I would add a big "people coordination" element to what you already posted. Namely, the PS Administrator needs to interface with and get feedback from the following individuals at the site: Workstation administrator for client workstation maintenance LAN/WAN admin (for remote site setups and dial-in infrastructure) DBAs for ongoing maintenance, script review, script running, tuning, etc. [Best implementations tend to have 1-2 dedicated DBAs for PS project!!!] Web master/web team if rolling out web client apps Functional team leads/management sponsors to keep budget money coming in and assess the success of the project on the front lines and its appearance to the bosses! Training coordinators to see that the latest enhancements/features are communicated clearly to users So I would say that about 40% of the job is people-managing/negotiating skills/diplomacy and 60% is hardware/software/installation/migration work. Also remember to assign someone the task of checking Customer Connection regularly and produce PLENTY of internal documentation at all levels - management summaries, user bulletins, system architecture overviews and schematics, system alerts of planned downtime, etc etc!!! David : Has anyone documented any formal procedures for the role of PeopleSoft Administrator? I'm writing system management and operational procedures for our PeopleSoft HRMS implementation. So far this is what I have: : setting up the system : How often does this occur? : New environments (test, conversion, parallel, etc.) : performance tuning : Database : Application – (embedded sql?) : dealing with upgrades : releases : tax updates ( x per year) : fixes/patches : integrating with other applications : new : maintenance to existing : troubleshooting advice : pre-helpdesk : post-helpdesk : from development : planning for the future : major releases : scheduling : Any additional information would be appreciated...Thanx : Paul ***************** End Of Article ****************** Ross Cuthbertson posted Message 150 in Message Board Dated : June 02, 1999 at 20:59:05 EST Subject: IPC resources on WinNT for Peoplesoft/Oracle Hi, Does anyone have any experience with resetting IPC resources on a WinNT 4.0 environment. We are running 12 PS DB's on one host and want to have another 5 but we come against a limit with IPC resources. PS support will not offer support - they say it is a Nt issue call microsoft - not impressed. Anyone I thought someoen out there might have had this before and could lend a hand. I have change the maximum message queues but this did not seem to solve the problem so.. not sure where to go next. Help please ..... Regards Ross Cuthbertson ***************** End Of Article ****************** Christophe Bouletreau posted Message 151 in Message Board Dated : June 07, 1999 at 07:58:01 EST Subject: Performance of the Single user version The single user version is a very good tool for training but it sometimes takes much time for batch processing. (for instance, several hours for OMBACK(order competion) on a single order where it only takes a few seconds in a client server configuration) Does anyone know how to optimize the single use in order to reduce this processing time ? ***************** End Of Article ****************** David Bains posted Message 152 in Message Board Dated : June 09, 1999 at 18:10:16 EST Subject: Query Security, multiple operator classes? We have many Crystal/Query reports our users run from menus. Access to these menu options is set through security. The best I can tell, for users to be able to run these reports, they don't actually need the Query menu item in their security profile, but they do have to have query security set to include access groups any of the queries behind the Crystal reports need. So...I want to give these same users access to the query tool, but I don't want them to be able to access all the tables in their query security access group. Ideally, I'd like them to only have access to a set of views we have created for them to use. I've tried doing this by assigning two operator classes to these users: A "query" operator class (set as their primary class),that only has access to the query menu item, and their regular operator class, that can run Crystal/Query reports, but not create queries. But when I do this, they can no longer run the Crystal reports from the menu, becuase those reports need different query access nodes. Does this make sense? Short of having them log on as a "query only" user, any suggestions? TIA, David Bains Cal Poly Foundation San Luis Obispo, CA ***************** End Of Article ****************** Filip Hanik posted Message 153 in Message Board Dated : June 14, 1999 at 18:19:03 EST Subject: Application server initialization failure When I try to start my application server I get an error exec PSAUTH -A -- -C psappsrv.cfg -D PS_THOR -S PSAUTH : CMDTUX_CAT:1685: ERROR: Application initialization failure I get this error for all the PS processes. Has anyone encountered these messages before? Thanks Filip ***************** End Of Article ****************** Filip Hanik posted Message 154 in Message Board Dated : June 14, 1999 at 20:23:40 EST Subject: Re: Application server initialization failure I solved the problem and thought I post it here. It was the [Domain Setting] configuration when running psadmin.exe that was wrong. the value "Add to PATH" must relfect the DLL files of your database connectivity. eg Oracle -> \Orant\bin and SQL Server -> \mssql65\binn Good luck Filip : When I try to start my application server I get an error : exec PSAUTH -A -- -C psappsrv.cfg -D PS_THOR -S PSAUTH : : CMDTUX_CAT:1685: ERROR: Application initialization failure : I get this error for all the PS processes. : Has anyone encountered these messages before? : Thanks : Filip ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mark McGuire posted Message 155 in Message Board Dated : June 16, 1999 at 10:16:11 EST Subject: Tuxedo - Out of available memory We are periodically receiving the following message on our 3-tier client workstations: Out of available memory. - f:\pt704rc2\src\pssys\mgr.cpp @ 765 Once this occurs it cascades to all 3-tier users, and the application server must be rebooted. We have tried several configuration changes recommended from PeopleSoft, but no help. The directory structure in the message does not exist in our environment, so it must be coming from the original PS development environment. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Derek Tomei posted Message 156 in Message Board Dated : June 16, 1999 at 11:04:22 EST Subject: Re: Tuxedo - Out of available memory Look at the Tuxedo Logs for the given App server Domain and look for any tuxedo errors (Check tuxedo documentation). You are running into app server specific problems which have to deal with the BBL service ( Tuxedo's Bulletin Board ). Verify that your Appserver was not created with additional PSQCKSRV services. This is done when configuring the appserv. One of the last questions is "do you want to move quick appsrv requests into a new PSQCKSRV service?" You should re-configure and choose "no". Derek Tomei PeopleSoft/Database Administrator Tropical Shipping : We are periodically receiving the following message on our 3-tier client workstations: : Out of available memory. - f:\pt704rc2\src\pssys\mgr.cpp @ 765 : Once this occurs it cascades to all 3-tier users, and the application server must be rebooted. : We have tried several configuration changes recommended from PeopleSoft, but no help. : The directory structure in the message does not exist in our environment, so it must be coming from the original PS development environment. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Becki Tants posted Message 157 in Message Board Dated : June 16, 1999 at 12:17:31 EST Subject: Data-only refresh of test instances Hi Folks - We are trying to create a process to refresh only the data of our test instances. (IE, we want all the setup information to stay the same, but refresh the data itself if (for example) a test deletes too many rows by mistake.) Right now a full export/import cycle means that a tester is stuck spending hours reseting all the setup information to the correct configuration, leaving a lot more room for human error and taking up a lot of time. I'm having no luck finding any reference material on which tables contain the setup data and which are data tables. Some are obvious, but given the number of tables shortcuts are almost required. Any pointers to reference materials, your list of tables for doing something similar or other starting points would be extremly helpful! Thanks in advance! Becki ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dave Gordon posted Message 158 in Message Board Dated : June 17, 1999 at 10:32:11 EST Subject: Partial Solution Hi Becki, I once wrote an SQR which returns the name and number of rows in every non-empty table in the application (not the Peopletools tables). EMail me and I'll send it to you. Use the output to scan for those tables "in use" which you want to back up. Then back each of them up using Data Mover, or whatever tool you like. Being lazy, I'd probably write a short Perl script to parse out the table names and create a master DMS script to stuff each table into its own file; but if you're more industrious, you can always do it by hand. Regards, Dave : Hi Folks - : We are trying to create a process to refresh only the data of our test instances. (IE, we want all the setup information to stay the same, but refresh the data itself if (for example) a test deletes too many rows by mistake.) Right now a full export/import cycle means that a tester is stuck spending hours reseting all the setup information to the correct configuration, leaving a lot more room for human error and taking up a lot of time. : I'm having no luck finding any reference material on which tables contain the setup data and which are data tables. Some are obvious, but given the number of tables shortcuts are almost required. : Any pointers to reference materials, your list of tables for doing something similar or other starting points would be extremly helpful! : Thanks in advance! : Becki ***************** End Of Article ****************** Sheila Bailey posted Message 159 in Message Board Dated : June 17, 1999 at 11:03:37 EST Subject: Process Scheduler Has anyone had a problem with runaway processes in Process Scheduler for the process (cppiprdn) Cobol SQL? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Filip Hanik posted Message 160 in Message Board Dated : June 22, 1999 at 19:54:01 EST Subject: No views got created for demo DB Hi, I just ran the .dms script for the demo database. Unfortunately no views got created, PS_SRCH_US and other. What did I do wrong during the install? thanks Filip ***************** End Of Article ****************** Hebes posted Message 161 in Message Board Dated : June 23, 1999 at 04:37:47 EST Subject: Re: Tuxedo - Out of available memory Why should be avoid the use of the PSQCKSRV? I'm having the same problem. : Look at the Tuxedo Logs for the given App server Domain and look for any tuxedo errors (Check tuxedo documentation). You are running into app server specific problems which have to deal with the BBL service ( Tuxedo's Bulletin Board ). : Verify that your Appserver was not created with additional PSQCKSRV services. This is done when configuring the appserv. One of the last questions is "do you want to move quick appsrv requests into a new PSQCKSRV service?" You should re-configure and choose "no". : Derek Tomei : PeopleSoft/Database Administrator : Tropical Shipping : : We are periodically receiving the following message on our 3-tier client workstations: : : Out of available memory. - f:\pt704rc2\src\pssys\mgr.cpp @ 765 : : Once this occurs it cascades to all 3-tier users, and the application server must be rebooted. : : We have tried several configuration changes recommended from PeopleSoft, but no help. : : The directory structure in the message does not exist in our environment, so it must be coming from the original PS development environment. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Nandu posted Message 162 in Message Board Dated : June 23, 1999 at 17:02:17 EST Subject: create a user offline Is there a way to create a user offline without going thru either the datamover or security administrator ? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Vivek Agrawal posted Message 164 in Message Board Dated : June 24, 1999 at 06:26:27 EST Subject: People Soft Installation Guide Hi, Can somebody send me the people book MTIORA75.NFO ? This is the installation manual for PS 7.54. I am having a lot of problems with installation of Peoplesoft 7.5 multiuser ... because I do not have the installation manual (OR the people book) Else can you send me the list of scripts that have to be run in the bootstrap mode of datamover to be able to configure PS for application Design ... Thanks a lot, Vivek ***************** End Of Article ****************** Vivek Agrawal posted Message 165 in Message Board Dated : June 24, 1999 at 06:30:56 EST Subject: Re: No views got created for demo DB Hi, I have also encountered a similar problem. I think it may be because of the statement SET NO VIEWS used in the data mover script which you would be using to move data from Demo database to Oracle database (Script hcdmoora.dms/ptdmoora.dms etc). I am trying to reinstall after removing this statement. Please keep me updated if you are able to solve the same. Thanks, Vivek Agrawal ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dave Gordon posted Message 166 in Message Board Dated : June 24, 1999 at 10:55:49 EST Subject: Replace_View Hi Vivek, Go back into Data Mover and run the following: replace_view *; This will create every view defined in the PeopleTools data dictionary. If a view bombs out on you, you can re-start it like so: set start after [view-name]; replace_view *; Regards, Dave ***************** End Of Article ****************** Nonoy Ramos posted Message 167 in Message Board Dated : June 24, 1999 at 15:06:19 EST Subject: Re: People Soft Installation Guide Documentation can be found in peoplesoft web - customer connection or the delivered peoplesoft CDs. : Hi, : : Can somebody send me the people book MTIORA75.NFO ? This is the installation manual for PS 7.54. : I am having a lot of problems with installation of Peoplesoft 7.5 multiuser ... because I do not have the installation manual (OR the people book) : Else can you send me the list of scripts that have to be run in the bootstrap mode of datamover to be able to configure PS for application Design ... : Thanks a lot, : Vivek ***************** End Of Article ****************** Anthony Wilson posted Message 168 in Message Board Dated : June 27, 1999 at 13:28:35 EST Subject: Re: Data-only refresh of test instances How many databases do you have? I usually create several different environments: Demo, Development, Testing, and Production. I also create a "Pristine Database" during the initial stages of implementations. I keep this database until all of the user test cases have been successfully processed. Just keep a backup of this database and then whenever you need to restore the system back to setup tables only - reapply the backup. If you plan on saving test cases as well, create a separate backup for them. You will want to keep at least one copy of the base setup. This way the users won't have to keep entering the same data over and over - and you need to perform a restore of the database, rather than restoring the database table by table. NOTE: The "Pristine Database" doesn't always need to be accessible online. Once the setup tables are satisfactorily defined you can store this database as a backup. You can usually use the Production database until it is needed for system/performance testing. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dennis Gross posted Message 169 in Message Board Dated : July 01, 1999 at 14:06:02 EST Subject: PeopleTools Upgrade What's involved in an upgrade from PeopleTools 7.01 to PeopleTools 7.03 or 7.04? Will any changes we've made to panels, records, etc. be retained? I ask this becuase PeopleSoft said that they do not have plans to certify SQL 6.5 SP5 with PeopleTools 7.01. They reccommended we upgrade to PeopleTools 7.03 or 7.04. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Suresh K Vasu posted Message 170 in Message Board Dated : July 03, 1999 at 09:15:02 EST Subject: Re: Inaccessible data base Hi friend, Edit ODBC.INI file and check for the database entry for DEV is there or not. If you are able to connet to PROD on entry for [PROD] will be in this file. Make a similar entry for DEV with the driver name which is USED for [PROD]. bye Suresh K Vasu ***************** End Of Article ****************** Graham posted Message 171 in Message Board Dated : July 06, 1999 at 05:39:29 EST Subject: Re: PeopleTools Upgrade Watch it cos PS don't certify sp5a on tools release 7.51 BUT they do on 7.03 and 7.04. Strange!!!!! Graham : What's involved in an upgrade from PeopleTools 7.01 to PeopleTools 7.03 or 7.04? Will any changes we've made to panels, records, etc. be retained? I ask this becuase PeopleSoft said that they do not have plans to certify SQL 6.5 SP5 with PeopleTools 7.01. They reccommended we upgrade to PeopleTools 7.03 or 7.04. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Matt McCall posted Message 172 in Message Board Dated : July 07, 1999 at 14:29:36 EST Subject: Force new password Does peoplesoft have a facility that will force a user to change his/her password every 30 days? TIA, Matt McCall ***************** End Of Article ****************** Scott Seeley posted Message 173 in Message Board Dated : July 19, 1999 at 10:18:39 EST Subject: Re: Personal Oracle >How to make personal oracla as my backend >to my single user version instead of SQL base. >What scripts I need to run. Did anybody succeed >in this. Please let me know ? This can be done, but it is NOT easy. I succeeded in doing it with HRMS v.6, and I will be trying it with v.7.5 shortly. PeopleSoft claims that the single-user version won't work with Oracle. In a sense they are correct, because the single-user disks have SQLBase-only versions of some software (like SQR), and it simply won't work under Oracle. Erase the single-user version from your laptop. Then do a complete re-install, using the FULL set of PeopleSoft install disks. You shouldn't need the single-user disk at all. You'll need to do a full install - just as if you were doing it on a production system. The only difference is that you'll be doing everything on one machine (instead of a file server, and a database server). The "Installation & Administration for Oracle" book (available from PeopleSoft Press, or also in PeopleBooks) has most of the info for a full install. If you've never done a full install, it'll probably take you a week or two of evenings/weekends to get everything working proplerly. Maybe more. Some other notes (which apply to v.6 and probably to 7/7.5): 1) First, you MUST launch the listener (which runs memory-resident whenever the database is up) and connect thru it, using a tns alias for a database name (HRDMO, EPDMO, or whatever). Connecting to this alias via SQL*Plus is a good test to make sure it'll working for PeopleSoft. 2) Install the application "demo" (not "PeopleTools demo") version of the database. 3) Several chapters in the "Installation for Oracle" guide aren't 100% corect when doing a single-user install. For example, the "Creating an Oracle Database" is written for a Unix box, not Personal Oracle. I created my own PO database, but you can probably use PO's "starter" database. The Cobol compiling chapter can also be skipped (unless you plan to compile Cobol on your laptop, which I doubt). I have notes of my own full, step-by-step installation for HRMS v.6. I can email to them if you want. After my 7.5 install is done, I hope to turn it into a real guide and post it on the web. Just remember - this whole idea is by definition a hacking job, and it will NOT be supported by PeopleSoft. Good luck, Scott Seeley ***************** End Of Article ****************** Venu posted Message 174 in Message Board Dated : July 20, 1999 at 10:46:25 EST Subject: Re: Force new password I think so. I have changed several times. Venu. : Does peoplesoft have a facility that will force a user to change : his/her password every 30 days? : TIA, : Matt McCall ***************** End Of Article ****************** Candie Medlin posted Message 175 in Message Board Dated : July 22, 1999 at 14:18:59 EST Subject: Re: Force new password PeopleSoft does not have this capability yet. Check out MORE Application Manager by MORE Systems, Inc. or BrainTree (www.bti.com). Hope this helps. Candie Medlin ***************** End Of Article ****************** Nick Nur posted Message 176 in Message Board Dated : July 24, 1999 at 16:32:49 EST Subject: Re: Upgrade Compare Report Hi there. If your DMO database and Production database are in the same DB2 subsystem you need to run: 1.Synonyms in the DMO environment 2.Grants in the Production environment If your DMo database and production database are in different DB2 systems you need to run: 1. Aliases with three part names in DMO 2. Grant in theProduction environment 2. Enable your CDB DRDA connections I did it it works. If you have a problem e-mail me Nick : In a DB2 environment, I am trying to run a compare report between : DEMO and a copy of production database. However when I try to log onto the Target(copy of prodn) database nothing happens. In trace : the last statement is disconnect. Any help is appreciated ***************** End Of Article ****************** Charu Srinivas posted Message 177 in Message Board Dated : August 03, 1999 at 09:44:42 EST Subject: Auditing the Peoplesoft HRMS database Hi all, My client is on PeopleSoft HRMS ver 7.01/ Oracle 8/ Win NT. They want to audit fields in PeopleSoft. They want to know when and who changed any field. The problem that I have is that they do not have a particular field or record in my mind. So I cannot turn on the Audit options for a field or create an Audit Record for a particular record. My question(s): Is there a way to audit the whole database using PeopleSoft? Or is there a table in Oracle, that I can use, that stores all the activity on the database so that it can be retrieved later either by PeopleSoft query or SQR? Thanks in advance! Charu Srinivas ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jim Steelman posted Message 178 in Message Board Dated : August 03, 1999 at 12:40:08 EST Subject: Re: create a user offline Yes, it can be done, requires a bit of hacking. Your first step is to trace the SQL while adding a new user using the panels. Look at the steps and you will see which tables have to be updated and grants issued. From this info you can duplicate the process. We created a model user and then copied and modified as needed programatically. : Is there a way to create a user offline without going thru either the datamover or security administrator ? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dave Gordon posted Message 179 in Message Board Dated : August 04, 1999 at 11:12:40 EST Subject: Tanstaafl Hi Charu, "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch." Every record you audit adds to the processing load, and every audit record written adds to storage requirements. Further, the data must be managed, e.g. backed up, reviewed, archived off line, etc. Thus, there is a measurable cost associated with auditing. If you can estimate this cost, you might convince them to be more disciplined in determining their requirements. I recommend auditing only those fields which might impact compensation or decision making, like the pay rate, date of hire, job code, and so on. No point in monitoring for changes to records that have little career impact, or to which only one person has routine access, or those which are frequently out of date, like emergency contact address. Your mileage may vary. Regards, Dave ***************** End Of Article ****************** Nandu posted Message 180 in Message Board Dated : August 05, 1999 at 18:26:40 EST Subject: using psuser.c to collect user password I am trying to collect the user name and password of a user thru PsGetLogonInfo function in psuser.c (PsUser.dll) and do my custom authentication. The problem I am facing is that the method is called once for every peplesoft process that is opened and hence the user has to type his username and password more than once. Does anyone know of a solution to this problem that doesn't involve storing the username and password in the registry? Has anyone user psuser.c to collect user password for custom authentication? Thanks Nandu ***************** End Of Article ****************** Melinda Tobin posted Message 181 in Message Board Dated : August 09, 1999 at 12:22:07 EST Subject: Security I work at a company that recently installed PS AP, GL, AM, AR, BI and HR. The total technical staff installing and supporting PS consists of 5 IT company employees and 10 contractors. The programmers/support staff insist that they need access to production in order to support the systems, but everything that I have read indicates that they should have very limited if any access to production. How are other sites handling this? Are you letting programmers have access to production? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Anthony Wilson posted Message 182 in Message Board Dated : August 09, 1999 at 20:06:10 EST Subject: Re: Security Your DBA will need to have access to production. Other than that, it's a matter of 'who do you trust'. You may want to allow some of your IT staff to have limited access to production, such as a Security Administrator. However, this should not be determined by IT, but by the managers responsable for the production data. Hope this helps, Anthony Wilson ***************** End Of Article ****************** Charu Srinivas posted Message 183 in Message Board Dated : August 13, 1999 at 14:02:41 EST Subject: Security- Access to specific paygroups Hi all, I wanted to know if you can restrict access for operators to only certain PAYGROUPS? This means that these operators should not be able to retrieve employee information belonging to these PAYGROUPS either through PANELS or QUERIES or through PeopleSoft reports. Thanks in advance. Charu ***************** End Of Article ****************** dd posted Message 184 in Message Board Dated : August 15, 1999 at 12:27:47 EST Subject: Re: Cache files not caching : Hi: : Delete the cache files on the PC and the system will automatically reload the new cache files when the user log's on to the system..of course it will be slow the first time but it will improve over time..... : : : Hello everybody! : : I've got a client who's workstation never uses the cache files in c:\ps\cache... The symptom is, the files in cache all have today's date and current time, and they are complaining that this workstation is dog slow... compared to another workstation that has cache files dated from last week or last month. : : Does anyone know what's going on or where to check? : : Thanks! ***************** End Of Article ****************** Matt M. posted Message 185 in Message Board Dated : August 23, 1999 at 14:22:27 EST Subject: Restarting Tuxedo Domains Does anybody know if there is a way I can automatically boot the domain when the NT application server is rebooted. - Matt M. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Pedro Alvarez Bastidas posted Message 186 in Message Board Dated : August 23, 1999 at 18:17:11 EST Subject: Table´s Corruption I need information related to corruption tables that contains fields of type text. We worked in a Sun platform e6500, with Operating system Solaris 7.xx and Informix like DBMS. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Phil Kane posted Message 187 in Message Board Dated : August 23, 1999 at 18:23:20 EST Subject: Re: Restarting Tuxedo Domains : Does anybody know if there is a way I can automatically boot the domain when the NT application server is rebooted. : - Matt M. Matt, You will have to use the PSADMIN command line. My project required me to apply the Microsoft "hack" to create a service which calls a batch file to kick off my 5 domains. The batch file is simple, i.e. (psadmin -c boot ) for every appserver. I also put a shortcut on the desktop to shutdown the servers gracefully if the production services department needs to power down servers. The Microsoft "hack" is documented in the Windows NT Development kit. Hope this helped .. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Matt McCall posted Message 188 in Message Board Dated : August 27, 1999 at 13:18:44 EST Subject: Process Scheduler goes down Is there a known bug or is anyone running into a problem with process scheduler(7.02) terminating(application completed) for no reason, there are no messages in the ptp***.log as to why it terminates?, This is running on a NT 4.0./SP4 server. TIA, Matt ***************** End Of Article ****************** chuck frush posted Message 189 in Message Board Dated : August 27, 1999 at 15:49:15 EST Subject: Re: Process Scheduler goes down : Is there a known bug or is anyone running into a problem with : process scheduler(7.02) terminating(application completed) for no reason, there are no messages in the ptp***.log as to why it terminates?, This is running on a NT 4.0./SP4 server. : TIA, : Matt If you are running SQL Server 6.5 you likely have an issue with the page level locking. I have a solution I can e-mail you (can't do attachments here). Let me know if this is still an issue for you. Chuck chuck.frush@sphereconsulting.com ***************** End Of Article ****************** Frank posted Message 190 in Message Board Dated : August 31, 1999 at 10:08:44 EST Subject: Dept ID Financial row level security Any ideas as to how to implement Financial panel row level security on the Dept Id field? PeopleSoft does not provide a base mechanism to impliment financial row level security by department but it seem to me that it would be common for organizations to want their financial data secured by department. Any thoughts? Please respond to the message board. Feel free to email me at frank.terranova@Tufts.edu or call 617 627-5229. Thanks! ***************** End Of Article ****************** Joseph C. Henning posted Message 191 in Message Board Dated : August 31, 1999 at 17:02:29 EST Subject: Process Type Crw Online Does anyone know what the differance is between the Process Type Crystal and Process Type Crw Online. I noticed some different flags on the Parameter definition between the two, but I am unsure as to what the differance is exactly. Regards, Joe ***************** End Of Article ****************** Joseph C. Henning posted Message 192 in Message Board Dated : August 31, 1999 at 17:09:06 EST Subject: Re: Force new password : Does peoplesoft have a facility that will force a user to change : his/her password every 30 days? : TIA, : Matt McCall Matt, There is no function to force a user to reset a password yet. We are running PeopleSoft 7.52 application and Tools v7.56 and there is no function for this. Would be nice though. Regards, Joe ***************** End Of Article ****************** Joseph C. Henning posted Message 193 in Message Board Dated : August 31, 1999 at 22:21:59 EST Subject: Re: Security : I work at a company that recently installed PS AP, GL, AM, AR, BI and HR. The total technical staff installing and supporting PS consists of 5 IT company employees and 10 contractors. The programmers/support staff insist that they need access to production in order to support the systems, but everything that I have read indicates that they should have very limited if any access to production. How are other sites handling this? Are you letting programmers have access to production? I would not advise your developers to have access to your production database or grant them the ability to modify any panels, SQR's, etc. They should have an environment setup so they can make any modifications (customizations..in other words a development environment) to the system in that environment, test it out. Then have a QA environment setup to test with real production data. Then migrate those changes to the production environment after successfully being tested in a QA environment. If you let your developers and everyone else in the production environment, then you will have allot of problems down the road with configurations and other settings in your production environment. Hope this helps. Regards, Joe ***************** End Of Article ****************** Joseph C. Henning posted Message 194 in Message Board Dated : September 01, 1999 at 11:06:51 EST Subject: Re: Process Scheduler goes down : Is there a known bug or is anyone running into a problem with : process scheduler(7.02) terminating(application completed) for no reason, there are no messages in the ptp***.log as to why it terminates?, This is running on a NT 4.0./SP4 server. : TIA, : Matt Matt, There is a bug out there with the process scheduler going down at random. We have not been able to pintoint the problem. It happens when some jobs are running. They say that the problem is resolved with the PeopleTools v7.56. This is a tools problem and not an application problem. What kind of things happen before it goes down? Your problem might be similar to ours. Not much info but hope it helps you out. Regards, Joe ***************** End Of Article ****************** Wolfgang Breitling posted Message 195 in Message Board Dated : September 02, 1999 at 07:02:49 EST Subject: Re: Restarting Tuxedo Domains : : Does anybody know if there is a way I can automatically boot the domain when the NT application server is rebooted. : : - Matt M. : Matt, : You will have to use the PSADMIN command line. My project required me to apply the Microsoft "hack" to create a service which calls a batch file to kick off my 5 domains. The batch file is simple, i.e. (psadmin -c boot ) for every appserver. I also put a shortcut on the desktop to shutdown the servers gracefully if the production services department needs to power down servers. The Microsoft "hack" is documented in the Windows NT Development kit. I am using tmboot and tmshutdown directly, for the simple reason that psadmin doesn't work with remote console. For each database I have a startup and shutdown script which includes a call to a tuxadm command script with the domain name and boot/shutdown as parameters. tuxadm.cmd sets up the necessary environment variables and then executes tmboot/tmshutdown. This allows me to startup/shutdown each database individually and the corresponding tuxedo appserver(s) get started and stopped as well (we're using logical 3-tier). I than have a global startup and shutdown script which simply calls the startup and shutdown script for all databases and list this script in the registry so that it is executed at boot time thus starting all databases and appservers automatically. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Vishwa posted Message 196 in Message Board Dated : September 06, Tim posted Message 197 in Message Board Dated : September 07, 1999 at 10:54:43 EST Subject: Re: PS installation on Unix You don't install the PS software on the Unix like you did on the NT File server. On Unix, you follow the instructions to Tranfer to the Unix server. The Unix server will have a PS_HOME directory, and you will need to transfer all of your executables, cobol, sqr, application server, process scheduler, etc code. Look for the Data Tranfer section of your install documentation. Tojones@gate.net ::: e-mail if you need assistance. : Hi, : I have got to install PeopleTools and HR on Unix machine (on Intel Solaris 2.6). : I found the procedure in the installation manual for the windows NT file server but not for a Unix file server. : But how to run this setup.exe on an Unix machine : Thanx in advance : Vishwa ***************** End Of Article ****************** Brad Grant posted Message 198 in Message Board Dated : September 08, 1999 at 10:11:36 EST Subject: PS#JRNL_HEADER index corrupted Has anyone had problems with the PS#JRNL_HEADER index corrupting on a regular basis. The other indexes on the PS_JRNL_HEADER table are fine. I am able to get rid of the corruption by truncating the table and reinserting the data, however it corrupts again shortly there after. Any thoughts would be appreciated. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Brad Grant posted Message 199 in Message Board Dated : September 09, 1999 at 10:12:06 EST Subject: Re: PS#JRNL_HEADER index corrupted : Has anyone had problems with the PS#JRNL_HEADER index corrupting on a regular basis. The other indexes on the PS_JRNL_HEADER table are fine. : I am able to get rid of the corruption by truncating the table and reinserting the data, however it corrupts again shortly there after. : Any thoughts would be appreciated. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Brad Grant posted Message 200 in Message Board Dated : September 09, 1999 at 10:14:11 EST Subject: Re: PS#JRNL_HEADER index corrupted Thanks goes to Abdul Gill for his kindness to share what he learned with me. Thanks a lot....It worked. Below is what Abdul sent me: Brad, In my case this corruption was caused by the bad data. Some of the decimal fileds listed in the mail attached below had negative zeros (-0.00) in them. This could happen during data loads [bcp etc.] or some numeric calculations. This is caused by some bugs in SQL Server 6.5 [bug# 16672]. Read the knowlegde base articles Q165376, Q189390. I dropped the index, performed the data fixes using the SQL code given below and then recreated the index and it worked fine. Initially I did all this to a test table, PS_JRNL_HEADER_OLD2, which was a copy of PS_JRNL_HEADER. select JRNL_TOTAL_DEBITS, JRNL_TOTAL_DEBITS,JRNL_NET_UNITS,* from PS_JRNL_HEADER_OLD2 where JRNL_TOTAL_DEBITS = -0 or JRNL_TOT_CREDITS = -0 or JRNL_NET_UNITS = -0 update PS_JRNL_HEADER_OLD2 set JRNL_TOTAL_DEBITS=0.00 where JRNL_TOTAL_DEBITS=-0.00 update PS_JRNL_HEADER_OLD2 set JRNL_TOT_CREDITS = 0.00 where JRNL_TOT_CREDITS= -0.00 go update PS_JRNL_HEADER_OLD2 set JRNL_NET_UNITS = 0.00 where JRNL_NET_UNITS = -0.00 Please let me know about your findings. Feel free to call me if you have any question about any thing. Abdul Gill DBA @ PRG 770-779-3258 ---------------------- Forwarded by Abdul Gill/PRG on 09/08/99 02:48 PM --------------------------- Abdul Gill 03/24/99 08:33 AM To: Louise Montgomery/PRG@PRG cc: Frank Bertoia/PRG@PRG Subject: Update on Index Corruption: Louise, I called Microsoft about our problem with an index. You can go through the problem description I sent to Microsoft and some other folks as well. I sent them every thing about that table [PS_JRNL_HEADER]. PS_JRNL_HEADER_OLD2 is an older instance of the table under discussion. Just as I suspected and mentioned in my closing statement of the problem description, it turns out to be the combination of data and index. We have three decimal fields in the table: JRNL_TOTAL_DEBITS JRNL_NET_UNITS JRNL_TOT_CREDITS First two fields are used by the index we are having problem with [PS#JRNL_HEADER]. No other index uses any of the decimal fields. Certain rows in the table have -0.00 in it instead of 0.00. The negative sign causes the index to become corrupt. In other words, SQL Server does not handle it well and becomes confused. This is a known/recognized bug in SQL Server which has not been fixed yet. As a work around, Microsoft recommends to replace -0.00 by 0.00. I did confirm their theory on PS_JRNL_HEADER_OLD2 table. Once -0.00 replaced by 0.00, all the indexes worked fine without becoming corrupt. I can update the existing data in PS_JRNL_HEADER. But we also need to come up with a solution to keep if from happening in future. No insert statement should exclusively insert -0.00 in any of the decimal columns. We can also define a constraint/rule on the table so that it would not accept -0.00 in those decimal columns. On of the other PS DBA's also mentioned that once MS had them fix there data to make the index work. But he was not very particular about the table name, index name or data problem. Thanks: Abdul Gill ***************** End Of Article ****************** Benjamin Valenti posted Message 201 in Message Board Dated : September 14, 1999 at 13:30:17 EST Subject: PeopleSoft Security Features Is this the right place? I am performing some research about PeopleSoft products for my firm. I am mainly interested in the security architecture/features PeopleSoft implements. Especially with the newest version (8). What kind of authentication? Encryption? Can data be protected if the integrity of the the system or server has be breached? What kind of communication/security is between the tiers? PeopleSoft so far has only sent me P.R. and Mktg brochures, but nothing too detailed or technical in nature. Thanks! ***************** End Of Article ****************** Leonard posted Message 202 in Message Board Dated : September 15, 1999 at 11:14:56 EST Subject: Re: Security I disagree with 'limited' access for developers. As industry professionals in a trusted position it is our job to resolve problems. This requires the ability to research and investigate ALL possibilities in the system. Our policy is 'just because you have the ability to access the data, does NOT grant you the authority'. ONLY if I am actively resolving a problem or developing a program should I be looking at the client data. Also, if a situation develops that prevents a payroll from being completed, sometimes the ONLY way is for a programmer to change production. As for unauthorized changes or 'testing' causing problems in Production, if this is going on you have bigger problems than you can imagine. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Randy Xia posted Message 203 in Message Board Dated : September 17, 1999 at 13:39:21 EST Subject: Re: PS Higher Education Functional consultant required I think I am fitting for this position. the following is my resume: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Career Objective: Position as a software engineer. Skill and Knowledge - Languages: SQR, SQL, PL/SQL, K-shell script, Micro Force COBOL - RDBMS: Oracle 7.4 - Operating System: UNIX (HP3000, HP9000), Windows 95/98 & NT, and DOS - Familiar with PeopleSoft - PeopleTools - Software: PeopleSoft 5.0/6.0/7.0, CSS Hrizon 7.0/8.0, SQL Plus Release 3.3.4.0.0, Report Smith, Crystal Report Experience Hewlett-Packard split project Jun '98 - present Contractor at Hewlett-Packard - Tools: PeopleSoft 7.0, PeopleTools, SQR, SQL Plus 3.3, Oracle 7.4, PL/SQL - OS: UNIX (HP9000, HP3000), Windows NT - Tasks: Designed the SQR, PL/SQL to split the data from Hewlett-Packard. Used PeopleTools to re-design the HR system for the new company of Hewlett-Packard. Created the related SQR and PL/SQL for new company of Hewlett-Packard. Designed the SQR and the K-shell to match the old and the new system. Tested the modified programs and Tools (panel, menu) TOPS75 for Hewlett-Packard (European) Oct '98 - Jan '99 Huatek software engineering company Ltd. - Tools: PeopleSoft 7.0, PeopleTools, SQR, SQL Plus 3.3, Oracle 7.4 - OS: UNIX (HP9000, HP3000) - Tasks: Upgrade PeopleSoft 6.0 to PeoplsSoft 7.5. Managed the TOPS75 project team. Created required specifications, designed and Implemented the interface for data migration. Control the programs' version of whole project. Responsible for the installation of the database and system. Kept the system and database stable. Communicates with our French partner to make the process more effective. Responsible for resolving the technical issues. Hewlett-Packard Singapore Upgrade and Data Migration Feb '98 - Jul '98 Huatek software engineering company Ltd. - Tools: PeopleSoft 6.0, PeopleTools, SQR, SQL Plus 3.3, Oracle 7.4 - OS: UNIX (HP9000, HP3000) - Tasks: Designed the data migration script by SQR. Analyzed and implemented the performance of the irrational SQL. Modified the old programs for matching the new version system. AG project Jul '97 - Jan '98 Huatek software engineering company Ltd. - Tools: PeopleSoft 6.0/7.0/7.5, PeopleTools, SQR, Oracle 7.3, Report Smith, Crystal Report, Micro Force COBOL - OS: Windows 95/98/NT - Tasks: Did the customization by the specifications from AG (Application Group Co.). Coded the SQR, COBOL and SQL for the customs (Intel, Heinz, AAA etc.). Education B.S. in Computer Science (1993 - 1997) East China University of Science and Technology ________________________________________________________________ As the resume, you should know I come from China. And now I am working in HP (Plao Alto, San Jose). So I hope you can apply the H1 visa for me, if you are realy need me. Thanks alot. Randy ***************** End Of Article ****************** Sherida McMillan posted Message 204 in Message Board Dated : September 20, 1999 at 16:03:05 EST Subject: Relatively New to Peoplesoft I have recently been hired for the administration of PS HRMS for a small college. Could someone please tell me where I can get some good, CLEAR information concerning administration of this product? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dave Gordon posted Message 205 in Message Board Dated : September 20, 1999 at 20:13:55 EST Subject: Welcome! Hi Sherida, Start with PeopleSoft's training courses. Then scan through the PeopleBooks on line, to answer specific questions. Hopefully, your office has some established desk procedures written down; if not, ask lots of questions about "how." If all else fails, come back here and ask us. But start with the training. Nothing will make sense until you've learned the basic terminology and navigation techniques. Regards, Dave ***************** End Of Article ****************** tj posted Message 206 in Message Board Dated : September 21, 1999 at 00:59:48 EST Subject: Re: Relatively New to Peoplesoft Welcome Sherida, Dave Gordon is a very good source for PS and has had many very good articles, solutions, and insights in this forum. Yes, training is very important in the first stage of any PS implementation or administration. But another thing.......... Be sure to understand all the underlying pieces in your PS environment. Database Software and version, Unix platform and version, Cobol compiler and version, SQR and version, etc, etc. Understand your network and get your network people involved during the implementation phase, development phase, ..... all the way up to your move to production. Database Admins and System Admins (both Unix/NT) need to be involved with your implementation. They will be very valuable assets during development, conversion, and production migration. If you have a DBA that knows the RDBMS real well, be sure he/she knows how to tune SQL..... not just add indexes, but really knows how to tune the engine as well. PS Admin needs to have good troubleshooting skills. Stay up on PS patches, fixes, updates, and try to keep up with the news on the latest versions of your application and PeopleTools. PS is a never ending battle when it comes to staying up on the latest and greatest. As soon as you think you've accomplished a new version, or path, or update........ another problem surfaces, and your off putting out another fire. It's really not all that bad. You just have to have fun doing this kind of work, but ......you have to take it serious.... Again.... Repeating what Dave has mentioned.....Get yourself and your people the training they need ....NOW. Cause when it all starts...... you won't have time to send them during the project. TJ tj@ddandc.com : I have recently been hired for the administration of PS HRMS for a small college. Could someone please tell me where I can get some good, CLEAR information concerning administration of this product? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Adam posted Message 207 in Message Board Dated : September 21, 1999 at 01:14:34 EST Subject: Re: Running Crystal Reports in 3-tier Mode You can configure the 'PeopleSoft PeopleTools' ODBC driver entry to access the database in 3-tier mode. This passes the request through the application server but there are useful gains in that a) you don't need the RDBMS connectivity software on your workstation; b) The application server re-packages the results of the underlying query and compresses/encrypts if the domain is configured to do so. This can make the report run much faster on a WAN. >>> Even when your're logged in in 3-tier (ie via the application server) when you run a crystal report on the client it will make a 2-tier connection via ODBC. Therefore, your client workstation must have the necessary db drivers and DSN setup. If you send a crystal to a process scheduler to run offline then you do not need client db drivers. (Crystals running on a proc scheduler can only be sent to file or printer). ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dennis Gross posted Message 208 in Message Board Dated : September 21, 1999 at 15:03:35 EST Subject: SQL Server Security We use MS SQL 6.5 to house PeopleSoft data. Slalary data, along with other sensitive information, is stored in this database. It is possible for someone without the password to query this data through SQL Enterprise Manager. How can we encrypt the data, or otherwise protect it? Thank you, Dennis Gross Sr. Systems Analyst ***************** End Of Article ****************** Toddre posted Message 209 in Message Board Dated : October 02, 1999 at 01:18:51 EST Subject: Re: Relatively New to Peoplesoft Welcome to the team I am also new to the Administration of Peoplesoft HRMS Admin. The best suggestion that I have is to attend the classes. I am going to my second PS class in Plesanton this week. They are all worth it. Maybe we could keep in touch and share our experiences. Good Luck I can also be e-mailed at trenier@home.com ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dianne Jennings posted Message 210 in Message Board Dated : October 18, 1999 at 13:06:06 EST Subject: Configuration Manager We are running HRMS 7.5 with PSTools 7.54 on Novell Netware 4.11. All clients are running Win95. We have tried to map the PS file server consistantly for all users but that is not possible in this environment. This means we have a number of different Configuration Manager scripts based on the mapping and location. I was told by a PS Instructor that Config Manager support the use of UNC ie \\servername\directory but have not been able to get that to work. I get illegal operation error messages when accessing process scheduler for example. Is there anyone who has tried UNC? Thanks for your help. Dianne ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jim McMillan posted Message 211 in Message Board Dated : October 18, 1999 at 14:12:43 EST Subject: Payroll runs PSPPYBLD - batch job abends - contention. Has anyone ever heard of this? We are on DB2/MVS version 7.51. Payroll runs a job and it dies because of contention. It turns out that the contention is with the PeopleSoft ID that we use for the connectivity of our application server (TUXADM). It seems as if the application server connects to the database table and doesn't let go of it. Any ideas? Jim McMillan ***************** End Of Article ****************** Cindy Burns posted Message 212 in Message Board Dated : October 25, 1999 at 15:06:36 EST Subject: Requiring different Password than USERID I have a requirement from our security staff to not allow the user to select a password that is the same as the USERID. There is nothing delivered to do this. Has anyone written any exits to enforce this? ***************** End Of Article ****************** TJ posted Message 213 in Message Board Dated : October 26, 1999 at 09:43:47 EST Subject: Re: Requiring different Password than USERID Look at braintree software. It is a password management software that runs on Unix. It covers this and other security features needed with PeopleSoft applications. TJ : I have a requirement from our security staff to not allow the user to select a password that is the same as : the USERID. There is nothing delivered to do this. Has anyone written any exits to enforce this? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Ahmad Haidar posted Message 214 in Message Board Dated : October 26, 1999 at 16:49:16 EST Subject: Re: Configuration Manager You need to ask your network administrator to map a peoplesoft or any directory that your config manager resides on to a specific drive in the system login scripts. for example; make S as a drive, in the system login script. Then write a batch file to be executed once when users login in the server , the script will install the config file to the workstation, without having different mappings. Good luck ***************** End Of Article ****************** Scott posted Message 215 in Message Board Dated : October 27, 1999 at 09:21:07 EST Subject: PeopleSoft vs. SAP Upgrades Does anyone know of a resource to compare parallels in SAP and PeopleSoft upgrades? ***************** End Of Article ****************** David posted Message 216 in Message Board Dated : October 28, 1999 at 14:56:49 EST Subject: Can Updates be applied more than once I am taking over a PeopleSoft database with no documentation. I need to apply a update but don't know if some of the prerequisites were applied yet. Can I reapply it, will it cause any damage? ***************** End Of Article ****************** TJ posted Message 217 in Message Board Dated : October 29, 1999 at 19:55:57 EST Subject: Re: Can Updates be applied more than once Depends on what the update does. If it is altering a record/table, you may have problems. Tell us the PS Customer Connection Update Reference, the environment you are applying it to, and your entire platform information (DBMS, O/S, PT, etc) with versions of each. I will be able to tell you if you can reapply without causing problems to your system. Just a note: You should apply any patch to your upgrade environment first... not your development, not your test, and certainly not your production. Please let me know the actual upgrade code, and we will go from there. TJ : I am taking over a PeopleSoft database with no documentation. I need to apply a update but don't know if some of the prerequisites were applied yet. Can I reapply it, will it cause any damage? ***************** End Of Article ****************** djoko posted Message 218 in Message Board Dated : November 01, 1999 at 00:11:04 EST Subject: Inactive users Is there any tools available to monitoring inactive PeopleSoft UID? We've plan to applying a policy for deleting UID with more than 90 days of disuse to the PeopleSoft system. thanks, djoko ***************** End Of Article ****************** Gopal Rao posted Message 219 in Message Board Dated : November 09, 1999 at 11:56:05 EST Subject: Re: SQL Server Security : We use MS SQL 6.5 to house PeopleSoft data. Slalary data, along with other sensitive information, is stored in this database. It is possible for someone without the password to query this data through SQL Enterprise Manager. How can we encrypt the data, or otherwise protect it? : Thank you, : Dennis Gross : Sr. Systems Analyst ***************** End Of Article ****************** Gopal Rao posted Message 220 in Message Board Dated : November 09, 1999 at 11:57:58 EST Subject: Re: SQL Server Security If you don't have the password eve your enterprise manager doesn't allow you to connect to the database. Unless you configure differently using trusted connection for NT. : We use MS SQL 6.5 to house PeopleSoft data. Slalary data, along with other sensitive information, is stored in this database. It is possible for someone without the password to query this data through SQL Enterprise Manager. How can we encrypt the data, or otherwise protect it? : Thank you, : Dennis Gross : Sr. Systems Analyst ***************** End Of Article ****************** Charlotte posted Message 221 in Message Board Dated : November 10, 1999 at 11:35:39 EST Subject: Inversed Security Tree Hi, A client is installing PS 7.5 HR and has two unusual security requests: 1) would like its HR users having access to all employees records except the other HR users. 2) An HR employee, during the hiring process, will enter the initial salary info of an employee, but cannot have access to the salary history at any time Any idea how to implement those two security feature? Any help greatly appreciated! ***************** End Of Article ****************** Douglas Fraser posted Message 222 in Message Board Dated : November 11, 1999 at 09:18:21 EST Subject: HRMS 75 w Personal Oracle, instructions, request for copy of Hi Scott, I would be interested in a copy of potential HRMS 75 w Personal Oracle instructions. Thanks! /Douglas.Fraser@gems3.gov.bc.ca ***************** End Of Article ****************** Naveen K Alagapally posted Message 223 in Message Board Dated : November 15, 1999 at 18:52:37 EST Subject: Urrgent---configuration of clients Hi guys, We are implementing PeopleSoft Financials & HR. We are having some users about 200 miles away from our File Server site.We have to configure that users through WAN ( Now line speed is 128 Kbps). Now the problem is, these users accesing the Server( which is 200 miles distance), but the response time is very slow. Can anybody give appropriate WAN configurations and any way to install the clients at that site. Thanks Naveen ***************** End Of Article ****************** Margari posted Message 224 in Message Board Dated : November 16, 1999 at 20:11:05 EST Subject: Documentation Does anyone know where I can get the most uptodate version of "Developing with PeopleTools" and "User Interface Standards"? I am looking for a soft copy of both. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Hubert Foster posted Message 225 in Message Board Dated : November 17, 1999 at 16:06:52 EST Subject: Problem inserting on Position Data Panel. When we insert a new row and change fields. In our case we are changing the jobcode on the position. Action is reclassification. The error below pops up and the panel is not saved. Interestingly a SQL trace comes up empty and the field in question is not on any panel in the POSITION_DATA group(hidden included) This is a critical error for us and any help would be appreciated. ** Save edit error. Correct highlighted fields if any, and unhighlighted field: Record COMPENSATION_VW, Field COMP_RATECD. (15,53) ** ***************** End Of Article ****************** Sherwin D' Abro posted Message 226 in Message Board Dated : November 20, 1999 at 05:00:20 EST Subject: Training center for people soft in Bangalore I seek to pursue a training in people soft preferaly in Bangalore. Will apreciate if someone can guide me on availability of a suitable institute and other details Thanks Sherwin ***************** End Of Article ****************** c.sachidev kumar posted Message 227 in Message Board Dated : November 21, 1999 at 21:02:10 EST Subject: Re: Training center for people soft in Bangalore : dear sherwin: if you think, chennai is one stop away, please write to me will suggest. further your background is also to be know to me to make a suggestion. regards sachidev ***************** End Of Article ****************** c.sachidev kumar posted Message 228 in Message Board Dated : November 21, 1999 at 21:04:29 EST Subject: Re: People Soft Installation Guide : deav vivek: i have a colleague, sanjeev. mailhim at sanjeev48@usa.net or sanjeev48@hotmail.com. he may be able to help. sachidev ***************** End Of Article ****************** c.sachidev kumar posted Message 229 in Message Board Dated : November 21, 1999 at 21:07:07 EST Subject: Re: Career Opportunities : dear paresh: please mail a detailed cv to me. i work for a peoplesoft partner and we are interested. we can check out on each other formally. regards sachidev ***************** End Of Article ****************** c.sachidev kumr posted Message 230 in Message Board Dated : November 21, 1999 at 21:10:17 EST Subject: ps consultants-opportunities hi! the company i work for is on the look out for good ps consultants in the areas of HR, Financials, Distribution and Tools. those with 2-3 years experience and who would like to locate or relocate themselves in the fareast - singapore, malay,phillipines, upto australia. may send cvs to: rianet@singnet.com.sg copied to me. will follow up mid dec 99. thanks. sachidev ***************** End Of Article ****************** Nik posted Message 231 in Message Board Dated : November 22, 1999 at 06:45:08 EST Subject: Re: Urrgent---configuration of clients 1. Install thick clients (minimal 3 tier client option in Config Manager) 2. Set Tuxedo Compression Threshold to 100 in Application Server JSL settings. 3. Pre-Load cache on clients 4. Check out white paper on performance benchmarks on Customer COnnection. Includes figures for 128 lines. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Nik posted Message 232 in Message Board Dated : November 22, 1999 at 06:56:12 EST Subject: Re: Inversed Security Tree Charlotte, Not so unusual! There are many strains of techniques to implement row-level security. If you are using the Departmental Tree then the first requirement is quite simple. Just restrict access to the HR Department node in the tree to the HR USers. Nothing more needed here. The second requirement is a little different. If this is not a re-hire then there will not be any historical data to see. However, if as I suspect you are taking not just about Hire but viewing the Job Data Panels, then this could be achieved by creating a new view which selects everything that you currently want, with an additional clause which filters out everything but the current row. Nik. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Nik posted Message 233 in Message Board Dated : November 22, 1999 at 07:02:58 EST Subject: Re: Inactive users Nothing as delivered. You can use third party tool such as Braintree SQL Secure if on appropriate platform. Or look at writing a custom program yourself based upon the Connection Audit Tables on your specific platform. IE you could select last successful login date from the audit table (differ from platform to platform)for every user in PSOPRDEFN and if the date is greater than 90 days ago then send an alert/scramble the password/delete the user..etc. Remember to have connection auditing turned on though! Nik ***************** End Of Article ****************** Rama Natarajan posted Message 234 in Message Board Dated : November 22, 1999 at 09:57:23 EST Subject: Re: Stat! tools for versioning PS objects Has any one used the tool called Stat!from MBR technologies which I suppose can control versionong of both Online and External objects and can also promote objects to another environments. Sounds too good to be true!!! Any advice, war stories, suggestions would be well appreciated as our client is currently evaluating this product. Thanks in advance. RAMA ***************** End Of Article ****************** rg posted Message 235 in Message Board Dated : November 22, 1999 at 16:39:34 EST Subject: Re: Stat! tools for versioning PS objects The client I am working with has scrapped the STAT package. Apparently it does not do a very good job, and has a lousy interface. RG : Has any one used the tool called Stat!from MBR technologies which I suppose can control versionong of both Online and External objects and can also promote objects to another environments. : Sounds too good to be true!!! : Any advice, war stories, suggestions would be well appreciated as our client is currently evaluating this product. : Thanks in advance. : RAMA ***************** End Of Article ****************** Olivier Tolon posted Message 236 in Message Board Dated : November 27, 1999 at 12:51:04 EST Subject: Re: Tuxedo - Out of available memory Hi, Memory leaks might also come from Tuxedo itself. There are some known issues with memory management in release 6.4. So if you are running this version this should probably make sense considering to apply patch 188 from BEA (I guess you also can get it from Peoplesoft ftp site or GSC) or upgrade to PS Tools 7.56 which includes Tuxedo 6.5 (This release includes the needed patch). Tools 7.56 also includes some minor patches for Y2K and SQR 4.3.4 Hope this helps. Olivier : We are periodically receiving the following message on our 3-tier client workstations: : Out of available memory. - f:\pt704rc2\src\pssys\mgr.cpp @ 765 : Once this occurs it cascades to all 3-tier users, and the application server must be rebooted. : We have tried several configuration changes recommended from PeopleSoft, but no help. : The directory structure in the message does not exist in our environment, so it must be coming from the original PS development environment. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Charles Thompson posted Message 237 in Message Board Dated : November 28, 1999 at 18:08:31 EST Subject: Re: Stat! tools for versioning PS objects Functionality looks sensational, especially for managing multiple environments/sites/versions ... BUT ... it doesn't do external objects (no SQR, COBOL, nVision, Crystal, etc etc) ... AND ... it's very pricey (over US$100K). MBR's sales force is a bit slow ... they won't develop a screen-cam demo of the package and they only have very high-level collateral to give you. : Has any one used the tool called Stat!from MBR technologies which I suppose can control versionong of both Online and External objects and can also promote objects to another environments. : Sounds too good to be true!!! : Any advice, war stories, suggestions would be well appreciated as our client is currently evaluating this product. : Thanks in advance. : RAMA ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dan Dudley posted Message 238 in Message Board Dated : November 29, 1999 at 11:50:42 EST Subject: Re: Change Management Control For information on Version control and Change Management for PeopleSoft Please visit www.mbrtechnologies.com ***************** End Of Article ****************** dada posted Message 239 in Message Board Dated : November 29, 1999 at 14:01:39 EST Subject: Re: 7.5 Compare Report not recognizing Changes Sometimes the PC obj does not get inserted into the project automatically. Although the Object is copied over because of the Record with associated objects copied from one Db to the other. Also check flags in the reports options ( Assuming U r using 7.x ) Dada : I got the same problems a while ago. When I spoke to some PSG person he suggested to insert RECORDPEOPLECODE manually. It supposed to do that but it's not doing. That's the problem with PS like a bug. I don't know probably they may fix it in their next tools release. : So, do it manually like inserting. : : Venugopal Yalavarthy : : : : Has anyone had a problem with the Upgrade Compare Reports using PeopleTools 7.5? We have run into the following interesting but inconsistent problem: The developer creates a project and will ask my team to move it to another database. We will do the Compare Report and Copy the code up. If the developer makes PeopleCode changes and asks us to re-migrate the code, the Compare Report doesn't always find the changes. We have to pull the record containing the code into a new project for the Compare Report to find the changes. Has anyone else experienced this problem? I can't call it into PeopleSoft because it's not consistent on whether it happens or not. : : Chad : : Are you sure when the RECORD was inserted into your project that the RECORDPEOPLECODE was also inserted (ie as a subcomponent of the RECORD). You'll see records in both designer and upgrade tab but ONLY see RPCODE in the upgrade tab. : : Graham ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dan Dudley posted Message 240 in Message Board Dated : November 29, 1999 at 15:31:53 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft Object versioning True Version Control and Change Management does exist for PeopleSoft. Please take a look at the following website for more information; www.mbrtechnologies.com **MBR's PeopleSoft Version Control:** http://www.mbrtechnologies.com/html/version_control.html PeopleSoft Change Management: http://www.mbrtechnologies.com/html/change_mgt.html Migrations: (See Migrations Wizards and Migration History Wizard) http://www.mbrtechnologies.com/html/wizards1.html Upgrades: http://www.mbrtechnologies.com/html/upgrades.html Project and Workflow Management: http://www.mbrtechnologies.com/html/project_mgt.html If you have any questions please call 562/495/0077 ext.1812 ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dan Dudley posted Message 241 in Message Board Dated : November 29, 1999 at 15:36:34 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft Object versioning I apologize for not seeing your posting on the PeopleSoft Fans website sooner. Here are a few links to our website that can give you updated information about Our Version Control and Change Management products for PeopleSoft called Stat!. Stat! assists PeopleSoft challenges such as database restores, documentation, migrations, project workflow and speeds up full version Upgrades and allow risk free updates and fixes (Bundles, Tax Upgrades). Stat!, simply put, is the "Undo" for PeopleSoft. There is no other true Version Control for PeopleSoft available today. If you have any questions please call 562/495/0077 ext.1812 ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dan Dudley posted Message 242 in Message Board Dated : November 29, 1999 at 16:07:19 EST Subject: Re: 5.11 to 7.01 upgrade(Financials) One of the modules in the Stat software from MBR Technologies can provide the tools to migrate data across platforms and from table to table. Here are a few links to our website that can give you updated information about products for PeopleSoft called Stat!. Data Shuttle http://www.mbrtechnologies.com/html/data_migration.html Upgrades: http://www.mbrtechnologies.com/html/upgrades.html **MBR's PeopleSoft Version Control:** http://www.mbrtechnologies.com/html/version_control.html Migrations: (See Migrations Wizards and Migration History Wizard) http://www.mbrtechnologies.com/html/wizards1.html Stat! assists and eliminates PeopleSoft challenges such as database restores, documentation, migrations, project workflow and speeds up full version Upgrades and allows risk free updates and fixes (Bundles,Tax Upgrades). Stat!, simply put, is the "Undo" for PeopleSoft. There is no other true Version Control for PeopleSoft available today. www.mbrtechnologies.com or call 562/495/0077 ext.1812 : My client has PS financials 5.11(AP,AR & GL) in production. : Now the client wants to upgrade to 7.01. : We have installed PS 7.01. : Instead of going thru the Peoplsoft upgrade methodology, the client wnats to move data from 5.11 to 7.01 table by table. : Can you folks help me in How to go about it? i.e whether are there any tools that will do the data transfer. : TIA : Venkat ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dan Dudley posted Message 243 in Message Board Dated : November 29, 1999 at 16:26:37 EST Subject: Re: Applying patches and upgrades Yes there is. MBR Technologies has developed a PeopleSoft solution called Stat!. Stat! delivers tools to manage, control and document the upgrade process. Major upgrades happen almost every year, while tax and application updates occur 3 to 6 times annually. For this reason, companies are constantly concerned with the integrity of their object customizations. Stat! can eliminate these fears and safeguard object customizations by providing a permanent repository for your customized objects. Take a look at the links below. **MBR's PeopleSoft Version Control:** http://www.mbrtechnologies.com/html/version_control.html PeopleSoft Change Management: http://www.mbrtechnologies.com/html/change_mgt.html Migrations: (See Migrations Wizards and Migration History Wizard) http://www.mbrtechnologies.com/html/wizards1.html Upgrades: http://www.mbrtechnologies.com/html/upgrades.html Project and Workflow Management: http://www.mbrtechnologies.com/html/project_mgt.html MBR Technologies Homepage http://www.mbrtechnologies.com If have any questions please call 562/495/0077 ext.1812 : Hi there: : Are there any best practices document or information for applying upgrades and patches to PeopleSoft. : Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. : Thanks. : Krishna ***************** End Of Article ****************** csa posted Message 244 in Message Board Dated : December 06, 1999 at 11:02:57 EST Subject: SQA Robot Hi all. A question, żhow I can create a process on the Process Scheduler for process's type SQA? Thanks in advanced. CSA. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dan posted Message 245 in Message Board Dated : December 06, 1999 at 13:12:08 EST Subject: Re: 5.11 to 7.01 upgrade(Financials) Take a look at Data Shuttle, MBR's Data Shuttle specializes in moving data across databases as well as RDBMS platforms. PeopleSoft System Administrators are now able to migrate and archive application data in the following 3 ways: ...from table to table within the same database, i.e., from one production table to another production table ...from one database to another database on the same platform, i.e., from a production database to an archive database ...across database platforms, i.e., from DB2 to Oracle, or vice versa. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dan posted Message 246 in Message Board Dated : December 06, 1999 at 13:15:39 EST Subject: Re: Tracking Customizations/Patches and Fixes Version Control For PeopleSoft; www.mbrtechnologies.com ***************** End Of Article ****************** CARLA posted Message 247 in Message Board Dated : December 06, 1999 at 16:00:51 EST Subject: SQA ROBOT how can I print a report with all the detail in the test log viewer. The quick report only gives info about the test procedure but not the test cases. Is there an option to NOT overwrite you test logs once you playback you test procedure again? It seems like every time you playback your test procedure it overwrites the previous test logs problems. I am trying to find out a way to keep a history of all my test logs. Any help will be appreciated. thanks carla ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dan posted Message 248 in Message Board Dated : December 15, 1999 at 11:10:42 EST Subject: Re: Stat! tools for versioning PS objects Excuse me, I work for the company that made Stat! and none of our customers have ever scrapped Stat!. The clients I have talked to tell me the interface is actually very convenient. If you would like to see it for yourself give me a call, I would be happy to give you a demonstration. 562-495-0077 ext. 1812 ***************** End Of Article ****************** Frank M. posted Message 249 in Message Board Dated : December 27, 1999 at 16:32:57 EST Subject: Importing data to People Soft Is there a way to import text files to People Soft using SQA Robot? I am able to open and get the data from the text file but I can't input it in PS. How can I assign a calumn name to each attribute in my text file in order to be able to input it in PS. Any help will be appreciated !!! ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mike Jones posted Message 250 in Message Board Dated : December 28, 1999 at 16:34:07 EST Subject: Security Hello, New PeopleSoft Administrator here. I was wondering if there was any common security methodology imployed to protect sensitive data from the DBA's administrating PS Applications. Still allowing maintenance priviledges on underlying security structures. Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Tim Jones posted Message 251 in Message Board Dated : January 01, 19100 at 02:38:30 EST Subject: Re: Security Mike... and I do have a brother Mike... but he flies helicopters in Michigan.. About your question....... No Way... You can setup as much security in the application you want, but a DBA will always have access to whatever data he/she needs. Sounds like you have two options here: 1. Hire a DBA that you can trust with sensitive data 2. Trust your current DBA to let him do his job. TJ : Hello, New PeopleSoft Administrator here. I was wondering if there was any common security methodology imployed to protect sensitive data from the DBA's administrating PS Applications. Still allowing maintenance priviledges on underlying security structures. Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Faique posted Message 252 in Message Board Dated : January 04, 2000 at 12:52:31 EST Subject: Re: Importing data to People Soft You can do this using Excel, and Import Manager. Read PeopleBooks to fugure out Improt Manager. This really works well for singular tables. Or you may try writing an SQR if you neeed. : Is there a way to import text files to People Soft using SQA Robot? I am able to open and get the data from the text file but I can't input it in PS. How can I assign a calumn name to each attribute in my text file in order to be able to input it in PS. : Any help will be appreciated !!! ***************** End Of Article ****************** Y.Reddy posted Message 253 in Message Board Dated : January 05, 2000 at 10:35:12 EST Subject: Re: Tuxedo - Out of available memory : I've been having the same problem. I submitted the problem to PS and was told this was due to a 'memory leak'. It is supposed to be corrected in Tools 7.55. I haven't loaded it yet. You can try changing Recycle Count=25000 in Appserver config. This may help in reducing the with holding memory by PS Application server process.This will allow make the background process to recycle. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Hong posted Message 254 in Message Board Dated : January 06, 2000 at 01:58:57 EST Subject: Which table contain time-out setting? Hi, I'm doing an audit on PeopleSoft and would like to know(i)whether time-out minutes have been set and (ii) if time-out minutes is set, what is the tim-out in minutes for all the operators and operator classes. Rather than going through the General Operator/Operator Class definition, can I run a SQL query on a PS table to list down these parameters? If so what is the table name and the column names? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Hong posted Message 255 in Message Board Dated : January 06, 2000 at 01:59:42 EST Subject: Which table contain time-out setting? Hi, I'm doing an audit on PeopleSoft and would like to know(i)whether time-out minutes have been set and (ii) if time-out minutes is set, what is the tim-out in minutes for all the operators and operator classes. Rather than going through the General Operator/Operator Class definition, can I run a SQL query on a PS table to list down these parameters? If so what is the table name and the column names? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mathieu LEBRATI posted Message 256 in Message Board Dated : January 06, 2000 at 08:29:55 EST Subject: Re: Which table contain time-out setting? table : PSOPRDEFN column : TIMEOUTMINUTES : Hi, : I'm doing an audit on PeopleSoft and would like to know(i)whether time-out minutes have been set and (ii) if time-out minutes is set, what is the tim-out in minutes for all the operators and operator classes. Rather than going through the General Operator/Operator Class definition, can I run a SQL query on a PS table to list down these parameters? If so what is the table name and the column names? ***************** End Of Article ****************** ItIsSam posted Message 257 in Message Board Dated : January 07, 2000 at 14:26:48 EST Subject: Migration from Informix to Oracle What is involved in migrating peoplesoft from Informix to Oracle ? In terms of application as well as data migration ? Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** tj posted Message 258 in Message Board Dated : January 09, 2000 at 10:58:56 EST Subject: Re: Migration from Informix to Oracle You can do this quite easily by exporting your entire Informix PS database and importing to an existing Oracle PS database with replace all on tables. Please let me know if you need detailed instructions. TJ : What is involved in migrating peoplesoft from Informix to Oracle ? In terms of application as well as data migration ? : Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Sat Charan posted Message 259 in Message Board Dated : January 10, 2000 at 15:59:38 EST Subject: Third Party Process Scheduler Can anybody tell me why do we need to use the third party tool for Batch Scheduling in peoplesoft, instead of using the delivered process scheduler. My client is running Peoplesoft 7.5 on Windows NT. If third party tools are better, Please recommend one. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Gary Hlapcic posted Message 260 in Message Board Dated : January 11, 2000 at 15:18:24 EST Subject: Re: Third Party Process Scheduler : Can anybody tell me why do we need to use the third party tool for Batch Scheduling in peoplesoft, instead of using the delivered process scheduler. My client is running Peoplesoft 7.5 on Windows NT. If third party tools are better, Please recommend one. Hello Sat, While you can schedule jobs with the process scheduler you do not have the freedom to trigger jobs based on completion codes of previously scheduled jobs. You have greater freedom with thrid party schedulling packages such as Zeke/Autosys, Zeke for the mainframe and autosys for the pc which will allow jobs on either platform to trigger off jobs on the other platform. Otherwise if you just want to run jobs on PC side, use Autosys\Team Agent for Windows NT it will give you greater freedom of choice for your batch window as a standalone scheduler. Typically, clients are driven by other schedulling systems, but process scheduler does not have the necessary client/server capabilities to integrate cross-platform job scheduling dependencies, that's why you would us Autosys or some other type of product. To date most shops tend to us Autosys. Thanks Gary. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Hong posted Message 261 in Message Board Dated : January 11, 2000 at 22:37:21 EST Subject: Default administrative passwords Can anyone tell me whether there are any administation operator IDs that are created? If so, what are the Operator IDs and their corresponding default passwords? Would appreciate it if you could let me know the source/publication where this info is found. Thank you in advance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** tj posted Message 262 in Message Board Dated : January 12, 2000 at 15:04:27 EST Subject: Re: Default administrative passwords By default, there is a PS oprid VP1 for Financials and PS for HRMS. No need for password, it will use the oprid for password entry. You will find these in the installation documentation/manual. TJ : Can anyone tell me whether there are any administation operator IDs that are created? : If so, what are the Operator IDs and their corresponding default passwords? : Would appreciate it if you could let me know the source/publication where this info is found. : Thank you in advance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jim Riley posted Message 263 in Message Board Dated : January 12, 2000 at 15:59:00 EST Subject: SQL Server Reference Sites We are considering switching our Peoplesoft database environment from Oracle/UNIX to SQL Server/NT. We are a fairly small shop and we just purchased a Microsoft Campus Agreement/License. We are looking for information about sites currently running Peoplesoft with SQL Server (i.e. number of users, size of database(s), which Peoplesoft modules are being used). Any information would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks, Jim Riley jpriley@gettysburg.edu ***************** End Of Article ****************** Douglas posted Message 264 in Message Board Dated : January 14, 2000 at 13:35:32 EST Subject: PeopleSoft Administrator training question I've been asked to be the administrator for initially three PeopleSoft packages; Purchasing, AP & AM. The education book lists the training PeopleSoft recommends. What do you who are already administrators recommend? Thanks in advance for your input. Douglas ***************** End Of Article ****************** David Barentine posted Message 265 in Message Board Dated : January 17, 2000 at 10:09:39 EST Subject: Changing Emplid I am trying to find someone who may have an SQR they have used to change an Emplid. When our system was first installed the first 3000 employees were given an Emplid that was the same as their SSN. We now want to change them to a different Emplid. If anyone out there has any information on what needs to be done to change the Emplid please e-mail me. Thank You ***************** End Of Article ****************** John Christensen posted Message 266 in Message Board Dated : January 18, 2000 at 04:04:10 EST Subject: Job Code integration - Things to watch out for.. I'm working for a client, where they currently use only one generic job code. This will have to change, however, as they want to make use of Manage Competencies, Adm. Training and Recruit WF. Job codes will be used for competency profiles, training programs and job requirements, while job data related information is less related to job codes and will be overwritten on employee level. Have you come across problems or other issues related to the integration of HR-modules with use of job codes? Thanks very much, John.. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Rick Wong posted Message 267 in Message Board Dated : January 24, 2000 at 19:49:40 EST Subject: Updates and Fixes... Does anyone know whether you have to apply all the patches and fixes that applies to the product or only the ones that applies to the modules. For instance, do you have to apply patches and fixes for the entire HRMS Product? Or can you just apply it to say HR and Payroll module that you're implementing? Thanks in advance, Rick ***************** End Of Article ****************** PSORA posted Message 268 in Message Board Dated : January 24, 2000 at 20:16:07 EST Subject: Free PeopleSoft/Oracle Scripts, Code, Tips, News Check it out! http://www.skybusiness.com/psora ***************** End Of Article ****************** Soft Lu posted Message 269 in Message Board Dated : January 26, 2000 at 04:41:47 EST Subject: Audit trail analysis Is there any way to compare the ps audit trail and record to ensure all modification is through ps? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mark Livingstone posted Message 270 in Message Board Dated : January 27, 2000 at 16:47:22 EST Subject: Re: Updates and Fixes... Rick, It is only necessary to apply the patches for your specific modules. If you are not using Time & Labor or Benefits Admin, you don't need to apply them. But, if you have any plans to use those modules before the next upgrade, you should keep an eye on the list. Good luck with your implementation. It's always nice to see a fellow San Diego Implementation. Mark Livingstone DTI Mark_Livingstone@dtius.com (510) 580-3562 : Does anyone know whether you have to apply all the patches and fixes that applies to the product or only the ones that applies to the modules. For instance, do you have to apply patches and fixes for the entire HRMS Product? Or can you just apply it to say HR and Payroll module that you're implementing? : Thanks in advance, : Rick ***************** End Of Article ****************** Soft Lu posted Message 271 in Message Board Dated : January 31, 2000 at 21:05:06 EST Subject: IBM ASCA in PeopleSoft Is there any body has IBM ASCA in PeopleSoft experience? I have some question about that. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Soft Lu posted Message 272 in Message Board Dated : January 31, 2000 at 21:05:39 EST Subject: IBM ASCA in PeopleSoft Is there any body has IBM ASCA in PeopleSoft experience? I have some question about that. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Ravi posted Message 273 in Message Board Dated : February 01, 2000 at 16:55:15 EST Subject: copying PS security from one database to another. Can someone provide help on how to backup and restore the PS Financials userIDs, operator preferences and other security data in the target database during refresh from a source instance. Target database is cloned via Oracle import. Can an export backup of certain tables help? any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** test posted Message 274 in Message Board Dated : February 03, 2000 at 16:17:53 EST Subject: Test ***************** End Of Article ****************** test posted Message 275 in Message Board Dated : February 03, 2000 at 16:18:57 EST Subject: Re: Moving From one Instance to another : hi ya, I am not a DBA , but i may be required to create some instances on oracle 8, ps version 7.5.Can some one please advice on the process and how to move from one instance to another eg demo to test database.(is it done using data mover) : Thanks : Duke ***************** End Of Article ****************** test posted Message 276 in Message Board Dated : February 03, 2000 at 16:20:15 EST Subject: Re: SQL Server Security : We use MS SQL 6.5 to house PeopleSoft data. Slalary data, along with other sensitive information, is stored in this database. It is possible for someone without the password to query this data through SQL Enterprise Manager. How can we encrypt the data, or otherwise protect it? : Thank you, : Dennis Gross : Sr. Systems Analyst ***************** End Of Article ****************** sami posted Message 277 in Message Board Dated : February 05, 2000 at 08:48:57 EST Subject: Re: DataMover in Single User Erik! I have a single user 7.5 also , works fine with me. Sami Nederland : Does anyone know if datamover works in single user version 7.5? I receive an error message stating "Missing or invalid version of SQL library PSSBS (0,0)". Thanks for any help. ***************** End Of Article ****************** sami posted Message 278 in Message Board Dated : February 05, 2000 at 08:58:16 EST Subject: Re: Requiring different Password than USERID Hi ! first of all good to see you also on this forum TJ, I think we met on SQLBASE once. secondly Iam not using the same password as userid in my singleuser Peoplsoft implimentation and Iam also not using a third party product , I just changed the password with 'setpassword' option in peopletools login window . so what am I missing here? regards Sami : Look at braintree software. It is a password management software that runs on Unix. It covers this and other security features needed with PeopleSoft applications. : TJ : : : I have a requirement from our security staff to not allow the user to select a password that is the same as : : the USERID. There is nothing delivered to do this. Has anyone written any exits to enforce this? ***************** End Of Article ****************** venugopal yalavarthy posted Message 279 in Message Board Dated : February 07, 2000 at 08:49:18 EST Subject: Web Clients Hi, Does anybody have documentation about setting up web clients and web server? I would appreciate your help. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Derek Tomei posted Message 280 in Message Board Dated : February 07, 2000 at 12:45:17 EST Subject: Re: copying PS security from one database to another. You'll want to get the following scripts off of the PSORA.COM web site! (ddluser.sql) Script to create another script to copy users & passwords from one DB to another PSORA : Can someone provide help on how to backup and restore the PS Financials userIDs, operator preferences and other security data in the target database during refresh from a source instance. Target database is cloned via Oracle import. Can an export backup of certain tables help? : any help is greatly appreciated. : Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Sami posted Message 281 in Message Board Dated : February 08, 2000 at 10:44:11 EST Subject: database compare problem Hi! If i run upgrade-compare/copy report from Application designer (for comparing two databases) I get an SQR error "(SQR 5521) - Warning: LONG datatype truncated, use -Mfile to increase LONGSIZE" I set LONGSIZE=32766 in allmaxes.max file and I can see that the upgrade procedure is picking it up as if I put the LONGSIZE value greater than 32766 it complains.....BUT ..FRUSTRATING ... even with max allowed value of this parameter the upgrade procedure still generates the same error .. helppppppppppppppppppppp P.S: you can mail me directly at sami@euronet.nl ***************** End Of Article ****************** sami posted Message 282 in Message Board Dated : February 08, 2000 at 12:13:27 EST Subject: database comparing ! If i run upgrade-compare/copy report from Application designer (for database compare) I get an SQR error "(SQR 5521) - Warning: LONGdatatype truncated, use -Mfile to increase LONGSIZE" I put the LONGSIZE=32766 in allmaxes.max file and I can see that the upgrade procedure is picking it up as if I put the LONGSIZE value greater than 32766 it complains.....BUT ..FRUSTRATING ... even with max allowed value of this parameter the upgrade procedure still generates the same SQR 5521 error and nothing is placed in report file but these warnings. helppppppppppppppppppppp P.S: you can mail me directly at sami@euronet.nl ***************** End Of Article ****************** Palaniappan posted Message 283 in Message Board Dated : February 09, 2000 at 02:54:49 EST Subject: Problem in Import Manager - Employee data I am having problem in loading Employee data through Import Manager. 1) First I loaded Personal_data 2) Then , while trying to load job_data, it tries to fetch data and says fetch parameter (2) should be a row Id Please get more info how to load data , is there any sequence etc., Thanks Pal ***************** End Of Article ****************** Ravi posted Message 284 in Message Board Dated : February 09, 2000 at 08:34:52 EST Subject: Re: copying PS security from one database to another. The 'ddluser.sql' script creates only the users that too at the RDB level. These are created by import itself. The target database has its own users, preferences and security( in PeopleSoft). I want to backup these ( I guess a set of PeopleSoft tables) before a refresh and restore them after the refresh. Ravi. : You'll want to get the following scripts off of the PSORA.COM web site! : (ddluser.sql) Script to create another script to copy users & passwords from one DB to another : PSORA : : Can someone provide help on how to backup and restore the PS Financials userIDs, operator preferences and other security data in the target database during refresh from a source instance. Target database is cloned via Oracle import. Can an export backup of certain tables help? : : any help is greatly appreciated. : : Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** David Liu posted Message 285 in Message Board Dated : February 10, 2000 at 10:32:58 EST Subject: Re: Importing data to People Soft Message Agent is a very good package to import data to PeopleSoft system. It seems that Message Agent works better than Import Manager because Message Agent does what a panel does when modifying data. David : You can do this using Excel, and Import Manager. : Read PeopleBooks to fugure out Improt Manager. This really works well for singular tables. : Or you may try writing an SQR if you neeed. : : Is there a way to import text files to People Soft using SQA Robot? I am able to open and get the data from the text file but I can't input it in PS. How can I assign a calumn name to each attribute in my text file in order to be able to input it in PS. : : Any help will be appreciated !!! ***************** End Of Article ****************** SKB posted Message 286 in Message Board Dated : February 10, 2000 at 12:09:12 EST Subject: Re: database comparing ! This error that you are getting may be because the SQR command line is exceeding 255 characters. When you an SQR ( compare report) from PeopleSoft/Application designer the system takes the parameters in the 'Process Scheduler' tab of your 'Configuration Manager' and build the command line and then passes this to the SQR. . Maybe when it is building the command line it is running into 255 character limitation. Try reducing the length of the values in your process scheduler tab in Configuration Manager and try to run it. : If i run upgrade-compare/copy report from Application designer (for database compare) I get an SQR error : "(SQR 5521) - Warning: LONGdatatype truncated, use -Mfile to increase LONGSIZE" : I put the LONGSIZE=32766 in allmaxes.max file and I can see that the upgrade procedure is picking it up as if I put the LONGSIZE value greater than 32766 it complains.....BUT ..FRUSTRATING ... even with max allowed value of this parameter the upgrade procedure still generates the same SQR 5521 error and nothing is placed in report file but these warnings. : helppppppppppppppppppppp : P.S: you can mail me directly at sami@euronet.nl ***************** End Of Article ****************** LEBRATI Mathieu posted Message 287 in Message Board Dated : February 11, 2000 at 09:40:46 EST Subject: Re: Can Updates be applied more than once Depends of prerequisites. But in general you can reapply it without damage. Perhaps you will have error message on SQL script if data already exits but you don't care. : I am taking over a PeopleSoft database with no documentation. I need to apply a update but don't know if some of the prerequisites were applied yet. Can I reapply it, will it cause any damage? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Linda Mielewczyk posted Message 288 in Message Board Dated : February 14, 2000 at 08:15:54 EST Subject: Process Scheduler running NT 4 tools 7.04 Can't get Process scheduler on Financials 7.04 to keep running. When shutting down db for nightly backup it also takes down Process Scheduler. Do you have the Process scheduler working as NT service? How do you accomplish daily backups and the restarting of the process scheduler automatically? ***************** End Of Article ****************** SKB posted Message 289 in Message Board Dated : February 14, 2000 at 09:13:29 EST Subject: Re: Process Scheduler running NT 4 tools 7.04 We have the Process Scheduler as an NT Service and have scheduled the service to come down before the DB backup and start back up after the backup. : Can't get Process scheduler on Financials 7.04 to keep running. When shutting down db for nightly backup it also takes down Process Scheduler. Do you have the Process scheduler working as NT service? How do you accomplish daily backups and the restarting of the process scheduler automatically? ***************** End Of Article ****************** sami posted Message 290 in Message Board Dated : February 14, 2000 at 09:46:29 EST Subject: Re: Urrgent---configuration of clients or install Peoplesoft Client on a Citrix server and let remote users access it via Citrix client, uses only 15K bandwidht/user. regards Sami Nederlands : : 1. Install thick clients (minimal 3 tier client option in Config Manager) : 2. Set Tuxedo Compression Threshold to 100 in Application Server JSL settings. : 3. Pre-Load cache on clients : 4. Check out white paper on performance benchmarks on Customer COnnection. Includes figures for 128 lines. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Darayus F. Satta posted Message 291 in Message Board Dated : February 15, 2000 at 14:10:05 EST Subject: Refresh of a database Environment: WIN NT/Oracle 8.0.5/Peopletools 7.56 After I do a complete refresh of say target TRN database using PROD's database export dump file, I also change the SYSADM password using datamover script CHANGE_ACCESS_PASSWORD. After this when I try to logon to PeopleSoft in TRN environment, some USERID's work while the rest come back with invalid userid /password error message. Any suggestions as to why this is happening, what is it that I might be doing wrong. Thanks. -d ***************** End Of Article ****************** Darayus F. Satta posted Message 292 in Message Board Dated : February 15, 2000 at 14:20:46 EST Subject: Re: Process Scheduler running NT 4 tools 7.04 : Can't get Process scheduler on Financials 7.04 to keep running. When shutting down db for nightly backup it also takes down Process Scheduler. Do you have the Process scheduler working as NT service? How do you accomplish daily backups and the restarting of the process scheduler automatically? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Darayus F. Satta posted Message 293 in Message Board Dated : February 15, 2000 at 14:30:46 EST Subject: Re: Process Scheduler running NT 4 tools 7.04 : Can't get Process scheduler on Financials 7.04 to keep running. When shutting down db for nightly backup it also takes down Process Scheduler. Do you have the Process scheduler working as NT service? How do you accomplish daily backups and the restarting of the process scheduler automatically? Hi Linda, Looks like you are doing cold backup's nightly, hence the process scheduler dies once the database is shutdown. To automatically bring the process scheduler up again you should create a bat file which looks something like this: @echo off d: cd psft\appserv -- Type the correct path where appserv dir is psadmin -p start -d HRDEV --- For Process Scheduler psadmin -c boot -d HRDEV ---- For Application Server If, psadmin -p start -d HRDEV does not work, then try replacing 'p' with a 'c'. Add this bat file to your schedule of jobs after the database is opened again. Hope this helps. -d f ***************** End Of Article ****************** Sami posted Message 294 in Message Board Dated : February 16, 2000 at 09:41:48 EST Subject: Re: Refresh of a database Peoplesoft keeps the database name and associated sysadm id in a table called PSDBOWNER , after the import you have to change this table to update database name there from say PROD to TRN. Then TRN should be exact copy of PROD and all userids should work. Sami : Environment: WIN NT/Oracle 8.0.5/Peopletools 7.56 : After I do a complete refresh of say target TRN database using PROD's database : export dump file, I also change the SYSADM password using datamover script : CHANGE_ACCESS_PASSWORD. After this when I try to logon to PeopleSoft in : TRN environment, some USERID's work while the rest come back with invalid : userid /password error message. Any suggestions as to why this is happening, : what is it that I might be doing wrong. : Thanks. : -d ***************** End Of Article ****************** Greg Carlton posted Message 295 in Message Board Dated : February 21, 2000 at 13:53:40 EST Subject: Quick way to get a list of Setup Tables Does anybody know a quick way to get a list of all the setup tables? Thanks in advance, Greg ***************** End Of Article ****************** dfs posted Message 296 in Message Board Dated : February 23, 2000 at 17:19:41 EST Subject: SYSADM password Environment: WIN NT/ORACLE 8.0.5 2 Tier & 3 Tier applications On forgetting SYSADM password, I used Oracle to change SYSADM password. Then I used SYSADM to log into DataMover and ran the following script 'CHANGE_ACCESS_PASSWORD'. Doing so 2-tier users are OK; however, 3-tier users (Web Clients) need to be logged into 2-tier first only then can they log in as Web Clients. I thought by using this new script 'CHANGE_ACCESS_PASSWORD' this problem was eliminated. What is it that I am doing wrong? Can you please give me a step by step answer to resolve this in the future? Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** caboodle posted Message 297 in Message Board Dated : February 25, 2000 at 18:46:05 EST Subject: Patches with DMS Hi! How do I apply patches with DMS? Is the application of an AUDMS the same as any other DMS that is not an AU? ***************** End Of Article ****************** K. deBruyn posted Message 298 in Message Board Dated : February 28, 2000 at 17:35:06 EST Subject: Importing Requisition Data into PS 6.2 I would like to import requisition data from an external database or a flat file into Peoplesoft. The external data can be massaged into any format for the process. Has anyone done this? What is the best method? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Brandon Johnson posted Message 299 in Message Board Dated : March 01, 2000 at 15:39:16 EST Subject: Re: Configuration Manager We are using the UNC with no problems. However, we have a Microsoft network, and not Novell. : We are running HRMS 7.5 with PSTools 7.54 on Novell Netware 4.11. All clients are running Win95. : We have tried to map the PS file server consistantly for all users but that is not possible in this environment. This means we have a number of different Configuration Manager scripts based on the mapping and location. I was told by a PS Instructor that Config Manager support the use of UNC ie \\servername\directory but have not been able to get that to work. I get illegal operation error messages when accessing process scheduler for example. : Is there anyone who has tried UNC? : Thanks for your help. : Dianne ***************** End Of Article ****************** Swapan Mahato posted Message 300 in Message Board Dated : March 06, 2000 at 19:06:23 EST Subject: Citrix/NT Terminal Server/Web Client - which one to choose? What is a perfect choice for remote access for a large company with sites all over the place? 1. Citrix 2. NT Terminal Server 3. Web Client Which one is best and why? Thanks. ***************** End Of Article ****************** TJ posted Message 301 in Message Board Dated : March 08, 2000 at 10:48:34 EST Subject: Re: Citrix/NT Terminal Server/Web Client - which one to choose? Web Client is best..... 1.)Is and will be well supported by PS 2.)Less cost 3.)Less Maint Just my opinion... TJ : What is a perfect choice for remote access for a large company with sites all over the place? : 1. Citrix : 2. NT Terminal Server : 3. Web Client : Which one is best and why? : Thanks. ***************** End Of Article ****************** TJ posted Message 302 in Message Board Dated : March 08, 2000 at 10:57:21 EST Subject: Re: Patches with DMS Applying patches with DMS : If a .DAT file is required for (or reads data from a .DAT file) you must include the following statements: SET INPUT .DAT; SET LOG .LOG; In most cases you would have to use the full directory path name where the file is located. For an AU DMS, you must first Refresh your AU database then run your DMS against the AU database. Again, you would have to include your INPUT and LOG settings: SET INPUT AU99F751.AU; SET LOG AU99F751.LOG; Is the application of an AUDMS the same as any other DMS that is not an AU? Answer: An AU patch must use the AU database. Some patches may not need the AU database. TJ : Hi! How do I apply patches with DMS? Is the application of an AUDMS the same as any other DMS that is not an AU? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Alan Schomaker posted Message 303 in Message Board Dated : March 08, 2000 at 14:16:36 EST Subject: Re: SYSADM password : Environment: WIN NT/ORACLE 8.0.5 2 Tier & 3 Tier applications : On forgetting SYSADM password, I used Oracle to change SYSADM password. Then I used SYSADM to log into DataMover and ran the following script 'CHANGE_ACCESS_PASSWORD'. : Doing so 2-tier users are OK; however, 3-tier users (Web Clients) need to be logged into 2-tier first only then can they log in as Web Clients. I thought by using this new script 'CHANGE_ACCESS_PASSWORD' this problem was eliminated. : What is it that I am doing wrong? : Can you please give me a step by step answer to resolve this in the future? : Thanks The sysadm (access profile) password is also stored in the table PSOPRDEFN, this is the table that is checked against for 3-tier logins. The password is encrypted in this table, so you can re-set the password one of 2 ways. 1) At the DB level re-set password to original (you need to know what it originally was), then use "Security Administrator" in PeopleSoft to change the access profile password and this will re-set it at the DB level. 2) Using DataMover, on the PSOPRDEFN table, set encryption to 0, this will unencrypt all passwords, update accesspswd to new password where access profile = SYSADM, then set encryption level to 1, this will re-encrypt passwords. You will need to look up the exact syntax for doing this. ***************** End Of Article ****************** JUAN ARMANDO ARIAS posted Message 304 in Message Board Dated : March 09, 2000 at 17:14:19 EST Subject: Re: Process Scheduler and Oracle Backup automation : # : # Start procs. sched. for all running databases : # : # ****** Old Loops ****** : # : # : # : # ****** Old Loops ****** : # : # *** Clean up log files : # : rm /psoft/logs/startprcs.log : # : # *** Check for databases that are running : # : for i in `ps -ef | grep dbwr | grep 75 |grep -v fstp275| awk '{print $NF}' | sed : s/ora_dbwr_//` : do : echo $i >> /psoft/logs/startprcs.log : # : # *** Start Unix procs. sched. if not running : # : u=`echo $i | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'` : echo " case change from $i to $u" >> /psoft/logs/startprcs.log : if ! ps -ef | grep PSRUN | grep $u : then : echo " PSRUN_$u is not running" >> /psoft/logs/startprcs.log : /psoft/*/$i/scripts/startps.sh : else : echo " PSRUN_$u is already running" >> /psoft/logs/startprcs.log : fi : # : # *** Start NT procs. sched. : # : if [ -e /ssa1c/proc_sched_out/$i ] : then : echo "Starting NT process scheduler for $i" >> /psoft/logs/start : prcs.log : touch /ssa1c/proc_sched_out/*75*/${i}.start : fi : # : done : : ******************************* : it might differ depends upon the environment and way of thinking. But i do have this way. : : Venu. : ************************************ : : : Does anybody have a script that will stop the Process Scheduler and re-start it after the Oracle Backup is complete. Does it help to make Process Scheduler as a NT Servive. I have PS 7.5.2 and Oracle 8 running on a NT platform with logical 3-Tier? : : Thanks in advance!! ***************** End Of Article ****************** WHAT posted Message 305 in Message Board Dated : March 09, 2000 at 17:17:45 EST Subject: Re: Process Scheduler and Oracle Backup automation : # : # Start procs. sched. for all running databases : # : # ****** Old Loops ****** : # : # : # : # ****** Old Loops ****** : # : # *** Clean up log files : # : rm /psoft/logs/startprcs.log : # : # *** Check for databases that are running : # : for i in `ps -ef | grep dbwr | grep 75 |grep -v fstp275| awk '{print $NF}' | sed : s/ora_dbwr_//` : do : echo $i >> /psoft/logs/startprcs.log : # : # *** Start Unix procs. sched. if not running : # : u=`echo $i | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'` : echo " case change from $i to $u" >> /psoft/logs/startprcs.log : if ! ps -ef | grep PSRUN | grep $u : then : echo " PSRUN_$u is not running" >> /psoft/logs/startprcs.log : /psoft/*/$i/scripts/startps.sh : else : echo " PSRUN_$u is already running" >> /psoft/logs/startprcs.log : fi : # : # *** Start NT procs. sched. : # : if [ -e /ssa1c/proc_sched_out/$i ] : then : echo "Starting NT process scheduler for $i" >> /psoft/logs/start : prcs.log : touch /ssa1c/proc_sched_out/*75*/${i}.start : fi : # : done : : ******************************* : it might differ depends upon the environment and way of thinking. But i do have this way. : : Venu. : ************************************ : : : Does anybody have a script that will stop the Process Scheduler and re-start it after the Oracle Backup is complete. Does it help to make Process Scheduler as a NT Servive. I have PS 7.5.2 and Oracle 8 running on a NT platform with logical 3-Tier? : : Thanks in advance!! ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jon Wahlund posted Message 306 in Message Board Dated : March 10, 2000 at 16:14:38 EST Subject: Re: Multiple Configuration Files on Same PC Graham, Wouldn't mind seeing your handy work also. Is it possible to get a copy of your script? Thanks, Jon Wahlund Jon_Wahlund@Cargill.com ***************** End Of Article ****************** cindy posted Message 307 in Message Board Dated : March 15, 2000 at 14:24:06 EST Subject: Re: Citrix/NT Terminal Server/Web Client - which one to choose? : What is a perfect choice for remote access for a large company with sites all over the place? : 1. Citrix : 2. NT Terminal Server : 3. Web Client : Which one is best and why? Web Client is good, but will not necessarily give you full functionality. Can you wait for version 8 which is web enabled? If not, use Terminal Server AND Citrix. The TS client (RPC) is not robust across long distances and it has no load balancing functionality. Citrix (v. 1.8) rides on top of TS (it is NOT an independent product as v. 1.7 was), uses ICA which is very robust and you can purchase a load balancing module for increased performance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Deepak posted Message 308 in Message Board Dated : March 16, 2000 at 18:08:35 EST Subject: Access to PS tables HI, I am able to access all the tables through the Peoplesoft Application. But when I log on to the Oracle DB directly I cannot see the Peoplesoft tables. All the tables are owned by "sysadm". What should I do in order to access these tables ? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mark Livingstone posted Message 309 in Message Board Dated : March 17, 2000 at 11:17:55 EST Subject: Re: Access to PS tables Deepak, Yes, the tables are owned by SYSADM. When you logon to PeopleSoft, you are actually logging in as SYSADM behind the scenes. In order to see the PS tables via SQL*Plus you need to login as SYSADM and grant rights to all the tables to yuor UserID. The Oracle DBA should be able to grant you these rights. Good luck. Mark Livingstone DTI Mark_Livingstone@dtius.com (510) 580-3562 www.dtius.com : HI, : I am able to access all the tables through the Peoplesoft Application. But when I log on to the Oracle DB directly I cannot see the Peoplesoft tables. All the tables are owned by "sysadm". What should I do in order to access these tables ? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Deepak posted Message 310 in Message Board Dated : March 17, 2000 at 12:08:43 EST Subject: Re: Access to PS tables Thanks Mark for your input. But going a step further, How do I grant rights to all the developers to PS tables owned by sysadm. Is there any global way of doing it. Thanks. : Deepak, : Yes, the tables are owned by SYSADM. When you logon to PeopleSoft, you are actually logging in as SYSADM behind the scenes. In order to see the PS tables via SQL*Plus you need to login as SYSADM and grant rights to all the tables to yuor UserID. The Oracle DBA should be able to grant you these rights. : Good luck. : Mark Livingstone : DTI : Mark_Livingstone@dtius.com : (510) 580-3562 : www.dtius.com : : HI, : : I am able to access all the tables through the Peoplesoft Application. But when I log on to the Oracle DB directly I cannot see the Peoplesoft tables. All the tables are owned by "sysadm". What should I do in order to access these tables ? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mark Livingstone posted Message 311 in Message Board Dated : March 17, 2000 at 15:15:43 EST Subject: Re: Access to PS tables Deepak, Although I don't recomend it, you can GRANT ALL ON PS% TO PUBLIC. This will give the PS tables to all your users. But it will work. Good luck. Mark Livingstone DTI Mark_Livingstone@dtius.com (510) 580-3562 www.dtius.com : Thanks Mark for your input. : But going a step further, How do I grant rights to all the developers to PS tables owned by sysadm. : Is there any global way of doing it. : Thanks. : : Deepak, : : Yes, the tables are owned by SYSADM. When you logon to PeopleSoft, you are actually logging in as SYSADM behind the scenes. In order to see the PS tables via SQL*Plus you need to login as SYSADM and grant rights to all the tables to yuor UserID. The Oracle DBA should be able to grant you these rights. : : Good luck. : : Mark Livingstone : : DTI : : Mark_Livingstone@dtius.com : : (510) 580-3562 : : www.dtius.com : : : HI, : : : I am able to access all the tables through the Peoplesoft Application. But when I log on to the Oracle DB directly I cannot see the Peoplesoft tables. All the tables are owned by "sysadm". What should I do in order to access these tables ? ***************** End Of Article ****************** dls posted Message 312 in Message Board Dated : March 17, 2000 at 15:37:55 EST Subject: Re: Problem in Import Manager - Employee data : I am having problem in loading Employee data through Import Manager. : 1) First I loaded Personal_data : 2) Then , while trying to load job_data, it tries to fetch data and says fetch parameter (2) should be a row Id : : Please get more info how to load data , is there any sequence etc., : : Thanks : Pal ***************** End Of Article ****************** Srini posted Message 313 in Message Board Dated : March 17, 2000 at 18:39:54 EST Subject: Re: SYSADM password Hi, I think if you bounce your app server, it should solve your problem. regards, srini : : Environment: WIN NT/ORACLE 8.0.5 2 Tier & 3 Tier applications : : On forgetting SYSADM password, I used Oracle to change SYSADM password. Then I used SYSADM to log into DataMover and ran the following script 'CHANGE_ACCESS_PASSWORD'. : : Doing so 2-tier users are OK; however, 3-tier users (Web Clients) need to be logged into 2-tier first only then can they log in as Web Clients. I thought by using this new script 'CHANGE_ACCESS_PASSWORD' this problem was eliminated. : : What is it that I am doing wrong? : : Can you please give me a step by step answer to resolve this in the future? : : Thanks : The sysadm (access profile) password is also stored in the table PSOPRDEFN, this is the table that is checked against for 3-tier logins. The password is encrypted in this table, so you can re-set the password one of 2 ways. : 1) At the DB level re-set password to original (you need to know what it originally was), then use "Security Administrator" in PeopleSoft to change the access profile password and this will re-set it at the DB level. : 2) Using DataMover, on the PSOPRDEFN table, set encryption to 0, this will unencrypt all passwords, update accesspswd to new password where access profile = SYSADM, then set encryption level to 1, this will re-encrypt passwords. You will need to look up the exact syntax for doing this. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Brian posted Message 314 in Message Board Dated : March 22, 2000 at 04:46:33 EST Subject: Oracle-PeopleSoft Integration/interaction I am an experienced OCP Certified Oracle DBA (12 years +) but am new to PeopleSoft. Can anyone point me in the right direction for finding info on Oracle-peoplesoft integration? I have 101+ questions about this but some really nagging ones at the moment include... 1: How much does peoplesoft 'control' the traditional Oracle DBA activities? (I've worked Oracle/SAP and SAP tries to manage the DB in a proactive/imposing(!) sort of way) 2: Is there a supported version matrix (Oracle RDBMS vs PSoft) anywhere? 3: Does PeopleSoft supply any facilities for backup/recovery, Instance creation/configuration, tuning, monitoring, etc.. of the Oracle DB??? Sorry to hit this group with so many high-level questions but I can't find a decent source anywhere at the moment (I've seen references to www.slerp.com but this URL seems to have changed). Thanks in advance... Brian ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mike Dybis posted Message 315 in Message Board Dated : March 22, 2000 at 08:01:15 EST Subject: Re: Oracle-PeopleSoft Integration/interaction : I am an experienced OCP Certified Oracle DBA (12 years +) but am new to PeopleSoft. Can anyone point me in the right direction for finding info on Oracle-peoplesoft integration? I have 101+ questions about this but some really nagging ones at the moment include... : 1: How much does peoplesoft 'control' the traditional Oracle DBA activities? (I've worked Oracle/SAP and SAP tries to manage the DB in a proactive/imposing(!) sort of way) : 2: Is there a supported version matrix (Oracle RDBMS vs PSoft) anywhere? : 3: Does PeopleSoft supply any facilities for backup/recovery, Instance creation/configuration, tuning, monitoring, etc.. of the Oracle DB??? : Sorry to hit this group with so many high-level questions but I can't find a decent source anywhere at the moment (I've seen references to www.slerp.com but this URL seems to have changed). : Thanks in advance... : Brian Check out the website www.psora.com. This might help. There is a list of certified RDBMS for the PeopleSoft products on the PeopleSoft Customer Connection website. ***************** End Of Article ****************** brian posted Message 316 in Message Board Dated : March 22, 2000 at 10:23:55 EST Subject: Re: Oracle-PeopleSoft Integration/interaction : : I am an experienced OCP Certified Oracle DBA (12 years +) but am new to PeopleSoft. Can anyone point me in the right direction for finding info on Oracle-peoplesoft integration? I have 101+ questions about this but some really nagging ones at the moment include... : : 1: How much does peoplesoft 'control' the traditional Oracle DBA activities? (I've worked Oracle/SAP and SAP tries to manage the DB in a proactive/imposing(!) sort of way) : : 2: Is there a supported version matrix (Oracle RDBMS vs PSoft) anywhere? : : 3: Does PeopleSoft supply any facilities for backup/recovery, Instance creation/configuration, tuning, monitoring, etc.. of the Oracle DB??? : : Sorry to hit this group with so many high-level questions but I can't find a decent source anywhere at the moment (I've seen references to www.slerp.com but this URL seems to have changed). : : Thanks in advance... : : Brian : Check out the website www.psora.com. This might help. There is a list of certified RDBMS for the PeopleSoft products on the PeopleSoft Customer Connection website. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Brian posted Message 317 in Message Board Dated : March 22, 2000 at 10:25:32 EST Subject: Re: Oracle-PeopleSoft Integration/interaction : : : I am an experienced OCP Certified Oracle DBA (12 years +) but am new to PeopleSoft. Can anyone point me in the right direction for finding info on Oracle-peoplesoft integration? I have 101+ questions about this but some really nagging ones at the moment include... : : : 1: How much does peoplesoft 'control' the traditional Oracle DBA activities? (I've worked Oracle/SAP and SAP tries to manage the DB in a proactive/imposing(!) sort of way) : : : 2: Is there a supported version matrix (Oracle RDBMS vs PSoft) anywhere? : : : 3: Does PeopleSoft supply any facilities for backup/recovery, Instance creation/configuration, tuning, monitoring, etc.. of the Oracle DB??? : : : Sorry to hit this group with so many high-level questions but I can't find a decent source anywhere at the moment (I've seen references to www.slerp.com but this URL seems to have changed). : : : Thanks in advance... : : : Brian : : Check out the website www.psora.com. This might help. There is a list of certified RDBMS for the PeopleSoft products on the PeopleSoft Customer Connection website. Thanks for the link. www.psora.com looks promising. I haven't got access to Customer Connection yet (am hoping that it will answer most of my questions when I do!) Thanks again for responsing. ***************** End Of Article ****************** vg posted Message 318 in Message Board Dated : March 23, 2000 at 11:53:31 EST Subject: environmental variable, SQRDIR, not set I am getting this error but in the environment this variable has been declared and showing the right path. What was problem could be? any help would be greatly appreciated. Environment : ***************************************** _=/usr/bin/env LANG=en_US PS_SERVER_CFG=/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme/appserv/prcs/FTME/psprcs.cfg LOGIN=psoft NLSPATH=/usr/lib/nls/msg/%L/%N:/usr/lib/nls/msg/%L/%N.cat SHLIB_PATH=/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme/bin:/ssa2c/psoft/tuxedo/6.5/aix421/lib:/ssa2c /ora734/lib PATH=/usr/lpp/ssp/rcmd/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/usr/ bin/X11:/sbin:/usr/lpp/ssp/bin/:/usr/lpp/ssp/kerberos/bin:/bin:.:/ssa2c/psoft/sq r4.3.4/ora/bin:/ssa2c/psoft/tuxedo/6.5/aix421/bin:/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme/bin:/u sr/lib/cobol/bin:/ssa2c/psoft/scripts:/ssa2c/ora734/bin NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8ISO8859P1 SQRDIR=/ssa2c/psoft/sqr4.3.4/ora/bin PS_DB=ORA TUXCONFIG=/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme/appserv/FTME/PSTUXCFG TUXDIR=/ssa2c/psoft/tuxedo/6.5/aix421 LC__FASTMSG=true EDITOR=/usr/bin/vi COBPATH=/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme/cblbin LOGNAME=psoft MAIL=/usr/spool/mail/psoft COBDIR=/usr/lib/cobol LOCPATH=/usr/lib/nls/loc PS1=$ORACLE_SID:$PWD > USER=psoft AUTHSTATE=compat PS_PLT=AIX_4_2 PS_HOME=/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme SHELL=/bin/sh ODMDIR=/etc/objrepos PS_TUXDEV=/dev/null ORA_NLS32=/ssa2c/ora734/ocommon/nls/admin/data SQRFLAGS=-i/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme/sqr/ -m/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme/sqr/allmaxes.m ax HOME=/psoft LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme/bin:/ssa2c/psoft/tuxedo/6.5/aix421/lib:/ ssa2c/ora734/lib TERM=vt220 MAILMSG=[YOU HAVE NEW MAIL] ORACLE_HOME=/ssa2c/ora734 PWD=/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme TZ=EST5EDT PS_DBVER=7.3 A__z=! LOGNAME *********************************** Thanks and have a great day. VG ***************** End Of Article ****************** Murugan posted Message 319 in Message Board Dated : March 24, 2000 at 08:07:00 EST Subject: Mass Change I am trying to do mass change for change in department in PS Ver 7.5 HRMS Upto writing to the temp record it is fine. But it is not writing to Job. The mass change database agent gives error "Data buffer error-Verify query field mapping" Please suggest how to go about. Thanks =Pal ***************** End Of Article ****************** Sudhakar posted Message 320 in Message Board Dated : March 24, 2000 at 19:15:46 EST Subject: How to change MSSQL sa Password Hai , I was trying to change MSSQL70 sa password under People Soft7.5x, HRMS. I tried to run the scripts given by Peoplesoft using DATA MOVER.I could,nt succeed. update PSLOCK set OWNERID = 'sa'; update PSOPRDEFN set ACCESSID = 'sa', ACCESSPSWD = 'your sa password', OPERPSWD = '0000000000000000' where OPRTYPE = 0; update PSACCESSPRFL set ACCESSID = 'sa', ACCESSPSWD = 'your sa password', VERSION = 0, ENCRYPTED = 0; set log c:\temp\grant.log; grant_user *; encrypt_password *; What was I missing. Any help greatly appreciated Thank you ***************** End Of Article ****************** JAK posted Message 321 in Message Board Dated : March 25, 2000 at 03:08:34 EST Subject: PeopleSoft(Finance)-Maintenance Activities Can any one brief me about the various activities involved in peoplesoft maintenance projects (functional and Technical)? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dennis Gross posted Message 322 in Message Board Dated : March 27, 2000 at 13:48:10 EST Subject: Security We would like a user to be able to access information about all the users in her department, with the exception of her supervisor. What's the easiest way to do this? We can modify the panels using PeopleCode to cancel the panels when she tries to access her bosses EmployeeID, but this is not an elegent solution, and would get convoluted if we had to do this for several employees. Thanks, Dennis Gross ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jatin Mehta posted Message 323 in Message Board Dated : March 28, 2000 at 10:13:27 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft(Finance)-Maintenance Activities It is a long process, you cna send me an email in particular with module and version. I can definitely help you ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jon Wahlund posted Message 324 in Message Board Dated : March 28, 2000 at 13:49:19 EST Subject: Re: Urrgent---configuration of clients Do you have any setup documentation that goes with Citrix? I'm looking at using citrix at my location and would like to obtain documentation that helps with setup and configuration ***************** End Of Article ****************** Masj Crasj posted Message 325 in Message Board Dated : March 29, 2000 at 14:39:04 EST Subject: Check this out Check this website out: http://come.to/masj there's a MS Acces password cracker, a Win9X screensaver password cracker and a good encrypter. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Shaun T posted Message 326 in Message Board Dated : March 30, 2000 at 08:26:27 EST Subject: Re: Security Dennis, As you stated, the PeopleCode solution could present a problem down the road. My solution may not be feasible and is why you posted your question, but I would try to stay with PS delivered dept security and do the following: 1. Put the manager(s) in a separate department 2. Make appropriate changes in Tree Manager to add the new Dept 3. Go Admin HR System - Use - Maintain Data Security and modify accordingly. This will depend on where you add the dept w/in the Security Tree. We are currently doing this at my client site and it is working well. ST : We would like a user to be able to access information about all the users in her department, with the exception of her supervisor. What's the easiest way to do this? We can modify the panels using PeopleCode to cancel the panels when she tries to access her bosses EmployeeID, but this is not an elegent solution, and would get convoluted if we had to do this for several employees. : Thanks, : Dennis Gross ***************** End Of Article ****************** Melinda Nelsen-Loney posted Message 327 in Message Board Dated : March 30, 2000 at 13:36:31 EST Subject: Security Table Maintenance Although we are live with PeopleSoft, we are trying to determine the best person to fulfill the role of maintaining the security table. Currently, IT partners with other staff to maintain the table. Our setup is such that we have two functional groups performing HR-/PR-related tasks. Policy development, procedure, etc. resides in HR; day-to-day processes (enrollment, new hire, term, etc) resides in an Employee Service Center. I've only experienced a culture where this role resided in HR with an HRIS Analyst. Any ideas or practices out there that might help us reach a decision? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Gregory posted Message 328 in Message Board Dated : March 31, 2000 at 02:27:52 EST Subject: Security I have a client who wants to base its security on datas. For example a person of team member recruitement can't access to datas of enginner recruiter, specially salary datas. Is there a solution? Thanks for all. Gregory ***************** End Of Article ****************** Shaun T posted Message 329 in Message Board Dated : March 31, 2000 at 06:54:11 EST Subject: Re: Security Table Maintenance Melinda, In my experience, it has always been HR's responsibility to maintain security. With your setup, HR (as opposed to the ESC) sounds like the correct fit. IT should never be responsible for maintaining data (e.g. tables, etc.). They should be responsible for the infrastructure, and, if in the course of solving a problem, determine there is a problem with data (e.g. Security access, etc), they should forward a request to HR. Also, HR is traditionally viewed as the owners of the data; thus they know best whom to grant access to. Finally, I would only allow a few higher lever HR people the ability to change security. Else, it can quickly become a management nightmare. Good luck! Shaun : Although we are live with PeopleSoft, we are trying to determine the best person to fulfill the role of maintaining the security table. Currently, IT partners with other staff to maintain the table. : Our setup is such that we have two functional groups performing HR-/PR-related tasks. Policy development, procedure, etc. resides in HR; day-to-day processes (enrollment, new hire, term, etc) resides in an Employee Service Center. I've only experienced a culture where this role resided in HR with an HRIS Analyst. : Any ideas or practices out there that might help us reach a decision? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jim Kennedy posted Message 330 in Message Board Dated : April 01, 2000 at 11:45:06 EST Subject: Re: Oracle-PeopleSoft Integration/interaction : : : : I am an experienced OCP Certified Oracle DBA (12 years +) but am new to PeopleSoft. Can anyone point me in the right direction for finding info on Oracle-peoplesoft integration? I have 101+ questions about this but some really nagging ones at the moment include... : : : : 1: How much does peoplesoft 'control' the traditional Oracle DBA activities? (I've worked Oracle/SAP and SAP tries to manage the DB in a proactive/imposing(!) sort of way) Oracle is still in control of most things. There are a few things you have to be careful of. For example, you will want to set your DDL parameters (initial, next, maxextents, etc.) through the front end tools, because if you set it on the backend and a developer adds a column to a table PeopleSoft will recreate it with the defualt values. Also, you may need to ensure that users are assigned the correct permanent and temporary tablespaces after creating them in PeopleSoft. Just a few annoying things that you will come across but nothing too major. : : : : 2: Is there a supported version matrix (Oracle RDBMS vs PSoft) anywhere? There is a published "Software and Hardware Requirements Guide" that has exactly what you are looking for. : : : : 3: Does PeopleSoft supply any facilities for backup/recovery, Instance creation/configuration, tuning, monitoring, etc.. of the Oracle DB??? Backup/recovery, tuning, monitoring -> No, no, and no Instance creation -> Yes, there are a set of delivered scripts that will create the Oracle database for you. : : : : Sorry to hit this group with so many high-level questions but I can't find a decent source anywhere at the moment (I've seen references to www.slerp.com but this URL seems to have changed). : : : : Thanks in advance... : : : : Brian : : : Check out the website www.psora.com. This might help. There is a list of certified RDBMS for the PeopleSoft products on the PeopleSoft Customer Connection website. : Thanks for the link. : www.psora.com looks promising. : I haven't got access to Customer Connection yet (am hoping that it will answer most of my questions when I do!) : Thanks again for responsing. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jim Kennedy posted Message 331 in Message Board Dated : April 01, 2000 at 11:51:51 EST Subject: Re: Security : I have a client who wants to base its security on datas. For example a person of team member recruitement can't access to datas of enginner recruiter, specially salary datas. Is there a solution? : Thanks for all. : Gregory Sounds like you need to use row-level security. I don't have too much experience with this, but I know PeopleSoft provides the functionality. Basically, you will have a setid as part of table and you can restrict access to see the row based on the value of the setid. For example, all people in group 1 can only see rows of data with setid 1 and all people in group 2 can only see rows with setid 2. ***************** End Of Article ****************** W. Breitling posted Message 332 in Message Board Dated : April 05, 2000 at 01:17:59 EST Subject: Re: Access to PS tables : Thanks Mark for your input. : But going a step further, How do I grant rights to all the developers to PS tables owned by sysadm. : Is there any global way of doing it. The proper way to do it would be to create a role - actually Peoplesoft already creates two roles, psuser and psadmin - e.g. psdev and grant the necessary access (select, insert,update, delete - or all for short) for each table to the role. To give someone access to the tables, you just grant them the role. And revoke it if they no longer need it. ***************** End Of Article ****************** uzm posted Message 333 in Message Board Dated : April 05, 2000 at 12:04:20 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft Administrator training question : I've been asked to be the administrator for initially three PeopleSoft packages; Purchasing, AP & AM. The education book lists the training PeopleSoft recommends. What do you who are already administrators recommend? Thanks in advance for your input. : Douglas ***************** End Of Article ****************** uzm posted Message 334 in Message Board Dated : April 05, 2000 at 12:06:45 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft Administrator training question oops. anyway... training for the DB platform Data Management Tools SQR/SQL training maybe Upgrade specialty training if available ***************** End Of Article ****************** uzm posted Message 335 in Message Board Dated : April 05, 2000 at 12:14:38 EST Subject: Re: Stat! tools for versioning PS objects MBR Technologies has been bought by Quest Software. yes, the owners of TOAD. Stat! has good potential and relies somewhat on the proper maintenance, documentation, and stamping of the PS database. It is a highly integrated work management tool that has many upcoming/and implemented peoplesoft object handling features. I was involved in some work at MBR. ***************** End Of Article ****************** kcrowley posted Message 336 in Message Board Dated : April 06, 2000 at 13:32:22 EST Subject: tracking users into PeopleSoft Does anyone know if there is an Oracle table or view which i could use to track the operating system user into the PeopleSoft database. Specifically, i'd like to write a trigger in Oracle that checks to see who the person that initiated a transaction is, and then do some behavior if it's a targeted user. In most views all i would normally see is "psoft". This would need to work in 3-tier , as i'm tracking a MessageAgent user. thanks, Kurt ***************** End Of Article ****************** Nicks posted Message 337 in Message Board Dated : April 06, 2000 at 13:48:54 EST Subject: Row Level Security Hi, Can somebody help me out in developing Row Level Security process. Thanks in advance Nicks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mark Livingstone posted Message 338 in Message Board Dated : April 06, 2000 at 16:09:28 EST Subject: Re: Row Level Security What type of information are you looking for? Are you looking on how to break down your personnel and dept access? Give me some more information on what you are looking for and I can see how I can assist you. Good luck, Mark Livingstone DTI Mark_Livingstone@dtius.com : Hi, : Can somebody help me out in developing Row Level Security process. : Thanks in advance : Nicks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Melinda Nelsen-Loney posted Message 339 in Message Board Dated : April 06, 2000 at 20:15:15 EST Subject: Correction Mode I'd like to get some feedback from users regarding correction mode. 1. Under what guidelines do you determine to use correction mode vs. fixing a problem in a manner other than correction so that history is created? 2. Are you following a strict rule as to whether pay has been generated on the incorrect data in deciding whether or not to use correction? 3. How are you documenting use of correction? 4. In whose capable hands do you allow correction mode? Thanks for taking time to reply! ***************** End Of Article ****************** Sathish posted Message 340 in Message Board Dated : April 11, 2000 at 11:38:37 EST Subject: Re: How to change MSSQL sa Password 1. You got to run the script in Datamover (I assume you did!) 2. You gotta replace 'your sa password' in the script with the new password you wanna set (I assume you did!) 3. You have to do this for each and every Peoplesoft database you have in MS-SQL Server (like PROD, DMO, PROD_CPY, etc.) Just running the script against one db does not help! Sathish : Hai , : I was trying to change MSSQL70 sa password under People Soft7.5x, HRMS. I tried to run the scripts given by Peoplesoft using DATA MOVER.I could,nt succeed. : update PSLOCK set OWNERID = 'sa'; : update PSOPRDEFN set ACCESSID = 'sa', ACCESSPSWD = 'your sa password', OPERPSWD = '0000000000000000' where OPRTYPE = 0; : update PSACCESSPRFL set ACCESSID = 'sa', ACCESSPSWD = 'your sa password', VERSION = 0, ENCRYPTED = 0; : set log c:\temp\grant.log; : grant_user *; : encrypt_password *; : What was I missing. : Any help greatly appreciated : Thank you : : ***************** End Of Article ****************** Ramesh Cheedalla posted Message 341 in Message Board Dated : April 11, 2000 at 13:47:36 EST Subject: config file Hi, I need an advice in preventing the users to change the config file when they log in as PS into peoplesoft. They shouldn't be able to touch the config file. Is there any way to do this?please get back to me. thanks in advance, ramesh ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mike posted Message 342 in Message Board Dated : April 11, 2000 at 15:03:21 EST Subject: Re: config file Ramesh, The only way I know how to do this is to remove (or rename) pscfg.exe from bin\client\winx86. Upon attempting to select Edit - Preferences - Configuration, the user will get an error "Windows failed to start program PSCFG.EXE ...". Its not pretty, but it works. If anyone knows a cleaner way, please advise. Mike : Hi, : I need an advice in preventing the users to change the config file when they log in as PS into peoplesoft. They shouldn't be able to touch the config file. Is there any way to do this?please get back to me. : thanks in advance, : ramesh ***************** End Of Article ****************** psinfo posted Message 343 in Message Board Dated : April 11, 2000 at 21:06:32 EST Subject: Re: tracking users into PeopleSoft It's not possible to track 3-tier logins from Oracle. You must use the Tuxedo Monitor or command line tools to view 3-tier users. Psora.com The premier site for PeopleSoft Professionals Free Tips, Scripts, Code and more! : Does anyone know if there is an Oracle table or view which i could use to track the operating system user into the PeopleSoft database. Specifically, i'd like to write a trigger in Oracle that checks to see who the person that initiated a transaction is, and then do some behavior if it's a targeted user. In most views all i would normally see is "psoft". This would need to work in 3-tier , as i'm tracking a MessageAgent user. : thanks, : Kurt ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mark S posted Message 344 in Message Board Dated : April 12, 2000 at 07:32:41 EST Subject: Re: Data-only refresh of test instances : Hi Folks - : We are trying to create a process to refresh only the data of our test instances. (IE, we want all the setup information to stay the same, but refresh the data itself if (for example) a test deletes too many rows by mistake.) Right now a full export/import cycle means that a tester is stuck spending hours reseting all the setup information to the correct configuration, leaving a lot more room for human error and taking up a lot of time. : I'm having no luck finding any reference material on which tables contain the setup data and which are data tables. Some are obvious, but given the number of tables shortcuts are almost required. : Any pointers to reference materials, your list of tables for doing something similar or other starting points would be extremly helpful! : Thanks in advance! : Becki ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mark Saucier posted Message 345 in Message Board Dated : April 12, 2000 at 07:42:43 EST Subject: Re: Data-only refresh of test instances I have a listing of the configuration (setup tables) for Finacials 7.52. You could take this list and to find what are the data tables. This is the method I used to get this listing. I started with a fresh install, then migrated all the custom objects, then trees etc. Then the configuration started and when it was over I ran a script to tell me which table had more that one row. From there I excluded the tools tables and this would give me listing of the peoplesoft configuration for my company. So I created a datamover export and import scripts. So when I need to setup a new training or dev I can easily do so. The only issue I have had was with application engine tables so you may want to include them back. send me an email if you are interested in the table listing. : Hi Folks - : We are trying to create a process to refresh only the data of our test instances. (IE, we want all the setup information to stay the same, but refresh the data itself if (for example) a test deletes too many rows by mistake.) Right now a full export/import cycle means that a tester is stuck spending hours reseting all the setup information to the correct configuration, leaving a lot more room for human error and taking up a lot of time. : I'm having no luck finding any reference material on which tables contain the setup data and which are data tables. Some are obvious, but given the number of tables shortcuts are almost required. : Any pointers to reference materials, your list of tables for doing something similar or other starting points would be extremly helpful! : Thanks in advance! : Becki ***************** End Of Article ****************** Pradeep posted Message 346 in Message Board Dated : April 12, 2000 at 12:12:03 EST Subject: Tax Updates Hey, Can somebody post here or email me the the necessary steps required to perform a tax update. Any information would be much appreciated. Thanks Pradeep ***************** End Of Article ****************** Phil Morgan posted Message 347 in Message Board Dated : April 12, 2000 at 15:55:53 EST Subject: Re: SYSADM password * I have a test database that was refreshed from production * I could get in using VP1 but using Security Admin I could not change the SYSADM password * I could however log in to Data Mover using SYSADM * I ran CHANGE_ACCESS_PASSWORD SYSADM new-pswd; * Now I cannot log in to PS using VP1 * I found your posting but I cannot find out how to un-encrypt the passwords, I have printed off the Data Mover manual from PeopleBooks but it doesn't tell me * Can you give me the syntax? Also: * A posting on Customer Connection mentions you should run the following script: CHANGE_ACCESS_PASSWORD SYSADM oldpassword; GRANT_USER *; * My question is what if you don't know the oldpassword? * Is the GRANT_USER *; command necessary? Thanks, Phil : The sysadm (access profile) password is also stored in the table PSOPRDEFN, this is the table that is checked against for 3-tier logins. The password is encrypted in this table, so you can re-set the password one of 2 ways. : 1) At the DB level re-set password to original (you need to know what it originally was), then use "Security Administrator" in PeopleSoft to change the access profile password and this will re-set it at the DB level. : 2) Using DataMover, on the PSOPRDEFN table, set encryption to 0, this will unencrypt all passwords, update accesspswd to new password where access profile = SYSADM, then set encryption level to 1, this will re-encrypt passwords. You will need to look up the exact syntax for doing this. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Nicks posted Message 348 in Message Board Dated : April 13, 2000 at 14:28:00 EST Subject: Re: Row Level Security I would like to break down based on depts in financials. Thanks : What type of information are you looking for? Are you looking on how to break down your personnel and dept access? Give me some more information on what you are looking for and I can see how I can assist you. : Good luck, : Mark Livingstone : DTI : Mark_Livingstone@dtius.com : : Hi, : : Can somebody help me out in developing Row Level Security process. : : Thanks in advance : : Nicks ***************** End Of Article ****************** roussel posted Message 349 in Message Board Dated : April 17, 2000 at 10:12:45 EST Subject: metaframe and wtse When I launch mfadmin or appcfg, the message is "acces violation (0xC0000005) Adress 0X777deb35. The config is WTSE SP5 and METAFRAME 1.8 SP1 in french. Thanks to help me ! ***************** End Of Article ****************** Chris Priest posted Message 350 in Message Board Dated : April 18, 2000 at 06:13:19 EST Subject: Initialization prob after upgrade (Add to PATH OK ) Hi there, After a recent upgrade from 7.56 to 7.58, one of our domains will not restart. It gets the server initialization errors. I have checked the Add to Path variable and it is OK. There are a number of domains and the only one that does not come up is the one that was reconfigured. It is only the processes that make reference to psappsrv.cfg that are failing. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Kind Regards Chris Priest ***************** End Of Article ****************** Ramesh Cheedalla posted Message 351 in Message Board Dated : April 18, 2000 at 15:19:45 EST Subject: Peoplesoft Administration How can I prevent the users not changing the config file when they log into peoplesoft as PS? The response is really appreciated. thanks in advance, ramesh ***************** End Of Article ****************** ramesh Cheedalla posted Message 352 in Message Board Dated : April 18, 2000 at 15:33:01 EST Subject: App Server config file Hi, I am sorry the erliar posted message is wrong. How can I prevent the users not to change the App Server config file? Response is really appreciated. thanks in advance, ramesh ***************** End Of Article ****************** Gregory posted Message 353 in Message Board Dated : April 19, 2000 at 03:33:24 EST Subject: Re: Peoplesoft Administration In configuration manager, you can forbide a user to modify the configuration file. Just uncheck the box in Start Panel. Greg. : How can I prevent the users not changing the config file when they log into peoplesoft as PS? The response is really appreciated. : thanks in advance, : ramesh ***************** End Of Article ****************** Gregory posted Message 354 in Message Board Dated : April 19, 2000 at 03:34:45 EST Subject: Re: App Server config file Same response as hereunder. Greg : Hi, : I am sorry the erliar posted message is wrong. : How can I prevent the users not to change the App Server config file? Response is really appreciated. : thanks in advance, : ramesh ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mick posted Message 355 in Message Board Dated : April 19, 2000 at 06:45:52 EST Subject: PS 7.5 & Windows 2000 Does anyone have experience of using Peoplesoft 7.5 (Financials) on a Windows 2000 platform? We are about to install and want to go the Win2000 route for all tiers but PS say that certification is only slated for Q3 this year! Are all PS resources given over to version 8 development or are there problems? Thanks in advance!! ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mike posted Message 356 in Message Board Dated : April 19, 2000 at 06:45:52 EST Subject: Re: App Server config file Note though that this only removes the shortcut to Config Manager; the actual executable still exists on the client. Thus, for savy users who got hunting for .exe files, they still can execute config.exe in \bin\client\winx86. If this is a problem, you will need to remove config.exe. Mike : Same response as hereunder. : Greg : : Hi, : : I am sorry the erliar posted message is wrong. : : How can I prevent the users not to change the App Server config file? Response is really appreciated. : : thanks in advance, : : ramesh ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mike posted Message 357 in Message Board Dated : April 19, 2000 at 09:12:56 EST Subject: Re: App Server config file Hi Mike, Thanks for your response. Is there any way to hide the config file on the App server when users log into psft? please get back to me. thanks in advance, ramesh : Note though that this only removes the shortcut to Config Manager; the actual executable still exists on the client. Thus, for savy users who got hunting for .exe files, they still can execute config.exe in \bin\client\winx86. If this is a problem, you will need to remove config.exe. : Mike : : Same response as hereunder. : : Greg : : : Hi, : : : I am sorry the erliar posted message is wrong. : : : How can I prevent the users not to change the App Server config file? Response is really appreciated. : : : thanks in advance, : : : ramesh ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jon Wahlund posted Message 358 in Message Board Dated : April 19, 2000 at 11:22:33 EST Subject: Stat Has anyone implemented the Stat change control software from Quest? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jon ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mike posted Message 359 in Message Board Dated : April 20, 2000 at 06:42:41 EST Subject: Re: App Server config file Ramesh, I have not had to do this via the App Server. If the users don't need access to Config Mgr, why not remove the file and only allow administrators to have it on their client? Mike : Hi Mike, : Thanks for your response. Is there any way to hide the config file on the App server when users log into psft? please get back to me. : thanks in advance, : ramesh : : : Note though that this only removes the shortcut to Config Manager; the actual executable still exists on the client. Thus, for savy users who got hunting for .exe files, they still can execute config.exe in \bin\client\winx86. If this is a problem, you will need to remove config.exe. : : Mike : : : Same response as hereunder. : : : Greg : : : : Hi, : : : : I am sorry the erliar posted message is wrong. : : : : How can I prevent the users not to change the App Server config file? Response is really appreciated. : : : : thanks in advance, : : : : ramesh ***************** End Of Article ****************** Alick Zheng posted Message 360 in Message Board Dated : April 21, 2000 at 00:59:13 EST Subject: Installation: Data Mover run sucessful but NO table found in Oracle 8i Database Hi my friends, I'm trying to install Peoplesoft on Oracle8i/NT. When I run the Data Mover Script to import the SYS database, I can saw tables were successfully imported, but I couldn't find any table in the Database! Then I tried just to import PSLOCK. It's successful too, but even after I exitted Data Mover, the PSLOCK still didn't exist. What's the problem? ***************** End Of Article ****************** ben posted Message 361 in Message Board Dated : April 24, 2000 at 13:20:46 EST Subject: Panel Compare: SYBASE My panel compare process keep bombing about 1/3 of the way trhough processing. All other compare reports ran fine and even fast. I did see where there were probelms with this compare under PTools 7.02 with resources. We have tried the steps in Res ID 44053. I am thinking that I can do a project compare of all panels but, how do I populate the project with new panels that need to be upgrade-copied? thanks, Ben PTools 7.58 SYBASE 11.92 ***************** End Of Article ****************** Ben posted Message 362 in Message Board Dated : April 24, 2000 at 13:25:40 EST Subject: Re: Tax Updates tax updates come with their own instructions. they are generally applied in a specific order and similar to applying fixes. one difference is that panels may need to be manually added/changed/deleted to accomodate new fields that appear on revised tax forms. : Hey, Can somebody post here or email me the the necessary steps required to perform a tax update. : Any information would be much appreciated. : Thanks : Pradeep ***************** End Of Article ****************** ben posted Message 363 in Message Board Dated : April 24, 2000 at 13:30:39 EST Subject: Re: Installation: Data Mover run sucessful but NO table found in Oracle 8i Database make sure you are using the correct account against your database. : Hi my friends, : I'm trying to install Peoplesoft on Oracle8i/NT. When I run the Data Mover Script to import the SYS database, I can saw tables were successfully imported, but I couldn't find any table in the Database! Then I tried just to import PSLOCK. It's successful too, but even after I exitted Data Mover, the PSLOCK still didn't exist. What's the problem? ***************** End Of Article ****************** YYR posted Message 364 in Message Board Dated : April 24, 2000 at 14:07:56 EST Subject: Re: environmental variable, SQRDIR, not set If you are getting ORA-12705: invalid or unknown NLS parameter value specified, You can fix this problem by setting NLS_LANG Environment variable to US7ACII This is located on psconfig.sh file NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.US7ASCII;export NLS_LANG $ echo $NLS_LANG AMERICAN_AMERICA.US7ASCII $ Hopr this may fix your problem. YYR : I am getting this error but in the environment this variable has been declared and showing the right path. What was problem could be? : any help would be greatly appreciated. : Environment : : ***************************************** : _=/usr/bin/env : LANG=en_US : PS_SERVER_CFG=/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme/appserv/prcs/FTME/psprcs.cfg : LOGIN=psoft : NLSPATH=/usr/lib/nls/msg/%L/%N:/usr/lib/nls/msg/%L/%N.cat : SHLIB_PATH=/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme/bin:/ssa2c/psoft/tuxedo/6.5/aix421/lib:/ssa2c : /ora734/lib : PATH=/usr/lpp/ssp/rcmd/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/usr/ : bin/X11:/sbin:/usr/lpp/ssp/bin/:/usr/lpp/ssp/kerberos/bin:/bin:.:/ssa2c/psoft/sq : r4.3.4/ora/bin:/ssa2c/psoft/tuxedo/6.5/aix421/bin:/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme/bin:/u : sr/lib/cobol/bin:/ssa2c/psoft/scripts:/ssa2c/ora734/bin : NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8ISO8859P1 : SQRDIR=/ssa2c/psoft/sqr4.3.4/ora/bin : PS_DB=ORA : TUXCONFIG=/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme/appserv/FTME/PSTUXCFG : TUXDIR=/ssa2c/psoft/tuxedo/6.5/aix421 : LC__FASTMSG=true : EDITOR=/usr/bin/vi : COBPATH=/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme/cblbin : LOGNAME=psoft : MAIL=/usr/spool/mail/psoft : COBDIR=/usr/lib/cobol : LOCPATH=/usr/lib/nls/loc : PS1=$ORACLE_SID:$PWD > : USER=psoft : AUTHSTATE=compat : PS_PLT=AIX_4_2 : PS_HOME=/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme : SHELL=/bin/sh : ODMDIR=/etc/objrepos : PS_TUXDEV=/dev/null : ORA_NLS32=/ssa2c/ora734/ocommon/nls/admin/data : SQRFLAGS=-i/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme/sqr/ -m/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme/sqr/allmaxes.m : ax : HOME=/psoft : LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme/bin:/ssa2c/psoft/tuxedo/6.5/aix421/lib:/ : ssa2c/ora734/lib : TERM=vt220 : MAILMSG=[YOU HAVE NEW MAIL] : ORACLE_HOME=/ssa2c/ora734 : PWD=/ssa2c/psoft/fs752/ftme : TZ=EST5EDT : PS_DBVER=7.3 : A__z=! LOGNAME : : *********************************** : Thanks and have a great day. : VG ***************** End Of Article ****************** Ramesh Cheedalla posted Message 365 in Message Board Dated : April 25, 2000 at 09:12:13 EST Subject: Help Doesn't work Hi, The Help isn't working if I press F1 or through help menu. It isn't working on any of my databases. I checked the configuration manager. please provide me an advice to resolve this problem. thanks in advance, ramesh ***************** End Of Article ****************** mike posted Message 366 in Message Board Dated : April 26, 2000 at 06:49:03 EST Subject: Re: Help Doesn't work Ramesh, Not sure what you checked in config manager, but you should confirm the following: o Verify that the paths are correct for NFO Files Path and PeopleBooks Viewer. o Verify that the search order has all applicable PeopleBooks listed o Check Autoexec.bat and ensure that the location for PSBOOKS\FOLIO is in the Path statement. If not, add it and reboot. Mike : Hi, : The Help isn't working if I press F1 or through help menu. It isn't working on any of my databases. I checked the configuration manager. please provide me an advice to resolve this problem. : thanks in advance, : ramesh ***************** End Of Article ****************** Stephen Dorward posted Message 367 in Message Board Dated : April 27, 2000 at 10:20:27 EST Subject: ABEND Code EC6 whilst running SQR V4.1.7 under OS390 I am attempting to run a large customised SQR running against SQR V4.1.7 under OS390. We are recieving a SYSTEM ABEND CODE EC6 REASON CODE 0000FD1D PSW 070C400091F1333A ASIDS: HOME JMRSEP6 LSCX041 **** ERROR **** ABEND occurred in line 85 of SQR0291(SQR0291),offset 000070 Program terminated by operating system. ABEND code = SEC6 A non-C or system routine was running at the time of ABEND Calling trace: Function Line Offset Context SQR0291(SQR0291) 85 000070 SQR0276(SQR0021) 375 000184 . . previous line repeated 4 times . SQR0276(SQR0021) 375 000184 SQR0485(GETPID) 400 0006D2 SQR_COMM(MAIN) 1792 000DA4 MAIN(MAIN) 985 0001F0 We have traced to a problem with the SQR hitting our DB2 CPU Resource Limit, but the ABEND CODE EC6 shows up in IBM documentation as a problem calling UNIX System Services. Has anyone else encountered a problem where the message returned by SQR is not what should be returned. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Ramesh Cheedalla posted Message 368 in Message Board Dated : May 04, 2000 at 08:54:25 EST Subject: moving backup copy from database to another Hi, I got a backup copy of database on one box and need to move this to a another database which is on the other box. In my scenario got daily backup of HCON database on HDEV server and need to move this to HRQA which is on the QA server. please provide me the steps to do this. response is really appreciated. My peoplesoft application is ver 7. thanks in advance, ramesh ***************** End Of Article ****************** Santhosh posted Message 369 in Message Board Dated : May 05, 2000 at 06:42:51 EST Subject: Data Mover Hi, I want to copy some of the tables in PS database to another database. Can I do this using DataMover. Is so how can it be done. Can you give an example script. TIA Santhosh. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mark Livingstone posted Message 370 in Message Board Dated : May 05, 2000 at 11:08:53 EST Subject: Re: Data Mover Santhosh, Yes, Datamover will work well. Here's an example of exporting JOB rows where the emplid starts with a 7 and then importing it. Export File: ------------------- SET LOG C:\TEMP\JOB_EXPORT_FILE.LOG SET OUTPUT C:\TEMP\JOB_EXPORT_FILE.DAT EXPORT JOB WHERE EMPLID LIKE '7%'; Import File: ------------------- SET LOG C:\TEMP\JOB_EXPORT_FILE.LOG SET INPUT C:\TEMP\JOB_EXPORT_FILE.DAT IMPORT *; Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any difficulty. Mark Livingstone DTI Mark_Livingstone@dtius.com : Hi, : I want to copy some of the tables in PS database to another : database. Can I do this using DataMover. Is so how can it be done. Can you give an example script. : TIA : Santhosh. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Rajshekhar posted Message 371 in Message Board Dated : May 08, 2000 at 08:38:02 EST Subject: Moving data from one database to another database Hi, We would like to move all the data from a Database to another database on a different server. Database structure is same on both the servers. But database name is different. It should be exact replica of the other database. Any suggestion appretiated. Thanks Rajshekhar & Ranvijay ***************** End Of Article ****************** psadmin posted Message 372 in Message Board Dated : May 11, 2000 at 09:42:11 EST Subject: Re: Moving data from one database to another database This is a very difficult question to answer when you don't provide information on what the database platform is. Please provide the DBMS platform, Oracle, Informix, SQLServer...etc. : Hi, : We would like to move all the data from a Database to another database on a different server. Database structure is same on both the servers. But database name is different. : It should be exact replica of the other database. Any suggestion appretiated. : Thanks : Rajshekhar & Ranvijay ***************** End Of Article ****************** Lance Francis posted Message 373 in Message Board Dated : May 11, 2000 at 15:18:45 EST Subject: Folio 4.2 error We installed the PeopleBooks for PS 7.6. This upgraded our Folio software from version 4.1 to 4.2 Running psbooks.exe works fine; in the PS application however, under Help if PeopleBooks is clicked on, the error message: "unable to find desination '[destination Home_PT]'" comes up. Clicking 'ok', PeopleBooks runs fine. The configuration manager is pointing to the correct locations... THanks! Lance ***************** End Of Article ****************** stephan.dediego@key-line.com posted Message 374 in Message Board Dated : May 12, 2000 at 17:04:23 EST Subject: SQR programmers required (Switzerland) Dears, Key-Line AG is a Swiss IT consulting company, founded in 1985. We are currently looking for up to 5 SQR programmers for a project in Switzerland, begin (as always -----> as soon as possible [meaning in 4 to 6 weeks after all permissions are available]), duration 1 year. Can you help us? If yes, what are your conditions? Can you send me some CV's of possible candidates? Kind regards, Stephan de Diego ***************** End Of Article ****************** utkarsh posted Message 375 in Message Board Dated : May 15, 2000 at 21:31:40 EST Subject: Re: moving backup copy from database to another you didn't tell anything about database.Which database(RDBMS) are you using ? : Hi, : I got a backup copy of database on one box and need to move this to a another database which is on the other box. : In my scenario got daily backup of HCON database on HDEV server and need to move this to HRQA which is on the QA server. please provide me the steps to do this. response is really appreciated. : My peoplesoft application is ver 7. : thanks in advance, : ramesh ***************** End Of Article ****************** Kiran posted Message 376 in Message Board Dated : May 16, 2000 at 16:35:37 EST Subject: Unable to redirect App Engine Logs to different directory We have Oracle 7.3 and peopletools 7.02. I am unable to change the directory where application engine log is saved. The default directory is bin. I would like to redirect the *.aet (application engine log) to some other directory. I found a fix in peoplesoft web site, this was to change the definition of Application engine in process scheduler (temp directory). This does not work for us. If anybody has encountered the same problem, let me know ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jon posted Message 377 in Message Board Dated : May 17, 2000 at 11:32:15 EST Subject: Tax Updates Looking for someone who would discuss the details involved with applying Tax Updates. I just have a few questions regarding the process. Send me an email if your willing. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Tom posted Message 378 in Message Board Dated : May 24, 2000 at 07:20:17 EST Subject: PeopleSoft 7.52 to 7.53 I am looking for information on upgrading from 7.52 to 7.53. What are some of the pitfalls. Were the efforts the same as a full version upgrade. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Deepak posted Message 379 in Message Board Dated : May 25, 2000 at 09:15:09 EST Subject: Configuration Manager - Online Help Though I have had the right options set in the configuration manager for online help, it doesn't work through the application. Thanks in advance for any solution. ***************** End Of Article ****************** JORGE DOMINGUEZ posted Message 380 in Message Board Dated : May 31, 2000 at 12:29:44 EST Subject: Re: Configuration Manager - Online Help : Though I have had the right options set in the configuration manager for online help, it doesn't work through the application. : Thanks in advance for any solution. After define the files path, have you presed the "Update..." button??? Check it. Regards ***************** End Of Article ****************** Tim posted Message 381 in Message Board Dated : June 03, 2000 at 11:25:10 EST Subject: Re: Help Doesn't work : Hi, : The Help isn't working if I press F1 or through help menu. It isn't working on any of my databases. I checked the configuration manager. please provide me an advice to resolve this problem. : thanks in advance, : rames Using regedit, open the HKEY_CURRENT_USER key. Open Software\PeopleSoft\Release7.5\PeopleBooks key. Check the opener entry, and make sure that's a valid path. Just a thought. Tim ***************** End Of Article ****************** Yang Guan posted Message 382 in Message Board Dated : June 11, 2000 at 23:17:45 EST Subject: Re: Stat : Has anyone implemented the Stat change control software from Quest? Any information would be greatly appreciated. : Thanks, : Jon ***************** End Of Article ****************** Merle Jones posted Message 383 in Message Board Dated : June 12, 2000 at 17:50:08 EST Subject: process scheduler and unix Can I set up and run a unix shell scipt from within Process Scheduler? Thanks, Merle ***************** End Of Article ****************** Pawan posted Message 384 in Message Board Dated : June 14, 2000 at 10:34:47 EST Subject: PS/nVision was unable to initiate When we navigate to nVision we are getting this error from only one workstation client. In all the other workstations I could navigate properly. "PS/nVision was unable to initiate a DDE conversation with Microsoft Excel." Please Help. Thanks in advance. Pawan ***************** End Of Article ****************** Doogie Young, DBA posted Message 385 in Message Board Dated : June 15, 2000 at 09:47:22 EST Subject: Re: process scheduler and unix To run a unix shell script from Process Scheduler: 1) Create a new process type in Application Designer e.g. Description = Unix Shell Script Generic Process Type = Other Command Line = prcs_sh 2) Create a new process definition in Application Designer and associate it with the process type above e.g. Process Name = ABCDEF Process Type = Unix Shell Script Process Class = Programs Server Name = PSUNX Run Location = Server 3) Create the following executable script file "prcs_sh" in $PS_HOME/bin ------start prcs_sh #!/bin/sh ################################################################# # prcs_sh Runs a unix shell script from the process scheduler # # Based on an example from PeopleSoft Web site # Customer Connections: Tips and Techniques: # "Implementing Unix Scripts as Processes with PT 7" # # 10-Nov-1999 D. Young # # Discussion # ---------- # It is inferred that PSRUN takes the parameters passed from the client window # when a process is started by Process Scheduler and writes to a tempfile # (a 1 line file in /var/tmp (for security reasons?)). # # Then a command is issued: progname tempfile (e.g. prcs_sh /var/tmp/ABCa12345) # # (N.B. progname is the value from the "Command Line" in panel # "Process Sceduler-Use-Process Types tab Type Definition) # ################################################################# # # Parameters: # $0 = this program's name # $1 = file with parameters: # %%PRCSNAME%% %%ACCESSID%% %%ACCESSPSWD%% %%RUNCNTLID%% %%INSTANCE%% # ################################################################# # # The shell script name MUST be the same name as the process name in lower case # with .sh extension in directory $PS_HOME/bin # ################################################################# # Read in arguments from the temporary parameter file (in /var/tmp) NARG=`cat $1 | awk '{ print NF }'` PRCSNAME=`cat $1 | awk '{ print $1 }'` ACCESSID=`cat $1 | awk '{ print $2 }'` ACCESSPSWD=`cat $1 | awk '{ print $3 }'` RUNCNTLID=`cat $1 | awk '{ print $4 }'` INSTANCE=`cat $1 | awk '{ print $5 }'` # Remove the temporary parameter file rm $1 # Export the newly created variables so they can be used by the process we # intend to run. export PRCSNAME ACCESSID ACCESSPSWD RUNCNTLID INSTANCE # Create a variable for the process name in lower case and give it a .sh extention scriptname=`echo $1 | awk '{print tolower($0)}'`.sh echo "START: $PRCSNAME (instance=$INSTANCE, run_control=$RUNCNTLID) " `date` echo # Set runstatus to Processing sqlplus -s $ACCESSID/$ACCESSPSWD < Psora.com : The premier site for PeopleSoft Professionals : Free Tips, Scripts, Code and more! : : Does anyone know if there is an Oracle table or view which i could use to track the operating system user into the PeopleSoft database. Specifically, i'd like to write a trigger in Oracle that checks to see who the person that initiated a transaction is, and then do some behavior if it's a targeted user. In most views all i would normally see is "psoft". This would need to work in 3-tier , as i'm tracking a MessageAgent user. : : thanks, : : Kurt ***************** End Of Article ****************** John posted Message 397 in Message Board Dated : June 21, 2000 at 12:58:27 EST Subject: Licensing I am trying to do an audit what modules ( Financials ) we have deployed ( I have recently taken over this role ) We have AP,GL,AR bit not sure about add on modules such as Budgets, cash management ect .. ) Without refering to PeopleSoft account manager, how can I tell what we have installed ***************** End Of Article ****************** Venugopal Yalavarthy posted Message 398 in Message Board Dated : June 21, 2000 at 14:32:18 EST Subject: Running on the server --- c:\temp\*.lis We are running some batch jobs on the server but in the log file it's showing this. PeopleSoft prcs_sqr Started Process instance is 2812 SQR Output file is tempMP2098BENZ0062812 SQR V4.3.4 Copyright (C) SQRIBE Technologies, 1994-99. All Worldwide Rights Reserved. Cobra Notification Letters from date = 01-JAN-2000 to date = 31-DEC-2000 c:\temp\benz006.lis SQR: End of Run. prcs_sqr: ------------------- Error ------------------- prcs_sqr: SQR did not generate a list file. prcs_sqr: ------------------- Error ------------------- Does any body has any idea where it's taking this c:\temp? Thanks in advance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Venugopal Yalavarthy posted Message 399 in Message Board Dated : June 21, 2000 at 14:36:24 EST Subject: Re: Automating DDDAudit and Sysaudit on Unix Jon, We have done this and this is the logic we are using. cd to $PS_HOME ./psconfig.sh pssqr sysaudit pssqr dddaudit exit Let me know if it's not clear for you. : Has anyone created a schedule to run a dddaudit and sysaudit on Unix? I would like to set up a schedule within cron to run a database audit periodically. Could someone share with me the correct command line syntax for running a .sqr audit? : Thanks, : Jon ***************** End Of Article ****************** venugopal yalavarthy posted Message 400 in Message Board Dated : June 21, 2000 at 14:46:12 EST Subject: Re: Citrix/NT Terminal Server/Web Client - which one to choose? At this time it's not worth it going for any one of those 3 options. Better to wait for 8, which is about to come with in few months. : What is a perfect choice for remote access for a large company with sites all over the place? : 1. Citrix : 2. NT Terminal Server : 3. Web Client : Which one is best and why? : Thanks. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Kenneth Yankee posted Message 401 in Message Board Dated : June 21, 2000 at 16:19:33 EST Subject: Re: Process Scheduler running NT 4 tools 7.04 I've been trying to get the process scheduler to comedown before nightly DB stuff. What tool are you using to stop and start the NT service?? Thanks.. : We have the Process Scheduler as an NT Service and have scheduled : the service to come down before the DB backup and start back up after the backup. : : Can't get Process scheduler on Financials 7.04 to keep running. When shutting down db for nightly backup it also takes down Process Scheduler. Do you have the Process scheduler working as NT service? How do you accomplish daily backups and the restarting of the process scheduler automatically? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Kenneth Yankee posted Message 402 in Message Board Dated : June 21, 2000 at 16:24:29 EST Subject: Re: Updates and Fixes... You need only apply for the module affected, but read what dependencies are required.. You might have to apply several previous patches to actually apply the one you need... Ken : Rick, : It is only necessary to apply the patches for your specific modules. If you are not using Time & Labor or Benefits Admin, you don't need to apply them. But, if you have any plans to use those modules before the next upgrade, you should keep an eye on the list. : Good luck with your implementation. It's always nice to see a fellow San Diego Implementation. : Mark Livingstone : DTI : Mark_Livingstone@dtius.com : (510) 580-3562 : : : Does anyone know whether you have to apply all the patches and fixes that applies to the product or only the ones that applies to the modules. For instance, do you have to apply patches and fixes for the entire HRMS Product? Or can you just apply it to say HR and Payroll module that you're implementing? : : Thanks in advance, : : Rick ***************** End Of Article ****************** Kenneth Yankee posted Message 403 in Message Board Dated : June 21, 2000 at 16:32:25 EST Subject: Re: SQL Server Security You could assign permisions on the tables in question for only your HR people inside SQLserver. But you run into a problem of database maintenence stuff needing access to the tables too. Not sure how you can prevent your DBA folks from having access to those tables and still be able to perform their job. Once someone has SA access with enterprise manager, they have "God" mode to ALL objects. Good luck.. : : We use MS SQL 6.5 to house PeopleSoft data. Slalary data, along with other sensitive information, is stored in this database. It is possible for someone without the password to query this data through SQL Enterprise Manager. How can we encrypt the data, or otherwise protect it? : : Thank you, : : Dennis Gross : : Sr. Systems Analyst ***************** End Of Article ****************** Kenneth Yankee posted Message 404 in Message Board Dated : June 21, 2000 at 17:13:31 EST Subject: Re: Multiple Configuration Files on Same PC Here's a bat file example - SWITCHHR702.BAT - @ECHO OFF ECHO. ECHO. REM DELETE OUT THE CLIENTS CACHE FILES - call K:\DELCACHE.BAT >>@ECHO OFF >>ECHO. >>ECHO. ** Delete Peoplesoft Cache Files ** >>ECHO. >>ECHO. (Ignore ANY errors Here...) >>C: >>cd ps >>rd cache /s /q >>rd fsdev /s /q >>rd fssys /s /q >>rd fs702 /s /q >>rd hrdev /s /q >>rd hrsys /s /q >>rd hr702 /s /q >>ECHO. >>ECHO. ** Finished Deleting Peoplesoft Cache Files ** >>ECHO. >>ECHO. (Take note of ANY errors Now...) >>ECHO. ECHO -------------------------------------------------------- ECHO. ECHO Stand By While I Switch Your Workstation To ECHO. ECHO Peoplesoft HRMS Ver. 7.02 ECHO. ECHO -------------------------------------------------------- ECHO. ECHO (loading.....) ECHO. REM OUR FILE SERVER MAPPED DRIVE IS "Q" Q:\BIN\CLIENT\WINX86\PSCFG.EXE -setup -QUIET -import:C:\PSHR702.CFG REM C:\PSHR702.CFG IS STORED ON THE CLIENT. CAN BE ANY DIRVE AND FILE THOUGH... ECHO. ECHO (finished....) ECHO. ECHO. pause **end of bat file Use any config mgr settings in the config file by setting up the config mgr how you want it set, then export the file. Users can quickly switch to whatever and wherever settings you want by clicking the bat file... This works well for my users that use both HR & FINS.. : Has anyone written any scripts to allow a PC to : a) Have multiple Configuration files simultaneously (or) : b) Change the registry settings to point to the new directories : Our example is: : We have 3 databases that each on FS 7.00 : They each use a DIFFERENT set of source and exectables : located in different directories. : I know that I could always run pscfg each time I wanted : to change enviroments(for the 2 tier style) : but I don't want to kill the cache every time. : Any suggestions. : rick ***************** End Of Article ****************** Graham posted Message 405 in Message Board Dated : June 22, 2000 at 07:33:34 EST Subject: Re: Running on the server --- c:\temp\*.lis When you submit a process if you have specified output destination as %%TEMP%% then the temp folder defined by the temp environment variable on the server which is running the Process Scheduler will be used. Also, check the config in the Process Scheduler configuration. It will look something like this (see below). You can hardcode the TEMP location here if you wish. Hope this helps. Regards graham [Process Scheduler] ;========================================================================= ; General settings for the Process Scheduler ;========================================================================= ProgramName=PSFSTRAIN PrcsServerName=PSNT CBLBIN=%PS_HOME%\CBLBIN CRWRPTPATH=%PS_HOME%\CRW DBBIN=E:\Apps\Server\Mssql7\Binn PSSQR1=%PS_HOME%\USER\SQR PSSQR2=%PS_HOME%\SQR PSSQR3= PSSQR4= PSSQRFLAGS=-i%PSSQR1%\;%PSSQR2%\;%PSSQR3%\;%PSSQR4%\ -m%PS_HOME%\SQR\ALLMAXES.MAX -ZIF%PS_HOME%\SQR\PSSQR.INI SQRBIN=%PS_HOME%\SQRBINW TEMP=%TEMP% : We are running some batch jobs on the server but in the log file it's showing this. : PeopleSoft prcs_sqr Started : Process instance is 2812 : SQR Output file is tempMP2098BENZ0062812 : SQR V4.3.4 : Copyright (C) SQRIBE Technologies, 1994-99. All Worldwide Rights Reserved. : Cobra Notification Letters : : from date = 01-JAN-2000 : to date = 31-DEC-2000 : : c:\temp\benz006.lis : SQR: End of Run. : prcs_sqr: ------------------- Error ------------------- : prcs_sqr: SQR did not generate a list file. : prcs_sqr: ------------------- Error ------------------- : : Does any body has any idea where it's taking this c:\temp? : Thanks in advance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Venugopal Yalavarthy posted Message 406 in Message Board Dated : June 22, 2000 at 08:47:34 EST Subject: Re: Running on the server --- c:\temp\*.lis Graham, Thanks for your response and sorry I forgot to mention this. We are running on Unix Server(AIX 4.3x) This is how we have configured our process scheduler: [Process Scheduler] ;========================================================================= ; General settings for the Process Scheduler ;========================================================================= LogFence=0 ProgramName=PSRUN_HTS1 PTPUPRCS PrcsServerName=PSUNX PSSQR1=%PS_HOME%/user/sqr PSSQR2=%PS_HOME%/sqr PSSQR3= PSSQR4= PSSQRFLAGS=-i%PSSQR1%/,%PSSQR2%/,%PSSQR3%/,%PSSQR4%/ -f/ssa2c/psoft/hr750/hts1/output -m%PSSQR2%/allmaxes.max -ZIF%PSSQR2%/pssqr.unx Log Directory=/ssa2c/psoft/hr750/hts1/output OutputDirectory=/ssa2c/psoft/hr750/hts1/output **** Can I use temp on the unix? Thanks : When you submit a process if you have specified output destination as %%TEMP%% then the temp folder defined by the temp environment variable on the server which is running the Process Scheduler will be used. : Also, check the config in the Process Scheduler configuration. It will look something like this (see below). You can hardcode the TEMP location here if you wish. Hope this helps. : Regards : graham : : [Process Scheduler] : ;========================================================================= : ; General settings for the Process Scheduler : ;========================================================================= : ProgramName=PSFSTRAIN : PrcsServerName=PSNT : CBLBIN=%PS_HOME%\CBLBIN : CRWRPTPATH=%PS_HOME%\CRW : DBBIN=E:\Apps\Server\Mssql7\Binn : PSSQR1=%PS_HOME%\USER\SQR : PSSQR2=%PS_HOME%\SQR : PSSQR3= : PSSQR4= : PSSQRFLAGS=-i%PSSQR1%\;%PSSQR2%\;%PSSQR3%\;%PSSQR4%\ -m%PS_HOME%\SQR\ALLMAXES.MAX -ZIF%PS_HOME%\SQR\PSSQR.INI : SQRBIN=%PS_HOME%\SQRBINW : TEMP=%TEMP% : : : We are running some batch jobs on the server but in the log file it's showing this. : : PeopleSoft prcs_sqr Started : : Process instance is 2812 : : SQR Output file is tempMP2098BENZ0062812 : : SQR V4.3.4 : : Copyright (C) SQRIBE Technologies, 1994-99. All Worldwide Rights Reserved. : : Cobra Notification Letters : : : : from date = 01-JAN-2000 : : to date = 31-DEC-2000 : : : : c:\temp\benz006.lis : : SQR: End of Run. : : prcs_sqr: ------------------- Error ------------------- : : prcs_sqr: SQR did not generate a list file. : : prcs_sqr: ------------------- Error ------------------- : : : : Does any body has any idea where it's taking this c:\temp? : : Thanks in advance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** graham posted Message 407 in Message Board Dated : June 22, 2000 at 10:08:42 EST Subject: Re: Running on the server --- c:\temp\*.lis : When you submit a process if you have specified output destination as %%TEMP%% then the temp folder defined by the temp environment variable on the server which is running the Process Scheduler will be used. : Also, check the config in the Process Scheduler configuration. It will look something like this (see below). You can hardcode the TEMP location here if you wish. Hope this helps. : Regards : graham : : [Process Scheduler] : ;========================================================================= : ; General settings for the Process Scheduler : ;========================================================================= : ProgramName=PSFSTRAIN : PrcsServerName=PSNT : CBLBIN=%PS_HOME%\CBLBIN : CRWRPTPATH=%PS_HOME%\CRW : DBBIN=E:\Apps\Server\Mssql7\Binn : PSSQR1=%PS_HOME%\USER\SQR : PSSQR2=%PS_HOME%\SQR : PSSQR3= : PSSQR4= : PSSQRFLAGS=-i%PSSQR1%\;%PSSQR2%\;%PSSQR3%\;%PSSQR4%\ -m%PS_HOME%\SQR\ALLMAXES.MAX -ZIF%PS_HOME%\SQR\PSSQR.INI : SQRBIN=%PS_HOME%\SQRBINW : TEMP=%TEMP% : : : We are running some batch jobs on the server but in the log file it's showing this. : : PeopleSoft prcs_sqr Started : : Process instance is 2812 : : SQR Output file is tempMP2098BENZ0062812 : : SQR V4.3.4 : : Copyright (C) SQRIBE Technologies, 1994-99. All Worldwide Rights Reserved. : : Cobra Notification Letters : : : : from date = 01-JAN-2000 : : to date = 31-DEC-2000 : : : : c:\temp\benz006.lis : : SQR: End of Run. : : prcs_sqr: ------------------- Error ------------------- : : prcs_sqr: SQR did not generate a list file. : : prcs_sqr: ------------------- Error ------------------- : : : : Does any body has any idea where it's taking this c:\temp? : : Thanks in advance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Graham posted Message 408 in Message Board Dated : June 23, 2000 at 10:26:00 EST Subject: Re: Running on the server --- c:\temp\*.lis I don't think you can use temp but I wonder what this does in your config file (OutputDirectory=/ssa2c/psoft/hr750/hts1/output ). Have you checked the process scheduler installation documentation for UNIX? Good luck Graham : Graham, : Thanks for your response and sorry I forgot to mention this. : We are running on Unix Server(AIX 4.3x) : This is how we have configured our process scheduler: : [Process Scheduler] : ;========================================================================= : ; General settings for the Process Scheduler : ;========================================================================= : LogFence=0 : ProgramName=PSRUN_HTS1 PTPUPRCS : PrcsServerName=PSUNX : PSSQR1=%PS_HOME%/user/sqr : PSSQR2=%PS_HOME%/sqr : PSSQR3= : PSSQR4= : PSSQRFLAGS=-i%PSSQR1%/,%PSSQR2%/,%PSSQR3%/,%PSSQR4%/ -f/ssa2c/psoft/hr750/hts1/output -m%PSSQR2%/allmaxes.max -ZIF%PSSQR2%/pssqr.unx : Log Directory=/ssa2c/psoft/hr750/hts1/output : OutputDirectory=/ssa2c/psoft/hr750/hts1/output : **** : Can I use temp on the unix? : Thanks : : : When you submit a process if you have specified output destination as %%TEMP%% then the temp folder defined by the temp environment variable on the server which is running the Process Scheduler will be used. : : Also, check the config in the Process Scheduler configuration. It will look something like this (see below). You can hardcode the TEMP location here if you wish. Hope this helps. : : Regards : : graham : : : : [Process Scheduler] : : ;========================================================================= : : ; General settings for the Process Scheduler : : ;========================================================================= : : ProgramName=PSFSTRAIN : : PrcsServerName=PSNT : : CBLBIN=%PS_HOME%\CBLBIN : : CRWRPTPATH=%PS_HOME%\CRW : : DBBIN=E:\Apps\Server\Mssql7\Binn : : PSSQR1=%PS_HOME%\USER\SQR : : PSSQR2=%PS_HOME%\SQR : : PSSQR3= : : PSSQR4= : : PSSQRFLAGS=-i%PSSQR1%\;%PSSQR2%\;%PSSQR3%\;%PSSQR4%\ -m%PS_HOME%\SQR\ALLMAXES.MAX -ZIF%PS_HOME%\SQR\PSSQR.INI : : SQRBIN=%PS_HOME%\SQRBINW : : TEMP=%TEMP% : : : : : We are running some batch jobs on the server but in the log file it's showing this. : : : PeopleSoft prcs_sqr Started : : : Process instance is 2812 : : : SQR Output file is tempMP2098BENZ0062812 : : : SQR V4.3.4 : : : Copyright (C) SQRIBE Technologies, 1994-99. All Worldwide Rights Reserved. : : : Cobra Notification Letters : : : : : : from date = 01-JAN-2000 : : : to date = 31-DEC-2000 : : : : : : c:\temp\benz006.lis : : : SQR: End of Run. : : : prcs_sqr: ------------------- Error ------------------- : : : prcs_sqr: SQR did not generate a list file. : : : prcs_sqr: ------------------- Error ------------------- : : : : : : Does any body has any idea where it's taking this c:\temp? : : : Thanks in advance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Gowri Shankar posted Message 409 in Message Board Dated : June 24, 2000 at 05:31:48 EST Subject: Upgradation of Solaris 2.6 to 7 Hello, We are running PS application 7.51, PeopleTools 7.58 on Solaris 2.6 and Oracle 8.1.5. Now we are willing to upgrade Solaris 2.6 to 7. I would like to know what are the precautions need to be taken prior to installations. Here are some of the configurations that we have right now. PeopleSoft Application Release 7.51 PeopleTools 7.58 Solaris 2.6 Oracle 8.1.5 Cobol Compiler MF COBOL 4.1 C compiler 5.0 Tuxedo 6.5 JOLT 1.1v3 SQR 4.3.4 As we are going to upgrade Solaris 2.6 to Solaris 7, I would like to know whether the above mentioned applications are compatible with Solaris 7. If not which is the suitable one. Thanks and Regards Gowri Shankar ***************** End Of Article ****************** V.P. posted Message 410 in Message Board Dated : June 26, 2000 at 05:15:26 EST Subject: Re: Running on the server --- c:\temp\*.lis One other place is the Process Scheduler - Operator Profile. This config overides the Process Scheduler definition. Goto Security Admin (or Operator Security under 6.x), Open any class (ALLPNLS,...) Select View "Process Group", double click on any Group. There you go. Change the info accordingly on Server Destination. Hope this helps. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Robert Schneggenburger posted Message 411 in Message Board Dated : June 26, 2000 at 09:10:19 EST Subject: PeopleSoft/Oracle Performance Monitoring What tools or methods are people using to monitor their production Oracle / PeopleSoft environments? We are trying to develop a means to report on performance of the environment from the NT / Oracle / PeopleSoft ends, hopefully, to help us tune more effectively. We are running the PS 7.53 GL, PC, and AM modules currently. AR, Inventory, and Purchasing will follow. We are architected in a physical 3-tier environment. The database server is NT 4.0 with Oracle 8.0.5 (standard edition). The application servers, (2), are NT 4.0 as well. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Merle posted Message 412 in Message Board Dated : July 03, 2000 at 08:39:53 EST Subject: Tools 7.06 upgrade - Install Workstation step Hi - I'm testing our PeopleTools upgrade approach and wanted to know what the implications of running the "Install Workstation" process were. I've currently installed the tools 7.06 files to my c:\ and have transferred the client files to a test directory on our application server. We have a copy of our production database in place. Before I ran the Install Workstation process, I wanted to ensure I wasn't going to muck up (prevent the use of) other test and production instances from my workstation by configuring the new "Upgrade" PeopleTools instance on my PC. Do I have anything to worry about??? Thanks, Merle ***************** End Of Article ****************** M.saravanakumar posted Message 413 in Message Board Dated : July 05, 2000 at 06:42:27 EST Subject: Re: Running Crystal Reports in 3-tier Mode I have used Stored Procedures in the Crystal Reports 7.0 When i try to change the database from pdsodbc to pdssql the error "General SQL Server Error" appears. Can any one solve this ***************** End Of Article ****************** Kirk Edmunds posted Message 414 in Message Board Dated : July 06, 2000 at 10:32:47 EST Subject: Re: Tax Updates Which tax update(s) are you needing assistance with? Please let me know and I'll see if I can help you. I have already applied all tax updates through 2000B. Thanks, Kirk Edmunds ***************** End Of Article ****************** Kirk Edmunds posted Message 415 in Message Board Dated : July 06, 2000 at 10:35:27 EST Subject: Re: Tax Updates Jon, Which tax update(s) are you wanting to apply. Please let me know and I might be able to assist you. I've applied all tax updates through 2000B. I'm waiting for PeopleSoft to fix 2000C before I apply it. Thanks, Kirk Edmunds ***************** End Of Article ****************** Kirk Edmunds posted Message 416 in Message Board Dated : July 06, 2000 at 10:54:27 EST Subject: Re: Running on the server --- c:\temp\*.lis You need to modify the psprcs.cfg file usually loacted in your prcs directory on unix. Simply add the following variable to the psprcs.cfg file: TEMP=%PS_HOME%/user/rpt/ This will put all *.lis files in the $PS_HOME/user/rpt directory. You will need to add the 'rpt' directory to $PS_HOME/user if it does not already exist. **SPECIAL NOTE** the ending '/' at the end of "TEMP=%PS_HOME%/user/rpt/" is important if the parameter in PeopleTools is set to %%TEMP%%. The ending '/' is not needed if it is set to %%TEMP%%/. The following example will show what the psprcs.cfg file should look like (only if %%TEMP%% is used without the /) General settings for the Process Scheduler ================================================================= LogFence=0 ProgramName=PSRUN_HTS1 PTPUPRCS PrcsServerName=PSUNX PSSQR1=%PS_HOME%/user/sqr PSSQR2=%PS_HOME%/sqr PSSQR3= PSSQR4= PSSQRFLAGS=-i%PSSQR1%/,%PSSQR2%/,%PSSQR3%/,%PSSQR4%/ -f/ssa2c/psoft/hr750/hts1/output -m%PSSQR2%/allmaxes.max -ZIF%PSSQR2%/pssqr.unx TEMP=%PS_HOME%/user/rpt/ Log Directory=/ssa2c/psoft/hr750/hts1/output OutputDirectory=/ssa2c/psoft/hr750/hts1/output ***************** End Of Article ****************** Pete Steinheuser posted Message 417 in Message Board Dated : July 06, 2000 at 11:07:39 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft/Oracle Performance Monitoring : What tools or methods are people using to monitor their production Oracle / PeopleSoft environments? We are trying to develop a means to report on performance of the environment from the NT / Oracle / PeopleSoft ends, hopefully, to help us tune more effectively. We are running the PS 7.53 GL, PC, and AM modules currently. AR, Inventory, and Purchasing will follow. We are architected in a physical 3-tier environment. The database server is NT 4.0 with Oracle 8.0.5 (standard edition). The application servers, (2), are NT 4.0 as well. On the server side you can use NT's Performance Monitor and check CPU usage, memory, etc. On the database sides you can run scripts against the dictionary. And there are good 3rd-party tools from vendors like Platinum, Quest, BMC, etc. The hard part is usually defining what is "good" and what is "bad" performance. You need to define user requirements (good luck) for performance and get baseline information as to "normal" activity for a given time period. Oracle's statistics are mostly relative so your mileage will vary. PS ***************** End Of Article ****************** Pete Steinheuser posted Message 418 in Message Board Dated : July 06, 2000 at 11:15:16 EST Subject: Unnecessary Indexes Does anyone have experience with dropping "unnecessary" indexes? Some PeopleSoft tables have many indexes on them. This slows down updates but can be helpful during reads - but only if they are used. If using Oracle's cost-based optimizer(CBO), the optimizer usually ignores non-selective indexes in favor of full table scans. On the other hand, if using RULE, the optimizer will select a non-selective index if available, even though using it may be slower than a full-table scan. I have a script which shows me which indexes are non-selective but I was wondering if anyone has had to remove indexes before to improve performance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** John Cochrane posted Message 419 in Message Board Dated : July 06, 2000 at 13:16:18 EST Subject: Tuxedo Configuration We are running 50 clients across a wan and experiencing tuxedo problems Is there any good documents on configuring tuxedo for PeopleSoft or sample psappsrv.cfg files that we could look at ( otherwise timely trial and error with our angry remote Users ) thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Sandy posted Message 420 in Message Board Dated : July 06, 2000 at 18:31:04 EST Subject: Performance using Webclient Has anyone faced any performance issues using web client? If so, how did you resolve them? ***************** End Of Article ****************** sandman posted Message 421 in Message Board Dated : July 06, 2000 at 19:11:43 EST Subject: Re: Tuxedo Configuration Are you running a logical or physical three tier shop? what OS/RDBMS? Email me at sandsome_kb@yahoo.com with more info and I'll try to help. : We are running 50 clients across a wan and experiencing tuxedo problems : Is there any good documents on configuring tuxedo for PeopleSoft or sample psappsrv.cfg files that we could look at ( otherwise timely trial and error with our angry remote Users ) : thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Sher Clark posted Message 422 in Message Board Dated : July 07, 2000 at 00:52:50 EST Subject: ***ORACLE PASSWORD COMPLEXITY FUNCTION*** I am using the password complexity function in Oracle. If I use the sample script provided by Oracle (see Oracle8 Administrator's Guide - end of chpt 19), there are references to LENGTH(old_password) and SUBSTR(old_password...). However, upon analysing the contents of old_password it is empty - it seems the old password is not passed into the old_password parameter when the function is called. Can anyone help? As per corporate requirements, I need to set strict password policies and need to reference the value in old_password... Thanks. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Graham posted Message 423 in Message Board Dated : July 07, 2000 at 05:03:23 EST Subject: Re: Tuxedo Configuration Customer Connection has a 3-tier answer book which has some useful tips. Good luck Graham : We are running 50 clients across a wan and experiencing tuxedo problems : Is there any good documents on configuring tuxedo for PeopleSoft or sample psappsrv.cfg files that we could look at ( otherwise timely trial and error with our angry remote Users ) : thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dheeraj posted Message 424 in Message Board Dated : July 07, 2000 at 08:09:09 EST Subject: Re: Performance using Webclient Hi Sandy, Which web server are you using? If you are using the BEA Tuxedo web server which comes delivered with PS then there will be performance problem. If the problem is because of the web server then you have to configure one like MIIS,Netscape,Lotus Domino, Apache...etc. thanks..Dheeraj ***************** End Of Article ****************** ufi posted Message 425 in Message Board Dated : July 07, 2000 at 09:17:08 EST Subject: Mass User Generation Hi, I need to generate many users for our PeopleSoft system. ( PS 7.06 ) This is to allow some thousand employees to make self-service for their own data. How can I create PS-users by a oracle script, batch script or an other automated function? Thank you for help! Udo Fischer ***************** End Of Article ****************** Graham posted Message 426 in Message Board Dated : July 10, 2000 at 06:35:23 EST Subject: Re: Mass User Generation Udo You might want to take a look at DMS script OPRLOAD.DMS and the PSOPRDEFN_INTFC table. Regards Graham : Hi, : I need to generate many users for our PeopleSoft system. : ( PS 7.06 ) : This is to allow some thousand employees to make self-service for their own data. : How can I create PS-users by a oracle script, batch script or an other automated function? : Thank you for help! : Udo Fischer ***************** End Of Article ****************** Pat Knorr posted Message 427 in Message Board Dated : July 11, 2000 at 16:34:28 EST Subject: Oracle Advanced Replication We are currently exploring using Oracle Advanced Replication. Particularly with Campus Community "Persons" tables. Does anyone have any experience in this with Peoplesoft applications or Peoplesoft plus other apps. Thanks. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Merle posted Message 428 in Message Board Dated : July 13, 2000 at 16:36:55 EST Subject: Install Workstation error - Copying DLL's Greetings - When running the "Install Workstation" process from both Configuration Manager or the DOS command line (running pscfg.exe using -import and -setup), I get 34 errors when copying various DLL files from/to the following directories: 26 errors from \Setup\Windows\Crystal to C:\WINNT\System32 8 errors from \Setup\Windows\System to C:\WINNT\CRYSTAL I'm running this as Administrator. We're upgrading to PeopleTools 7.06 from 7.05.10 and we're running NT file server, UNIX, Oracle 7.3 and Public Sector Financials 7.01. Some sample errors from psinstal.log appear below: Workstation Configuration Error Error Copying File T:\FS700\SETUP\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\co2c40en.dll to C:\WINNT\System32\co2c40en.dll Access is denied. Please correct before installing workstation. Workstation Configuration Error Error Copying File T:\FS700\SETUP\WINDOWS\CRYSTAL\U252000.dll to C:\WINNT\CRYSTAL\U252000.dll Access is denied. Please correct before installing workstation. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much, in advance! ***************** End Of Article ****************** Tony DeLia posted Message 429 in Message Board Dated : July 15, 2000 at 19:24:57 EST Subject: FREE Book Preview - Essential Guide to PeopleSoft Development and Customization Hello PeopleSoftFans, I posted some sample PDF files for the "Essential Guide to PeopleSoft Development and Customization" (Manning Publications - Delia, Landres, Rivera, Sankaran) on my website - http://www.sqrtools.com - The book is being printed and will be distributed in a couple weeks... The PDF samples include Chapter 9 (PeopleSoft Application Processor), Chapter 16 (Working with Scrolls), Chapter 35 (What is Application Engine), plus the Table of Contents, Index, Preface, etc... any feedback is, as always, greatly appreciated! Thanks! Tony DeLia http://www.sqrtools.com ***************** End Of Article ****************** Kirk Edmunds posted Message 430 in Message Board Dated : July 17, 2000 at 07:22:18 EST Subject: Application Server(s) load balancing Does anyone have any interesting (working) techniques for load balancing over multiple physical application servers? I would appreciate any input on this topic. We currently have 6 physical application servers to configure and would like to perform some load balancing techniques for 1000+ users. Thank You, Kirk ***************** End Of Article ****************** Venu posted Message 431 in Message Board Dated : July 18, 2000 at 11:56:16 EST Subject: Batch Process : TNS : could not resolve service name We have recently upgraded to FS7.53(7.52 SP1). We are experiencing some problems with batch process. TNS : could not resolve service name. I am using local db option in the configuration of app. server & Process scheduler. Environment : IBM Aix 4.2/ Oracle 7.3.4 / PeopleTools 7.58 / Apps 7.53. we would appreciate any help regarding this. Venu. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jon posted Message 432 in Message Board Dated : July 18, 2000 at 20:42:29 EST Subject: Process Scheduler and Application server startup scripts Can someone help me with getting an automated process scheduler and application startup script? It's for Unix. Thanks, Jon Wahlund ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mike posted Message 433 in Message Board Dated : July 19, 2000 at 18:21:45 EST Subject: Re: Batch Process : TNS : could not resolve service name Venu, Your problem is with Oracle, not PeopleSoft. You will have to go into SQL Net Easy Configuration (which should be in your Oracle folder w/in Programs) and correct your DNS setup. Either your TCP/IP address is wrong, or you have specified an incorrect database alias. Check with your DBA to confirm your settings. regards, Mike : We have recently upgraded to FS7.53(7.52 SP1). We are experiencing some problems with batch process. TNS : could not resolve service name. : I am using local db option in the configuration of app. server & Process scheduler. : Environment : : IBM Aix 4.2/ Oracle 7.3.4 / PeopleTools 7.58 / Apps 7.53. : we would appreciate any help regarding this. : Venu. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Erwin Dania posted Message 434 in Message Board Dated : July 21, 2000 at 11:23:22 EST Subject: How do I delete data from PS_MESSAGE_LOG table? Hi there! I was wonderring if someone can show me how to cleanup the ps_message_log table from SQL. Thanks! ***************** End Of Article ****************** Sam posted Message 435 in Message Board Dated : July 25, 2000 at 14:54:33 EST Subject: Tree Hey! Does anyone explain how to implement/build a tree. Thanks in advance Sam ***************** End Of Article ****************** Swapan Mahato posted Message 436 in Message Board Dated : July 25, 2000 at 20:46:16 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft/Oracle Performance Monitoring Try VitalAgentIT from Lucent Technologies. It's a good product to monitor performance. User's satisfaction is directly proportional to the no. of certifications you provide for a delay. They are generally never satisfied with the performance. And I always tell them, "It's PeopleSoft standards". Believe me, it works. Don't believe me? Ask PeopleSoft. Their perfomance is relative to blah blah blah... they don't have benchmarks. You got to create yours. Good Luck. Swapan : What tools or methods are people using to monitor their production Oracle / PeopleSoft environments? We are trying to develop a means to report on performance of the environment from the NT / Oracle / PeopleSoft ends, hopefully, to help us tune more effectively. We are running the PS 7.53 GL, PC, and AM modules currently. AR, Inventory, and Purchasing will follow. We are architected in a physical 3-tier environment. The database server is NT 4.0 with Oracle 8.0.5 (standard edition). The application servers, (2), are NT 4.0 as well. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Daniel Zapata posted Message 437 in Message Board Dated : July 27, 2000 at 00:10:08 EST Subject: How crate AUDB on single user I need a create an Aplicattion Update DataBase on Single USer, i know what exist a DMS , for example the AUREFRSH.DMS - this is for refresh de AU database, this exist on SU, but i don't know how crate this database. Somthing can help me. thanks. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Pat Knorr posted Message 438 in Message Board Dated : July 27, 2000 at 10:29:40 EST Subject: Re: How do I delete data from PS_MESSAGE_LOG table? : : Hi there! : I was wonderring if someone can show me : how to cleanup the ps_message_log table from SQL. : Thanks! I am on public sector version 6. Since we were recieving Uniques constraints, I consulted Peoplesoft and verified there was no problem with truncated both ps_message_log and ps_message_logparm. I have an automatic job (cron)truncating those tables running each night for the last few years. Hope this helps ***************** End Of Article ****************** JRS posted Message 439 in Message Board Dated : July 28, 2000 at 14:27:32 EST Subject: Data Replication Anyone out there using data replication to replicate their production database for reporting/queries/archive? If so I'd be interested in talking with you re: strategy, pitfalls, gotchas etc... Thanks. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Merle posted Message 440 in Message Board Dated : July 28, 2000 at 18:04:56 EST Subject: URGENT: Can't inquire on posted budget journal Hi - We're upgrading from Tools 7.05.10 to 7.06. Currently using Public Sector Financials 7.01. Scenario: User enters Appropriation budget for fiscal year 2001 under Prepare Controlled Budgets panel and posts successfully (chartfields gray out on panel, offset row is created in BUD_JRNL_LN table, JRNL_HEADER_STATUS and POST_BUDGET_JRNL statuses on BUD_JRNL_HEADER table change to 'P', and both lines are inserted in LEDGER_BUDG table). The user gets the message "No rows for matching key" when they attempt to inquire on the posted budget under Analyze Controlled Budgets search dialog box (searching on Business Unit and Budget Year). They can successfully inquire on posted Approp budgets in Production, where we haven't yet applied the tools 7.06 upgrade (still using 7.05.10). However, in DEV and TEST instances where we have applied the tools upgrade, we can't inquire on these posted Approp budgets (no rows found). One note to point out: the user created an old Approp budget for 1999 and WAS able to inquire on this in the 7.06 DEV and TEST instances! It appears that for 2000 and 2001 Approp budgets, the search record doesn't find any rows!!! Does anyone know if there is a problem with the 7.06 Tools upgrade that would affect the ability of a user to inquire on posted Appropriation budgets under the Analyze Controlled Budgets panel for Budget Years beginning in 2000? Thanks very much for any help! ***************** End Of Article ****************** TJ posted Message 441 in Message Board Dated : July 31, 2000 at 12:43:45 EST Subject: Re: How crate AUDB on single user If you have the AUDB on your main RDBMS platform, ie Oracle, then just export the entire database and import it to your database on the single user. : I need a create an Aplicattion Update DataBase on Single USer, : i know what exist a DMS , for example the AUREFRSH.DMS - this is : for refresh de AU database, this exist on SU, but i don't know : how crate this database. Somthing can help me. thanks. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mike posted Message 442 in Message Board Dated : August 01, 2000 at 07:17:07 EST Subject: Re: How crate AUDB on single user Daniel, You should be able to use your AU environment on your enterprise version (e.g. Oracle). By its nature, the single user version is one database and you cannot migrate using the Upgrade utility between different copies of a SU db. If you are planning on migrating between the SU and your enterprise version, let me know as I have done it on a project I am currently working on (Oracle). Its not pretty developing on the SU, but it can be done. Regards, Mike : I need a create an Aplicattion Update DataBase on Single USer, : i know what exist a DMS , for example the AUREFRSH.DMS - this is : for refresh de AU database, this exist on SU, but i don't know : how crate this database. Somthing can help me. thanks. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Scott Jung posted Message 443 in Message Board Dated : August 03, 2000 at 13:51:53 EST Subject: Re: Updates and Fixes... We are running HR & Payroll and are applying Tax Patch 99-E, Having applied the patches we are trying to figure out how to test those patches. We run a logical 3-tier so duplicating the environment is very difficult. We run Oracle Financial's ERP for Accounting and they have a functional test script to give to the users for testing. We are at a loss on what and how to test the functionality, anybody have sucess. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Scott Jung posted Message 444 in Message Board Dated : August 03, 2000 at 13:59:31 EST Subject: PS 7.5 Tax Patch E : We are running HR & Payroll and are applying Tax Patch 99-E, Having applied the patches to our test instance we are trying to figure out how to have the functional users test those patches. We run a logical 3-tier configuration, so duplicating the production environment is very difficult. We run Oracle Financial's ERP for Accounting and they have a functional test script for us to give the users for testing. We are at a loss on what and how to test the functionality after the patch, anybody have sucess. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Seth Torino posted Message 445 in Message Board Dated : August 09, 2000 at 08:21:06 EST Subject: Re: Unnecessary Indexes A few months back we had a performance consultant from PeopleSoft tell us that the PS# indexes aren't utilized by the application. We are on DB2/OS390. Financials 7.52. I dropped all of them (900+). I didn't see any super performance savings but we didn't get hit either. : Does anyone have experience with dropping "unnecessary" indexes? : Some PeopleSoft tables have many indexes on them. This slows down updates but can be helpful during reads - but only if they are used. : If using Oracle's cost-based optimizer(CBO), the optimizer usually ignores non-selective indexes in favor of full table : scans. On the other hand, if using RULE, the optimizer will select a non-selective index if available, even though using : it may be slower than a full-table scan. : I have a script which shows me which indexes are non-selective : but I was wondering if anyone has had to remove indexes before : to improve performance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Needs PeopleSoft for Dummies! posted Message 446 in Message Board Dated : August 18, 2000 at 12:04:44 EST Subject: Copy Database in Single User Can someone point a newbie in the right direction on how to go about copying a peoplesoft database i.e. creating a copy of production database to use for test/development purposes. Is this done solely through the database system (for SUV = SQLBase) or are there PeopleSoft tools for accomplishing this? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Graham posted Message 447 in Message Board Dated : August 21, 2000 at 07:05:49 EST Subject: Re: Copy Database in Single User It's purely a databse thing. Just dump and restore to create a development or test copy of your production database. regards graham : Can someone point a newbie in the right direction on how to go about copying a peoplesoft database i.e. creating a copy of production database to use for test/development purposes. Is this done solely through the database system (for SUV = SQLBase) or are there PeopleSoft tools for accomplishing this? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Henrik Thiessen posted Message 448 in Message Board Dated : August 22, 2000 at 02:05:08 EST Subject: URGENT: Personal Data Recovery Hey there. We had to recreate the record PERSONAL_DATA and the view PERS_SRCH_GBL from HRDMO to HRDEV. It all work fine, besides that I can't see any data in the search record PERS_SRCH_GBL unless I hire a new person, which I then can see in the search record. I tried to run the PER505 and SYNCH HR OPERATOR but without any success. Why is that? What do I have to do? Regards Henrik Thiessen ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jon posted Message 449 in Message Board Dated : August 22, 2000 at 19:40:57 EST Subject: Automatting SYSAUDIT AND DDDAUDIT through cron I'm looking for someone who wouldn't mind sharing the scipt they use that kicks off a database audit. Example would be SYSAUDIT or DDDAUDIT. Thanks, Jon ***************** End Of Article ****************** Psora.com posted Message 450 in Message Board Dated : August 28, 2000 at 09:13:23 EST Subject: Re: Automatting SYSAUDIT AND DDDAUDIT through cron There is a script on Psora.com that gives the ability to run any SQR from the command line and mail it to you, if you desire. You can find these and other useful scripts on Psora.com Psora.com - The Premier Site for PeopleSoft Pro's : I'm looking for someone who wouldn't mind sharing the scipt they use that kicks off a database audit. Example would be SYSAUDIT or DDDAUDIT. : Thanks, : Jon ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jon posted Message 451 in Message Board Dated : August 28, 2000 at 14:37:52 EST Subject: Re: Automatting SYSAUDIT AND DDDAUDIT through cron I searched the PSORA.com website and was not able to find the SQR you mentioned. Do you think you can point me in the right direction? Thanks, Jon ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mahantesh posted Message 452 in Message Board Dated : September 02, 2000 at 23:55:40 EST Subject: Re: Migration from Informix to Oracle : What is involved in migrating peoplesoft from Informix to Oracle ? In terms of application as well as data migration ? : Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Deanna Craggs posted Message 453 in Message Board Dated : September 08, 2000 at 14:51:09 EST Subject: Re: URGENT: Personal Data Recovery Hi Henrik. The PERS_SRCH_GBL view will only display records that have a related Job record and only those records that have valid departmental security. I would check these two as a start. Also, you can copy the SQL from the view in Application Designer and run it in one of your SQL tools. By doing this you can start to pick apart the view to determine which criteria is blocking your personal data records. Hope this helps! Deanna ***************** End Of Article ****************** Deanna Craggs posted Message 454 in Message Board Dated : September 08, 2000 at 15:23:52 EST Subject: PS Fin 7.5 E&G - Year End Rollover I was wondering if anyone has run a year end rollover on Fin. 7.5 E&G (Specifically Purchasing). We have recently upgraded to 7.5 and are beginning to analyse our year end process. It would be of great help to talk to someone who did one last year. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Igor posted Message 455 in Message Board Dated : September 11, 2000 at 11:43:26 EST Subject: Re: tracking users into PeopleSoft : Wasn't it possible in PeopleSoft 6 ? : : It's not possible to track 3-tier logins from Oracle. You must use the Tuxedo Monitor or command line tools to view 3-tier users. : : Psora.com : : The premier site for PeopleSoft Professionals : : Free Tips, Scripts, Code and more! : : : Does anyone know if there is an Oracle table or view which i could use to track the operating system user into the PeopleSoft database. Specifically, i'd like to write a trigger in Oracle that checks to see who the person that initiated a transaction is, and then do some behavior if it's a targeted user. In most views all i would normally see is "psoft". This would need to work in 3-tier , as i'm tracking a MessageAgent user. : : : thanks, : : : Kurt thats what i was using select user#, username, osuser from v$session where osuser like 'b%'; Does anyone know how to track user in DB2 ? email me plz pipigor@pipigor.net ***************** End Of Article ****************** Rick Gebethner posted Message 456 in Message Board Dated : September 12, 2000 at 11:03:27 EST Subject: Re: Data Replication : Anyone out there using data replication to replicate their production database for reporting/queries/archive? If so I'd be interested in talking with you re: strategy, pitfalls, gotchas etc... : Thanks. Yup, We have a distributed configuration for HRMS with four databases on four servers across Canada. I use Sybase replication server to maintain a data warehouse rollup and to transfer employee data from server to server when employees change region. Rick Gebethner ***************** End Of Article ****************** Rick Gebethner posted Message 457 in Message Board Dated : September 12, 2000 at 11:15:25 EST Subject: ACCESSACCTPSWD and ACCESSPSWD Hi, I run HRMS 7.06 on Sybase. At login the user logs in with OPRID then is logged out and back in with ACCESSID/ACCESSPSWD. As far as I can tell ACCESSACCT/ACCESSACCTPSWD isn't used. I'm curious that, though ACCESSACCT is invariable blank, I have about 40% of my ACCESSACCTPSWDs set to zeros and the rest not. I'm in the process of merging four regional installations into one and that means merging security. I have users who have OPRIDs on more than one server and sometimes the only difference is in the ACCESSACCTPSWD values. Can someone please tell me what ACCESSACCT and ACCESSACCTPSWD are used for? The only references I've found to this is in finacials and in Oracle. Thanks in advance, Rick Gebethner ***************** End Of Article ****************** DD posted Message 458 in Message Board Dated : September 13, 2000 at 08:54:16 EST Subject: Transport of data / object b/w system Can anyone tell how to transport the data / object from test server to quality and then to production server like tp utility is there in SAP. Pls. explain the terms / tools in details, as we need to setup the new system. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Shanbogue posted Message 459 in Message Board Dated : September 18, 2000 at 09:46:35 EST Subject: Re: Intruder Detection Hi I tried to get the source code for PSTOOLS.EXE from peoplesoft. I tried this by logging a call in customer connection. But the reply I got was NO. I am really interested to know how you were able to get the source code. We are also thinking of customizing the login to detect the unsuccessfull login attempts. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks : Sorry... I should have guessed that your intruder would be a "password retryer". : I've played around a while ago with writing my own PSTOOLS.EXE. You've got 2 options as far as I can see. : 1. Get the source code for PSTOOLS.EXE (C++) from PeopleSoft (it is available - see your account exec if you have problems). Build in the password expiry and audit. : 2. Write a wrapper application (by far the easiest) and call it PSTOOLS.EXE (rename the original to something else and prevent your users from running it) which handles the operid and password and Database capture and passes these as arguments to the original pstools.exe using command line parms. : Good luck : Graham : : In relation to my initial post, I would consider an intruder to be someone attempting to guess a password, so I'm looking for some way to log unsuccessful attempts at logging into PeopleSoft. If an intruder knows a valid operid and password, there isn't much chance of stopping that? : : : I've thought about this one before....and....am left with the unanswered question... "what is an intruder?" : : : Is it someone who succesfully enters a correct operid and password? (isn't this how most intruders get into our systems?) : : : Is it someone who fails to enter a succesfull pwd 3 times (in which case they failed to get in anyway)? : : : Is it someone who logs into Oracle via the PeopleSoft accessid? (in which case this is not a PeopleSoft security issue but an Oracle one (ie someone knows your sysadmin login pwd who shouldn't)) : : : What do you think? : : : Graham ***************** End Of Article ****************** Rick Gebethner posted Message 460 in Message Board Dated : September 19, 2000 at 13:08:00 EST Subject: Re: Transport of data / object b/w system : Can anyone tell how to transport the data / object from test server to quality and then to production server like tp utility is there in SAP. Pls. explain the terms / tools in details, as we need to setup the new system. Either use Psoft Data Mover to export the tables out then in again or use DBMS specific tools. Data Mover is slower but more format/DBMS independent. Details are in the manuals. ***************** End Of Article ****************** venu posted Message 461 in Message Board Dated : September 20, 2000 at 07:45:43 EST Subject: Re: Tax Updates Kirk, Sorry for coming in between your postings but I have a small question and I would appreciate if you could help me on this. At my client site they recently applied tax update 00-D and since then they are having some performance problems. Are you aware of this problem when you applied your tax updates. Thanks in advance. Venu. : Jon, : Which tax update(s) are you wanting to apply. Please let me know and I might be able to assist you. I've applied all tax updates through 2000B. I'm waiting for PeopleSoft to fix 2000C before I apply it. : Thanks, : Kirk Edmunds ***************** End Of Article ****************** venu posted Message 462 in Message Board Dated : September 20, 2000 at 11:44:45 EST Subject: Nvision - registry settings We are getting some error like "nvision paths in registry are not corret check your psprcs.cfg and should have all valid paths in configuration manager, still you want to continue yes / no" kind of message. However we are using the same paths we used to run on different box and were able to run nvision report books successfully. If we select yes then it's processing successfully. Is anybody aware of this problem and we would appreciate any response. Thanks in advance. Venu. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Kenneth Yankee posted Message 463 in Message Board Dated : September 22, 2000 at 16:41:46 EST Subject: Re: How do I delete data from PS_MESSAGE_LOG table? "DELETE PS_MESSAGE_LOG" Will delete every row of data... : : : : Hi there! : : I was wonderring if someone can show me : : how to cleanup the ps_message_log table from SQL. : : Thanks! : I am on public sector version 6. Since we were recieving Uniques constraints, I consulted Peoplesoft and verified there was no problem with truncated both ps_message_log and ps_message_logparm. I have an automatic job (cron)truncating those tables running each night for the last few years. Hope this helps ***************** End Of Article ****************** Kenneth Yankee posted Message 464 in Message Board Dated : September 28, 2000 at 15:47:08 EST Subject: Re: ACCESSACCTPSWD and ACCESSPSWD Those column names are used in PSOPRDEFN tables in both HR and FINS. I am running SQLserver though. They are encrypted and are used as the password for the userid associated with it. Why there are two? I'm not sure. When running a 3tier setup, different things happen when authenticating to the server. So one of them might be used just for 3tier purposes only.?.? : Hi, : I run HRMS 7.06 on Sybase. At login the user logs in with OPRID then is logged out and back in with ACCESSID/ACCESSPSWD. As far as I can tell ACCESSACCT/ACCESSACCTPSWD isn't used. I'm curious that, though ACCESSACCT is invariable blank, I have about 40% of my ACCESSACCTPSWDs set to zeros and the rest not. I'm in the process of merging four regional installations into one and that means merging security. I have users who have OPRIDs on more than one server and sometimes the only difference is in the ACCESSACCTPSWD values. : Can someone please tell me what ACCESSACCT and ACCESSACCTPSWD are used for? The only references I've found to this is in finacials and in Oracle. : Thanks in advance, : Rick Gebethner ***************** End Of Article ****************** Umya posted Message 465 in Message Board Dated : October 02, 2000 at 14:54:53 EST Subject: How to move security table across databases.. Hi, If I set up operator classes and their security in DEV , what is the best way to move the data and other set up data across databases i.e. TEST and PROD. Any feedback is appreciated.. Thanks, Umya ***************** End Of Article ****************** EDM posted Message 466 in Message Board Dated : October 03, 2000 at 10:42:34 EST Subject: Re: How to move security table across databases.. Umya, If you know what the security tables are, then you can just copy them and move to other database. You can use import/export manager, data mover or any tools however, I doubt that it will copy the passwords since they are encripted. I have done this and copies everything except the passswords. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Erwin Dania posted Message 467 in Message Board Dated : October 04, 2000 at 10:06:27 EST Subject: Re: Process Scheduler and Application server startup scripts : Can someone help me with getting an automated process scheduler and application startup script? It's for Unix. : Thanks, : Jon Wahlund Hi ! You could check up the document on the Peoplesoft customer connection from; David Kurtz Title: Automating Process Scheduler & Database Startup/Shutdown on Unix. ***************** End Of Article ****************** ----- posted Message 468 in Message Board Dated : October 04, 2000 at 12:33:09 EST Subject: Re: How to move security table across databases.. : Hi, : If I set up operator classes and their security in DEV , what is the best way to move the data and other set up data across databases i.e. TEST and PROD. Create a datamover with the following: -- expdefn.dms -- --------------------------- -- This script exports operator and operator class definitions from a PeopleSoft -- Database. -- This script is used with impdefn.dms which imports operator and operator -- class definitions from a file created with this script. -- --------------------------- -- change the following line to specify location of the output and log files from this script SET OUTPUT c:\temp\export_sec.dat; SET LOG c:\temp\export_sec.log; UPDATE PSOPRDEFN SET VERSION = 1; -- Tables updated by the Operator Security Tool EXPORT PSOPRDEFN; EXPORT PSAUTHSIGNON; EXPORT PSAUTHITEM; EXPORT PSAUTHPRCS; EXPORT PSPRCSPRFL; -- Tables populated by the Query Security panels EXPORT PS_SCRTY_QUERY; EXPORT PS_SCRTY_ACC_GRP; -- Tables populated by the Object Security tool EXPORT PSOPROBJ; -- The following four tables are new in PeopleTools version 7.0 -- uncomment these export statements only if you're using -- PeopleTools 7.0. These tables are populated by the Operator -- Security tool. EXPORT PSOPRCLS; EXPORT PSACCESSPRFL; -- Tables populated by the Operator Alias panels (new for 7.X) EXPORT PSOPRALIAS; EXPORT PSOPRALIASTYPE; -- Tables populated by mass change EXPORT PS_MC_OPR_SECURITY; EXPORT PS_MC_OPRID; Then Create a DMS running an Import or replace_data on the above. Put the following statement at the bottom: GRANT_USER *; this will let the users log in without changing passwords Cheers ***************** End Of Article ****************** psdba posted Message 469 in Message Board Dated : October 05, 2000 at 07:41:08 EST Subject: Self Service - oracle sessions Hi, I have a problem with Self Service. When ever one user login to self service, it's creating a new session(v$session) in the database where as when the same user disconnects from the database, the session is still sitting there except if we re start the database. Any ideas? We would appreciate any help. Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Kenneth A. Yankee posted Message 470 in Message Board Dated : October 10, 2000 at 13:06:56 EST Subject: Re: How to move security table across databases.. Try this... /* ********************************** */ /* 09/08/1999 - By Kenneth A. Yankee */ /* ********************************** */ /* >>> SELECT TARGET AND SOURCE DATABASES & A USER PATTERN <<< This script will copy DB users from a source DB to a target DB (if they don't exist in the target DB). This does an INSERT and not a REPLACE or CREATE A NEW TABLE. *** BY TURNING ON 'ALLOW UPDATES', SYSTEM TABLES CAN BE UPDATED DIRECTLY *** *** MAKE SURE THAT 'ALLOW UPDATES' IS TURNED BACK OFF (0) WHEN FINISHED!!! *** */ USE FSTEST1 go /* ENABLE SYSTEM TABLE UPDATES */ sp_configure 'allow updates', 1 reconfigure WITH OVERRIDE go /* SELECT TARGET AND SOURCE DATABASES & A USER PATTERN */ insert into FSTEST1..sysusers select * from FSSYS..sysusers where name like 'BUD%' go /* DISABLE SYSTEM TABLE UPDATES */ sp_configure 'allow updates', 0 reconfigure WITH OVERRIDE go /* SHOW CURRENT STATUS OF SYSTEM TABLES */ sp_configure 'allow updates' /* SELECT TARGET AND SOURCE DATABASES & A USER PATTERN */ /* Copy other Table's used for Peoplesoft */ insert into FSTEST1..PSOPRDEFN select * from FSSYS..PSOPRDEFN where OPRID like 'BUD%' go insert into FSTEST1..PSOPRCLS select * from FSSYS..PSOPRCLS where OPRID like 'BUD%' go : Hi, : If I set up operator classes and their security in DEV , what is the best way to move the data and other set up data across databases i.e. TEST and PROD. : Any feedback is appreciated.. : Thanks, : Umya ***************** End Of Article ****************** Duane Erautt posted Message 471 in Message Board Dated : October 10, 2000 at 20:00:59 EST Subject: psopralias Can anyone suggest a place where I can get some solid information on exactly psopralias and psopraliastype are and how they are used to secure the Student Admin App? As usual, the PS docs are a little vague. Thanks, D ***************** End Of Article ****************** Roger Case posted Message 472 in Message Board Dated : October 10, 2000 at 20:56:13 EST Subject: Re: PS/nVision was unable to initiate Pawan: We are experiencing the same problem on one workstation, did you find a solution? Thanks, Roger ***************** End Of Article ****************** Kevin B posted Message 473 in Message Board Dated : October 13, 2000 at 17:28:22 EST Subject: Application Server Feedback Hi - We are currently evaluating performance on a PS 3-tier environment. We have a physical application server that connects to the database on the same subnet. The hardware consists of a Sun/Solaris box with 4 CPU and 4 gig of RAM. All of this power and we are getting faster timmings on the LAN and Faster timings over the WAN when connecting through a Windows 2000 terminal server. Does anyone have any feedback on how terminal server compares to the delivered PS tuxedo package? Also - We've determined that there is nothing on the configuration end that is bottlenecking the transactions. Anything else to look for? Anything would be helpful at this point. Thanks, Kevin ***************** End Of Article ****************** Alwyn pinto posted Message 474 in Message Board Dated : October 18, 2000 at 19:55:50 EST Subject: Peoplesoft HRMS 7 Demo CD Hello there has any one got the copy of Peoplesoft HRMS 7 demo cd.iam happy to pay for the copy. Also any one also can lend me a copy of SQR programme Thanks in advance ***************** End Of Article ****************** Gopal posted Message 475 in Message Board Dated : October 20, 2000 at 07:09:08 EST Subject: SMTP Mail configuration using 3-Tier connection Dear All, We are using workflow (mail) very extensively. In our organisation MS Outlook is installed on every machine. So, using client - workflow configuration the mail is sent. I want to know is it possible to send mail using the central server? If we configure SMTP setting in Application Server then mails do not go. It doesn't give any error also. Is there some other setting to be done ? Again, will workflow be triggered from Web panels ? PLease advise me. ***************** End Of Article ****************** germain ekamby posted Message 476 in Message Board Dated : October 25, 2000 at 15:47:18 EST Subject: Re: Tuxedo Configuration : Customer Connection has a 3-tier answer book which has some useful tips. : Good luck : Graham : : : We are running 50 clients across a wan and experiencing tuxedo problems : : Is there any good documents on configuring tuxedo for PeopleSoft or sample psappsrv.cfg files that we could look at ( otherwise timely trial and error with our angry remote Users ) : : thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Violet Gallegos posted Message 477 in Message Board Dated : October 27, 2000 at 19:19:02 EST Subject: nVision doesn't run from Peoplesoft Button :Hi!, we're trying to implement some reports with PS/nVision, (not specific for contable information) but when we ran it it doesn't work, excel send a message 'Impossible to find macro Auto_Open'. By the other hand, if I prepare the report like a nVision-ReportBook and I run it there, it does it well, but when I try to run the ReportBook from the Run Button of a panel with a different user id and/or different run control id, it doesn't work, nVision send me the message 'Report Book 'INFORME' not defined for Operator ID . (28,16)'. :Has anyone seen this problem before, and if so, could you please tell me how was it resolved? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Purpleedge posted Message 478 in Message Board Dated : October 28, 2000 at 00:14:28 EST Subject: Alpha required in 1st char of operator id ???? Does anyone have a clue as to why Peoplesoft requires an alpha character in the first position of the operator id? My understanding is that the login screen is written in C code and PSoft wrote validation code in C to force an alpha char in position 1. I can understand why one might do that with passwords ... to force a stronger password. But why do that with a login id when often login ids can easily be set to the corporate 'employee id' which is often an all numberic value ? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Raghu Kundur posted Message 479 in Message Board Dated : October 30, 2000 at 11:00:18 EST Subject: Peoplecode status 'YES' even though no peoplecode Hi All We have been having some same strnge problems for some days.The status of 'save pre change' peoplecode for 'country' in the record 'pers_nid' (actally in a subrecord) is 'YES' even though these is no peoplecode and the save button is highligted. The save button does not work when we try to save(only for this case, it works for all other cases) We tried several options which include saving with some comments and then deleting, exporting the entire record with peoplecode from another instance.After exporting it looks OK, but when we try to add some people code and save it, the save button does not work. If anyone has a view on this or have faced this kind of problem, please let me know what you did to correct it Any input would be helpful Thanks for you help -Raghu ***************** End Of Article ****************** Raghu Kundur posted Message 480 in Message Board Dated : October 30, 2000 at 11:06:30 EST Subject: prompt table does not work (PS - SA) Hi ALL This is a second unsual problem we have been seeing. The prompt table (actually a view 'instr_advsr_vw') does not work when trying to prompt for 'advisor id' from 'Student Advisor Panel'. When we hit 'F4' or the drop down button, it shows as loading , but never comes upo with a list. We tried several options checked the view, recreated the view, compared to another instance where it is working, imported from another instance where it is working, still no result. If anyone has come upon a similar problem, please reply. Even peoplesoft has not comeup with any solution yet. Thank you for your help -Raghu ***************** End Of Article ****************** Raghu Kundur posted Message 481 in Message Board Dated : October 30, 2000 at 11:06:37 EST Subject: prompt table does not work (PS - SA) Hi ALL This is a second unsual problem we have been seeing. The prompt table (actually a view 'instr_advsr_vw') does not work when trying to prompt for 'advisor id' from 'Student Advisor Panel'. When we hit 'F4' or the drop down button, it shows as loading , but never comes upo with a list. We tried several options checked the view, recreated the view, compared to another instance where it is working, imported from another instance where it is working, still no result. If anyone has come upon a similar problem, please reply. Even peoplesoft has not comeup with any solution yet. Thank you for your help -Raghu ***************** End Of Article ****************** mario f salomon posted Message 482 in Message Board Dated : November 05, 2000 at 18:13:09 EST Subject: Re: Unnecessary Indexes could anyone provide me a script how to locate unnecessary indexes in an oracle db ?? ***************** End Of Article ****************** dxie posted Message 483 in Message Board Dated : November 06, 2000 at 13:15:52 EST Subject: Re: prompt table does not work (PS - SA) Does that happen on all workstations or just one? If only one try un-install and re-install the workstation. : Hi ALL : This is a second unsual problem we have been seeing. The prompt table (actually a view 'instr_advsr_vw') does not work when trying to prompt for 'advisor id' from 'Student Advisor Panel'. When we hit 'F4' or the drop down button, it shows as loading , but never comes upo with a list. We tried several options checked the view, recreated the view, compared to another instance where it is working, imported from another instance where it is working, still no result. If anyone has come upon a similar problem, please reply. Even peoplesoft has not comeup with any solution yet. : Thank you for your help : -Raghu ***************** End Of Article ****************** santhosh posted Message 484 in Message Board Dated : November 06, 2000 at 19:22:53 EST Subject: Peoplecode Hello There, I created a panel with employee details,i like to have total number of employee displayed bottom of the panel. The total number of employee who have met the criteria,means every part of the panel has been filled with details. can any one help me to create peoplecode to this totals.Thanks a lot in advance ***************** End Of Article ****************** Raghu Kundur posted Message 485 in Message Board Dated : November 07, 2000 at 09:16:59 EST Subject: Re: prompt table does not work (PS - SA) It happens on all the Workstations : Does that happen on all workstations or just one? If only one try un-install and re-install the workstation. : : Hi ALL : : This is a second unsual problem we have been seeing. The prompt table (actually a view 'instr_advsr_vw') does not work when trying to prompt for 'advisor id' from 'Student Advisor Panel'. When we hit 'F4' or the drop down button, it shows as loading , but never comes upo with a list. We tried several options checked the view, recreated the view, compared to another instance where it is working, imported from another instance where it is working, still no result. If anyone has come upon a similar problem, please reply. Even peoplesoft has not comeup with any solution yet. : : Thank you for your help : : -Raghu ***************** End Of Article ****************** santhosh posted Message 486 in Message Board Dated : November 07, 2000 at 21:55:44 EST Subject: What peoplecode is required to add the total numbers I have created a panel with employee details,Some of the employee have not been filed all the employee details. I have field where says total employee.so i need to know the total number of employee who has met the criteria(the detail of the employee has been filled in the panel.) can any one tell me what would be the syntax for peoplecode so that i can get a total employee number Thanks in advance Santhosh ***************** End Of Article ****************** Utkarsh posted Message 487 in Message Board Dated : November 08, 2000 at 13:08:35 EST Subject: Re: Peoplecode status 'YES' even though no peoplecode Check the Indexes on peoplecode records. It might be currepted. : Hi All : We have been having some same strnge problems for some days.The status of 'save pre change' peoplecode for 'country' in the record 'pers_nid' (actally in a subrecord) is 'YES' even though these is no peoplecode and the save button is highligted. The save button does not work when we try to save(only for this case, it works for all other cases) We tried several options which include saving with some comments and then deleting, exporting the entire record with peoplecode from another instance.After exporting it looks OK, but when we try to add some people code and save it, the save button does not work. : If anyone has a view on this or have faced this kind of problem, please let me know what you did to correct it : Any input would be helpful : Thanks for you help : -Raghu ***************** End Of Article ****************** anjum posted Message 488 in Message Board Dated : November 11, 2000 at 10:43:00 EST Subject: Expression in PS Query Can i write a if statement in an expression in PS Query. Can i write an expression for complicated computation. How an i write an expression which allow me to set an auto-count field. Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** andy posted Message 489 in Message Board Dated : November 11, 2000 at 10:44:48 EST Subject: Peoplesoft Demo Cd Where can i get a PS Demo For practice. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Pam posted Message 490 in Message Board Dated : November 15, 2000 at 10:55:45 EST Subject: Re: prompt table does not work (PS - SA) Make sure that the academic program radio button for instructor advisor is set correctly. It could be that you are pointing to a different view all together. you should run a SQL trace in 2-tier to see what table you are actually going after. : It happens on all the Workstations : : Does that happen on all workstations or just one? If only one try un-install and re-install the workstation. : : : Hi ALL : : : This is a second unsual problem we have been seeing. The prompt table (actually a view 'instr_advsr_vw') does not work when trying to prompt for 'advisor id' from 'Student Advisor Panel'. When we hit 'F4' or the drop down button, it shows as loading , but never comes upo with a list. We tried several options checked the view, recreated the view, compared to another instance where it is working, imported from another instance where it is working, still no result. If anyone has come upon a similar problem, please reply. Even peoplesoft has not comeup with any solution yet. : : : Thank you for your help : : : -Raghu ***************** End Of Article ****************** Ajay posted Message 491 in Message Board Dated : November 16, 2000 at 12:13:19 EST Subject: Create AUD and SYS database Hi, I need help on the procedure to create a AUD and the SYS database on the Unix Box. PS Tools 7.59, PS Apps 7.53. OS AIX 4.3.3. Thanks Ajay ***************** End Of Article ****************** Charu Srinivas posted Message 492 in Message Board Dated : November 17, 2000 at 11:22:29 EST Subject: Data mover for migrating menus and panels from instance to the other Hi all, I am creating new menus and panels for a client. If I develop them in a single user SQLBase PS 7.5 database, is there a way to move these into the client database instance, Oracle PS 7.5, using a data mover script? If yes, can anyone share the script with me please? Thanks in advance, Charu ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jeff Roth posted Message 493 in Message Board Dated : November 20, 2000 at 11:10:59 EST Subject: PeopleSoft User Accounts I have completed an audit of PeopleSoft release 6 Financials and found that there were active user accounts (Operators) that were terminated. The IT folks countered that this is no risk in that the respective NT accounts were terminated for these users; therefore, the users had not access. I can think of several scenarios that could indicate that the IT folks are not necessarily correct. Does any one out there have a few specific risks to the PeopleSoft application (On the Oracle, Unix or PeopleSoft level)? I want the thought from others in IT security and audit to provide a broader look at this issue. Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dave posted Message 494 in Message Board Dated : November 20, 2000 at 18:44:27 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft User Accounts : I have completed an audit of PeopleSoft release 6 Financials and found that there were active user accounts (Operators) that were terminated. The IT folks countered that this is no risk in that the respective NT accounts were terminated for these users; therefore, the users had not access. I can think of several scenarios that could indicate that the IT folks are not necessarily correct. Does any one out there have a few specific risks to the PeopleSoft application (On the Oracle, Unix or PeopleSoft level)? I want the thought from others in IT security and audit to provide a broader look at this issue. : Thanks It is possible that employees remaining at the company might use the terminated person's oper-id's to wreck havoc anonimously while logged into NT. The old OPER-Id's should be deleted. They might even suceed in getting checks issued to someone -or- giving themselves a raise! Close all holes... Dave ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dahlia LENG posted Message 495 in Message Board Dated : November 22, 2000 at 09:03:02 EST Subject: Script "export full.dms" Hi, I need to transfer all the data from one SQL7.0 server to another SQL7.0. For that, I need to use the data mover script called "export full.dms". Does anybody can send it to me ? I am using Peoplesoft HRMS7.51 and PeopleTools7.56. Thanks in advance Sincerely DAhlia ***************** End Of Article ****************** EDM posted Message 496 in Message Board Dated : November 22, 2000 at 10:02:02 EST Subject: Re: Script "export full.dms" : Hi, : I need to transfer all the data from one SQL7.0 server to another SQL7.0. : For that, I need to use the data mover script called "export full.dms". : Does anybody can send it to me ? : I am using Peoplesoft HRMS7.51 and PeopleTools7.56. : Thanks in advance : Sincerely : DAhlia Dahlia, You say 'All' ?? data in the database? Why not just backup your database and restore to the other server or if both database resides in one physical unit, then just use PSCOPYDB. Just a thought elvis ***************** End Of Article ****************** EDM posted Message 497 in Message Board Dated : November 22, 2000 at 10:08:31 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft User Accounts : : I have completed an audit of PeopleSoft release 6 Financials and found that there were active user accounts (Operators) that were terminated. The IT folks countered that this is no risk in that the respective NT accounts were terminated for these users; therefore, the users had not access. I can think of several scenarios that could indicate that the IT folks are not necessarily correct. Does any one out there have a few specific risks to the PeopleSoft application (On the Oracle, Unix or PeopleSoft level)? I want the thought from others in IT security and audit to provide a broader look at this issue. : : Thanks : It is possible that employees remaining at the company might use : the terminated person's oper-id's to wreck havoc anonimously while logged into NT. The old OPER-Id's should be deleted. : They might even suceed in getting checks issued to someone -or- : giving themselves a raise! : Close all holes... : Dave Jeff, I agree with Dave where there is a necessity to remove unwarranted profiles. However, anything that concern profiles should be handled by the security officer alone. NT admin and PS security officer should always be in agreement when handling user's security. elvis ***************** End Of Article ****************** wfholmes posted Message 498 in Message Board Dated : November 22, 2000 at 20:00:38 EST Subject: Re: Data mover for migrating menus and panels from instance to the other : Hi all, : I am creating new menus and panels for a client. If I develop them in a single user SQLBase PS 7.5 database, is there a way to move these into the client database instance, Oracle PS 7.5, using a data mover script? : If yes, can anyone share the script with me please? : Thanks in advance, : Charu Find auexport.dms. This will enable you to save a PeopleSoft project. You can then use auimport.dms to import the project from the 'dat' file. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Sri posted Message 499 in Message Board Dated : November 28, 2000 at 12:21:58 EST Subject: Mistro Hi , I would appreciate if anybody give me some idea about mistro. Thanks in advance Sri ***************** End Of Article ****************** L Campbell posted Message 500 in Message Board Dated : December 04, 2000 at 12:56:19 EST Subject: Re: PS/nVision was unable to initiate : Pawan: & Roger Case We are experiencing the same error, as well - only on one workstation. Others working fine. Would be most grateful for any input! Thank you! L Campbell ***************** End Of Article ****************** Vickie Littler posted Message 501 in Message Board Dated : December 05, 2000 at 10:34:45 EST Subject: Security Setup Does anyone know of a document or book that shows the process for setting up security for classes and operid's (including all steps, in SecAdmin, Define Bus Rules, etc.)? My group administers our own training database, and I could go to our Security Administrator, but I want something documented, which I'm not likely to get internally. Any help is appreciated. Thanks! ***************** End Of Article ****************** ps dba posted Message 502 in Message Board Dated : December 05, 2000 at 10:36:36 EST Subject: Re: Security Setup : Does anyone know of a document or book that shows the process for setting up security for classes and operid's (including all steps, in SecAdmin, Define Bus Rules, etc.)? My group administers our own training database, and I could go to our Security Administrator, but I want something documented, which I'm not likely to get internally. : Any help is appreciated. : Thanks! Go to customer connection and search for security answer book. ***************** End Of Article ****************** L Campbell posted Message 503 in Message Board Dated : December 05, 2000 at 14:17:21 EST Subject: Re: PS/nVision was unable to initiate We found a solution to our problem: Excel option "Ignore Other Applications" was turned on. When it was clicked off, the feature worked normally. (To find this option, open Excel and click Tools - Options - General and look at that specific option button.) Hope this helps - L Campbell ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jon posted Message 504 in Message Board Dated : December 06, 2000 at 17:29:49 EST Subject: Kintana Has anyone using Kintana for there change control tool? I would be interested in hearing your experiences. Thanks, Jon ***************** End Of Article ****************** khan posted Message 505 in Message Board Dated : December 15, 2000 at 17:01:06 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft Object versioning : Does any one out there have a suggestion for CM software which integrates with peopletools. I am considering using a Development suite called CAST to version DB objects, however I will have to create a way to extract the non DBobjects {peoplesoft panels etc} for versioning purposes. I am using PVCS as a CM repository for now so it would be nice to find an app that will fit between PeopleTools and PVCS. : Any Ideas ? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Marco posted Message 506 in Message Board Dated : December 19, 2000 at 03:19:58 EST Subject: From informix to oracle : How can i create a table that exists only for the duration of the session ? : In informix I can perform the statement CREATE TEMP TABLE ... The table is destroied when the user leave the session. Two different session can create two different temp table with the same name. : Thanks in advance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Miguel J. Sesma posted Message 507 in Message Board Dated : December 19, 2000 at 06:36:38 EST Subject: Reporting database We are thinking on creating a reporting database with some replicas of the tables needed in order to separate the Reporting workload from the online. Does anyone have tried so? Any ideas will be wellcomed. We are using Financials7Distribution/manufacturing 7.53 with tools 7.58 ove an Oracle Database. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Kannan posted Message 508 in Message Board Dated : December 20, 2000 at 14:51:49 EST Subject: Need Help Hi, I recently, agreed assisting in some HR implementation assignment. I am a strong Oracle DBA but I lack knowledge of Poeplesoft even the basics. Can any one suggest me where I can acquire the source to proceed with the implementation. I appreciate your input. Thanks, Kannan ***************** End Of Article ****************** MGC posted Message 509 in Message Board Dated : January 05, 2001 at 16:45:50 EST Subject: Define a functional class to give only functional security Well, we want to control the security in 2 ways, the first one technical controlled by I.T area, and te 2nd one a functional operid that creates and defines in the security administrator menu all the functional operators. The problem here is we don't want to give this functional controller the access to allpnls class because the risk to define a operator id with all access. Can anyone help us? i hope i was clear if don't contact me by e:mail ***************** End Of Article ****************** Lyle posted Message 510 in Message Board Dated : January 11, 2001 at 16:50:43 EST Subject: Re: Reporting database We have implemented a reporting database at a client site. Due to the size of their HR/payroll, query and inquiry/report functions were causing performance issues. Things to consider; 1. Refresh interval of database 2. Security - setting up classes to allow read-only to panel data, but full access to reports/inquiries and query 3. Selecting which tables to migrate. We currently take out all security tables, refresh/full database copy, then put security back in. 4. Maintenance of operators/classes in two environments. But it does work! : We are thinking on creating a reporting database with some replicas of the tables needed in order to separate the Reporting workload from the online. : Does anyone have tried so? : Any ideas will be wellcomed. : We are using Financials7Distribution/manufacturing 7.53 with tools 7.58 ove an Oracle Database. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Claire posted Message 511 in Message Board Dated : January 22, 2001 at 09:47:15 EST Subject: Same Problem Did you find anything about this problem "Data Buffer error"? i have the same error after launching workflow Voucher process. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Muruga Palaniappan posted Message 512 in Message Board Dated : January 23, 2001 at 01:41:38 EST Subject: Re: Mass User Generation Hi Udo, To enable your employees to use the PeopleSoft HRMS Self Service Center, they need operator IDs and passwords. If you wish to create these for the employees in your PeopleSoft HRMS system automatically, you can run the Stage Employee Web Operators Application Engine Process ( W3HROPR ) that builds Operator IDs and Passwords for your employees for you. This process scans your employee data (PERSONAL_DATA, PERS_NID) records, and locates those employees that match the Where Clause criteria in the Stage Employee Web Operators Process. The process automatically excludes those employees who are already have an Operator ID in PeopleSoft HRMS. To generate a list of employees who were not made employee operators by the process, use the W3HR_WEBOPR_EXCEPTIONS Query. We have done some amount of customisation in this process to suit our standards of User Ids (i.e Employee Ids as User Id) Muruga Palaniappan PeopleSoft HRMS Team, Mphasis BFL,Bangalore www.mphasis.com : Hi, : I need to generate many users for our PeopleSoft system. : ( PS 7.06 ) : This is to allow some thousand employees to make self-service for their own data. : How can I create PS-users by a oracle script, batch script or an other automated function? : Thank you for help! : Udo Fischer ***************** End Of Article ****************** holmesb posted Message 513 in Message Board Dated : January 30, 2001 at 16:08:00 EST Subject: Re: Mistro : Hi , : I would appreciate if anybody give me some idea about mistro. : Thanks in advance : Sri I think you are referring to 'Maestro'. This was a Unix-based job scheduling package. I believe it is now a part of the Tivoli suite from IBM. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Shaun Rudolph posted Message 514 in Message Board Dated : January 31, 2001 at 13:57:39 EST Subject: copying a lg db instance to a small instance Our HRIS Coordinator wants to be able to have a database instance for Training our end users. our dbas don't want to give us an instance for this. they say they don't have the hardware & don't want to buy more(ok we're down right cheap) They want us to use either our alpha or beta environment for this purpose which we (IS dept) don't want to do. However, our HRIS Coordinator would be open to a compressed copy of production. My question is this. if we had a training database that had a smaller table space than production we could do the following: copy the tools tables from production to training instance via DMS copy a limited amount of data via sqr, sql loader, or DMS from production to training We actually have a small database that we could try this on & we have backup of in case we toast it. Is there anyone who has tried this? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Shafiq posted Message 515 in Message Board Dated : January 31, 2001 at 17:13:53 EST Subject: Loading Data Editing about 1 million journal lines. Problem is that this process is taking about 13-14 hrs editing that data. I have increased the extent sizes to 1 MEG. does anyone have experience in doing this more quickly. I was thinking of increasing my block size from 8K 16K Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Siva L posted Message 516 in Message Board Dated : January 31, 2001 at 18:48:24 EST Subject: CPU and Memory requirements for Fin system Can someone give me information on the CPU and memory needed for a Peoplesoft 7.5 Fin/Purch system ? We run Sybase 11.9.2 on Dec Alpha(6 proc) with 4GB memory on a logical 3-tier and our database is 40 GB. Any links to documents about system requirements for a big Psoft system is very welcome. Thanks in advance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Siva L posted Message 517 in Message Board Dated : January 31, 2001 at 19:19:57 EST Subject: Re: CPU and Memory requirements for Fin system : Can someone give me information on the CPU and memory needed for a Peoplesoft 7.5 Fin/Purch system ? We run Sybase 11.9.2 on Dec Alpha(6 proc) with 4GB memory on a logical 3-tier and our database is 40 GB. Any links to documents about system requirements for a big Psoft system is very welcome. : Thanks in advance. //********************************************************* Forgot to add that we are on Dec unix. The system is growing very fast and we have a lot of performance issues. Also appreciate any comparison between Sybase and Oracle that some one can provide. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Wanda Burrell posted Message 518 in Message Board Dated : February 03, 2001 at 16:06:54 EST Subject: Books on Auditing PeopleSoft Security Does anyone know of any good books written to help with auditing PeopleSoft security for the financials, HR and purchasing modules? A book that may show what settings should be used in the peoplesoft tables to produce a secure envionment. ***************** End Of Article ****************** AL posted Message 519 in Message Board Dated : February 05, 2001 at 07:12:42 EST Subject: Audit changes in security classes Is there a way to audit the changes made to the operators' profiles (mainly interested in changes to PSOPRCLS) ? In our site, we would like to grant certain staff access to Security Administrator to update existing operators access e.g. add classes to , or delete classes from users, but we want to have an audit trail for the changes made and the operator performing the changes. I tried using the PSAUDIT facility, but that seems to work only on PS application tables and not PSTOOLS table. (In fact, I believe it has been mentioned in PS Customer Connection somewhere that currently PSTOOLS tables such as PSOPRDEFN cannot be audited.) Does anyone know a way to do this without using some thrid party product like SQL<>SECURE ? Do many sites audit their PS security admin work ? Any input is greatly appreciated. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Anonymous posted Message 520 in Message Board Dated : February 05, 2001 at 09:42:03 EST Subject: Re: Need Help Try to read the PeopleBooks about Data Administration or follow a PeopleSoft course. Info at www.peoplesoft.com. ***************** End Of Article ****************** DME posted Message 521 in Message Board Dated : February 05, 2001 at 14:48:15 EST Subject: Re: Audit changes in security classes Don't believe there is any way to audit changes to the various security tables through PeopleTools. However, if you are running on an Oracle database, you could use database triggers to capture the before and after versions of the data, as well as the user who made the change. Have implemented this kind of auditing for a couple of my clients. Let me know if you want some of the trigger logic and I'll forward it on to you. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Srini posted Message 522 in Message Board Dated : February 12, 2001 at 11:39:46 EST Subject: Data conversion from PeopleSoft system 7.5 to PeopleSoft System 8.01 Hi All, We implemented PeopleSoft 7.5 HR module only for Chicago Business Unit. Now we are implementing PeopleSoft 8.01 HRMS entire worldwide . So we want to convert data from our existing Peoplesoft 7.5 HR system to new PeopleSoft 8.01 HRMS system. Here is the tricky part. All our data conversion is from the Main Frame systems except the Chicago conversion. Since the Chicago data is already converted from Main Frame system a while ago and is maintaining in PeopleSoft 7.5. We want to copy JOB, PERSONAL DATA, POSITION DATA, JOBCODE from our existing PeopleSoft7.5. Now, my question which are all the control tables along with the above mentioned tables that we need to copy to maintain the data integrity. Any information is greatly apprciated. Thanks, Srini ***************** End Of Article ****************** watkinsp posted Message 523 in Message Board Dated : February 12, 2001 at 11:44:57 EST Subject: Interface among HRMS, Financials, CRM Can we put all the objects from 3 above modules into one database? Are object names in 3 modules are different? if not are the table structures are exactly same? We are trying to combine 3 modules to one. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dan Archibald posted Message 524 in Message Board Dated : February 12, 2001 at 18:22:43 EST Subject: Security - Potential Risks via Edit > Preferences Hi, I am wondering if anyone could advise me on how to disable the following Menus: Edit > Preferences > Configuration Manager; and Edit > Preferences > Run Control. The issue I have is when the need for an extremely secure environment, there is a possibility for a user to write an SQR that may for example delete data from a number of tables, change their Process Scheduler parameters in Configuration Manager and execute it against the database. Additionally, Run Controls can also be deleted from the Preferences Menu group. I would like to know how it is possible to disable/grey out these menu items to prevent the potential risk associated with the lack of security via the Configuration Manager. Regards, Dan Archibald. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Bernadine posted Message 525 in Message Board Dated : February 13, 2001 at 13:17:22 EST Subject: Peoplesoft Jobs I have several Peoplesoft openings i need people to fill. If you are considering either a contract or perm position please call me. Thank you, 407-522-6868 ***************** End Of Article ****************** Andre Caron posted Message 526 in Message Board Dated : February 15, 2001 at 00:37:13 EST Subject: Re: Reporting database Hi, If you are running Oracle, you can create snapshots via db_link on an other database (machine). The refresh will be handled automaticaly by the database. The refresh could be done over night. You will use same userid and password. Best practice: increase your database server capacity (memory, cpu, and the number of disk). You can also distribute your database on several servers! Andre : We are thinking on creating a reporting database with some replicas of the tables needed in order to separate the Reporting workload from the online. : Does anyone have tried so? : Any ideas will be wellcomed. : We are using Financials7Distribution/manufacturing 7.53 with tools 7.58 ove an Oracle Database. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Balasubramanian posted Message 527 in Message Board Dated : February 19, 2001 at 07:12:30 EST Subject: PS8 We are not able to login thru webclient in PS8. We have installed 3 tier configurations successfully and we are able to login as windows client.. While login in thru web client, application server authenticates the request and no further response(no pages or menus after login). any clues?? TIA Bala ***************** End Of Article ****************** rich posted Message 528 in Message Board Dated : February 20, 2001 at 14:32:50 EST Subject: ****HARDCORE ORACLE/PEOPLESOFT DBA AVAIL.******* I'm available for work in the S.F. Bay area and Sacramento area. PLease send your dba/psoft requirements to oracle_man@yahoo.com, and I'll decide if they are right for me. Contracts only please. Best regards, rich ***************** End Of Article ****************** Abhi posted Message 529 in Message Board Dated : February 20, 2001 at 19:59:38 EST Subject: Dynamic updation of registries using PeopleSoft 7.52. Hi! Can anyone tell me how to dynamically update(or add) the Windows Registries using PeopleSoft 7.52 ? Please reply asap. Thanks & Regards Abhi ***************** End Of Article ****************** Andre Caron posted Message 530 in Message Board Dated : February 22, 2001 at 01:00:04 EST Subject: Re: PS8 Hi, Wich web server do you use? os? Apache works well for me on Win 2k. Andre ***************** End Of Article ****************** Andre Caron posted Message 531 in Message Board Dated : February 22, 2001 at 01:05:00 EST Subject: Re: Dynamic updation of registries using PeopleSoft 7.52. Hi, Financials? start -> run -> regedit I can send you mine. Andre : Hi! : Can anyone tell me how to dynamically update(or add) the Windows Registries using PeopleSoft 7.52 ? : Please reply asap. : Thanks & Regards : Abhi ***************** End Of Article ****************** Tommy posted Message 532 in Message Board Dated : February 22, 2001 at 14:15:25 EST Subject: How could I get TUXEDO's bankapp source files ? Hi, I'm learning TUXEDO development using various source on the web. Is there any way that I can download/or get the entire source code for bankapp applications? I know I have to purchase TUXEDO product to get that, but my company has yet to decide their budget problem. In the meanwhile, I just want to look and study that sample application for the future development. Could anybody zip those source files (C program I believe) and send / or post it? I really appreciate for any comment on this. ***************** End Of Article ****************** E-val posted Message 533 in Message Board Dated : February 23, 2001 at 01:54:03 EST Subject: Peoplesoft HRMS vs other ERP competitors Hi, anyone has any studies or evaluation done of Peoplesoft HRMS vs other main ERP competitors' offerings? Or created some kind of scoring card of main points to take note of? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jack posted Message 534 in Message Board Dated : February 26, 2001 at 15:14:53 EST Subject: Two tier logon error Three tier works fine. Once signed on query, crystal etc work. When attempting to signon in two tier the error message Security Manager GET The database is at release ¸. The PeopleTools being run require databases at release 7.5. appears. Does anyone know what is going on and or how to repair this? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Matt Manetti posted Message 535 in Message Board Dated : March 03, 2001 at 16:58:19 EST Subject: Re: Two tier logon error have you tried deleting your client cache files? : Three tier works fine. Once signed on query, crystal etc work. : When attempting to signon in two tier the error message : Security Manager GET : The database is at release ¸. The PeopleTools being run require databases at release 7.5. : appears. : Does anyone know what is going on and or how to repair this? ***************** End Of Article ****************** hasan posted Message 536 in Message Board Dated : March 03, 2001 at 21:29:04 EST Subject: Re: What peoplecode is required to add the total numbers your question is vague since youre method will be differnt if the employee information is online or already in the database. 1) the employees are already in the database: if youre users are already in the database then you can use the SQLEXEC() function to run a count(*) statement and use the where clause as your criteria for the people who have filled the required fields. 2) if your employees are only in online panels and you want to count the total employees on the fly. maybe using a scroll panel. you can use activerowcount() to count the number. &total_employees = activerowcount(record.record_name); _________________________________________________________________ : I have created a panel with employee details,Some of the employee have not been filed all the employee details. : I have field where says total employee.so i need to know the total number of employee who has met the criteria(the detail of the employee has been filled in the panel.) : can any one tell me what would be the syntax for peoplecode so that i can get a total employee number : Thanks in advance : Santhosh ***************** End Of Article ****************** clifford castelino posted Message 537 in Message Board Dated : March 05, 2001 at 09:41:19 EST Subject: Re: Peoplesoft Demo Cd : Where can i get a PS Demo For practice. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jack posted Message 538 in Message Board Dated : March 05, 2001 at 10:23:29 EST Subject: Re: Two tier logon error : : Yep. I get the error on new installs for client machines also. : have you tried deleting your client cache files? : : Three tier works fine. Once signed on query, crystal etc work. : : When attempting to signon in two tier the error message : : Security Manager GET : : The database is at release ¸. The PeopleTools being run require databases at release 7.5. : : appears. : : Does anyone know what is going on and or how to repair this? ***************** End Of Article ****************** vijay M posted Message 539 in Message Board Dated : March 06, 2001 at 09:53:41 EST Subject: Purging Process scheduler Hi, I am trying to purge the process scheduler in an NT/Oralce env. There are a lot of initiated process which I want to kill. Please let me know how to go about. I did run the purgeprcs.sqr. It was able to clean up the success and the error process. I appreciate your input. Thanks, Vijay ***************** End Of Article ****************** Sumedha Mashruwala posted Message 540 in Message Board Dated : March 07, 2001 at 05:25:42 EST Subject: Kill hanged process from Peoplesoft or Oracle Some wrong or complicated query fired by a user takes loads the system and the other users also start facing performance issues. How to identify and kill such hanged proces? Peoplesoft 7.0 with Oracle 8.0.3 on Windows NT 4.0 ***************** End Of Article ****************** Sumedha Mashrwala posted Message 541 in Message Board Dated : March 07, 2001 at 05:27:17 EST Subject: Re: Two tier logon error : Three tier works fine. Once signed on query, crystal etc work. : When attempting to signon in two tier the error message : Security Manager GET : The database is at release ¸. The PeopleTools being run require databases at release 7.5. : appears. : Does anyone know what is going on and or how to repair this? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Sumedha Mashruwala posted Message 542 in Message Board Dated : March 07, 2001 at 05:29:31 EST Subject: Re: Two tier logon error Is the database upgraded or any version change. Looks like from the time Peoplesoft was installed , the RDBMS was changed which is causing this problem. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Sumedha Mashruwala posted Message 543 in Message Board Dated : March 07, 2001 at 05:35:55 EST Subject: Re: Script "export full.dms" Hi! You can try using the fol:- script from Data Mover by logging in as ps. set output path\; set log path; set trace off; export *; Your data mover should not be in boot strap mode. Then on the other system use set input same path of export; set log path; import *; Let me know the outcome. Regards, ***************** End Of Article ****************** Matt Manetti posted Message 544 in Message Board Dated : March 07, 2001 at 21:24:08 EST Subject: Re: Two tier logon error Can you send me a trace of the 2-tier logon?? matt.manetti@transchannel.com ***************** End Of Article ****************** utkarsh posted Message 545 in Message Board Dated : March 12, 2001 at 12:46:09 EST Subject: Re: Purging Process scheduler Make a copy of purgeprcs.sqr and change the status code in where clause. (run status 6 for initiate process). Include status code 6 in the list of status code. It will purge all initiate state processes, but before running, make sure, no other processes are running and currently in initiate state. otherwise it will terminate that processes. You can add the rqstdttm in where clause. Utkarsh : Hi, : I am trying to purge the process scheduler in an NT/Oralce env. There are a lot of initiated process which I want to kill. Please let me know how to go about. I did run the purgeprcs.sqr. It was able to clean up the success and the error process. I appreciate your input. : Thanks, : Vijay ***************** End Of Article ****************** Ravi posted Message 546 in Message Board Dated : March 12, 2001 at 13:10:48 EST Subject: Cobol Compiles on Unix Hi, At my earlier client site I was told that I should bring down process scheduler before I can compile cobol programs on Unix.I was later told should actually bring it down before you link them.At th e present client,they say they had never done it.Can some one clarify this,if its yes,why it should be brought down. Thanks in advance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** TJ posted Message 547 in Message Board Dated : March 14, 2001 at 16:18:50 EST Subject: Re: Cobol Compiles on Unix You can compile all your cobol on the Unix server while the application server and process scheduler are up or down. When you do the ReLink of your PSRUN, you should always bring down your process scheduler prior. The relink is actually going to update your PSRUN, so you will have to restart you prcs anyways, no matter what. I highly recommend recompiling ALL Cobols and not just individual ones.... Hope this helps. TJ : Hi, : At my earlier client site I was told that I should bring down process scheduler before I can compile cobol programs on Unix.I was later told should actually bring it down before you link them.At th e present client,they say they had never done it.Can some one clarify this,if its yes,why it should be brought down. : Thanks in advance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Ravi posted Message 548 in Message Board Dated : March 15, 2001 at 09:04:47 EST Subject: Re: Cobol Compiles on Unix Hi, My project leader here says that she never had to bring down the scheduler before linking.We asked one of our Peoplesoft contacts and they came with the same answer.I would appreciate if any one has more info. : Hi, : At my earlier client site I was told that I should bring down process scheduler before I can compile cobol programs on Unix.I was later told should actually bring it down before you link them.At th e present client,they say they had never done it.Can some one clarify this,if its yes,why it should be brought down. : Thanks in advance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jack posted Message 549 in Message Board Dated : March 19, 2001 at 10:17:14 EST Subject: Re: PS8 : Proxy server in use? If so, make sure the WEB server is a trusted source. : We are not able to login thru webclient in PS8. We have installed 3 tier configurations successfully and we are able to login as windows client.. While login in thru web client, application server authenticates the request and no further response(no pages or menus after login). any clues?? : TIA : Bala ***************** End Of Article ****************** Laura Ford posted Message 550 in Message Board Dated : March 19, 2001 at 16:37:43 EST Subject: Peoplesoft security script I need to create operator id's for hundreds of Peoplesoft users. Does any one have a script to enter the oper id's without having to enter through the panels? Any help would be greatly appreciated. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mike Dybis posted Message 551 in Message Board Dated : March 20, 2001 at 09:06:10 EST Subject: Re: Peoplesoft security script If they are employees already in the system, then there is an Application Engine process that will create the operator id and passwords for you. If they are not employees, then this process will not help. : I need to create operator id's for hundreds of Peoplesoft users. : Does any one have a script to enter the oper id's without having to enter through the panels? Any help would be greatly appreciated. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Rick posted Message 552 in Message Board Dated : March 20, 2001 at 10:55:00 EST Subject: Can't log into Data Mover Hi - We are installing PS8 and are not able to log into data mover...getting the message: "Invalid Access ID and password for signon -- please See Security Administrator" We have the database defined in the TSNAMES.ora file as well on the PSDBOWNER table and can't figure out why we can log into SQL+ but not Data Mover.....please help Thanks, Rick ***************** End Of Article ****************** del posted Message 553 in Message Board Dated : March 21, 2001 at 10:38:27 EST Subject: Entity Relationship Diagrams help you peoplesoft experts, are there any entity relation diagrams for the project/grant modules in any of the peoplesoft peoplebooks? or for that matter anywhere to be found? we are trying to map our legacy data to these modules and we need any help that we can get. thanks in advance del ***************** End Of Article ****************** Melissa posted Message 554 in Message Board Dated : March 30, 2001 at 19:17:03 EST Subject: Re: Can't log into Data Mover Are you logging into Datamover as the accessID you created? The default is sa? I have seen this issue before. What happened was that the accessID and connectID were confused during the install. Refer to the PSft install docs and make sure that you use connectID and accessID appropriately. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Lyle posted Message 555 in Message Board Dated : April 09, 2001 at 02:43:27 EST Subject: Code fix Version 7 passwords Hi, Has anyone worked out a way to change the code on the PSAUTH and PSUSER.DLL to force minimum password lengths? Version 7 has a one character minimum, and we need to force a 6char minimum - without using a third party tool. Or...Has anyone customised the PSUSER.DLL so that it uses DB2 RACF password controls? Version 7.0 tools 7.57, DB2/OS390, delivered to NT desktop. Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Victor Loghin posted Message 556 in Message Board Dated : April 10, 2001 at 09:41:37 EST Subject: Re: Code fix Version 7 passwords Lyle, You don't need to change PSUSER.DLL to use DB2 RACF password control. In Configuration Manager under the Startup tab, remove the Connect Id and Connect Password. When starting PeopleTools, you will notice the Set Password button disappears. Now your Operator Id and Password will be used as the Connect Id and Connect Password. You will need to grant your Operator Id the same authorization granted to the Connect Id. I believe it's SELECT on PS.PSDBOWNER, .PSLOCK and .PSOPRDEFN. The first time you logon to PeopleTools after you change your password through RACF, you will recieve a message indicating that your password has changed and you must enter your old password. HTH, Victor Loghin VGL Consulting Inc. vgl_ca@hotmail.com ***************** End Of Article ****************** narendra kumar posted Message 557 in Message Board Dated : April 16, 2001 at 07:39:42 EST Subject: Re: Migration from Informix to Oracle i need to migrate the whole database from informix to oracle, while migrating data integrity constraints has to be maintained. if any tools for this or any help mail back narendra kumar.c systematic solutions pvt ltd. bangalore ***************** End Of Article ****************** Nishant Choubey posted Message 558 in Message Board Dated : April 17, 2001 at 01:55:52 EST Subject: HRMS 7.5 Our New Jersey client is in need of a Programmer/Analyst - PEOPLESOFT Your primary responsibilities include troubleshooting system problems and implementing additional HR modules, functionality, workflow development and business-critical customizations. The position will manage all technical aspects of PeopleSoft, including application development, interfaces, upgrades, tax updates, etc. Other responsibilities include providing ongoing maintenance and technical support for PeopleSoft Human Resources, Benefits Administration, Payroll Interface and ProBusiness Payroll applications. This position requires a minimum of 3 years of experience with PeopleSoft HRMS 7.5 and familiarity with at least two of the following modules: HRMS, Benefits Administration and Payroll Interface. A high level of proficiency in People tools, including PeopleCode, and SQL/SQR is required. Good knowledge of COBOL is a definite plus. Knowledge/expertise in integration of PeopleSoft workflow to Lotus Notes is preferred. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Chinnababu Gudapati posted Message 559 in Message Board Dated : April 20, 2001 at 12:21:31 EST Subject: Re: Can't log into Data Mover For this problem you need check 1. Tnsnames.ora 2.Listerns.ora 3. Lsnctrl > status, this status needs to show that your database services up and running. 4.Database need to running 5. Your Boot strap mode i.e., people need to have PSUERS permission. 7. Check for TNSPING . Try to check all of them. If you still have problem you can contact at my email. All the best Chinna : Are you logging into Datamover as the accessID you created? The default is sa? I have seen this issue before. What happened was that the accessID and connectID were confused during the install. Refer to the PSft install docs and make sure that you use connectID and accessID appropriately. ***************** End Of Article ****************** N.Saravanan posted Message 560 in Message Board Dated : April 24, 2001 at 23:53:34 EST Subject: Cobol compiler Dear all I have recently installed Peoplesoft 8 on NT platform.( DEMO Database) Installation went through and i am able to get into peoplesoft and able to view some records. But When i try to retrieve data it is giving peoplecode compile error. As it is mentioned in the NT Installation document that for NT peoplesoft Supplies pre-compiled cobol I have not purchased cobol compiler . Is there any configuration or how to proceed? thanks in advance for the help Love Saravanan.N ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mary posted Message 561 in Message Board Dated : April 26, 2001 at 11:26:53 EST Subject: PS Data Archival Tool? We are currently running PeopleSoft 7.5x using DB2 OS/390. We are investigating a data archiving strategy and considering using the PeopleSoft Data Archival Tool. We will be going to PeopleSoft 8.0 in the future but we're not sure if this tool will be supported in 8.0. Has anyone used this tool? If so, what kind of platform is it running on and would you recommend it? Are there better solutions out there? Thanks in advance, Mary ***************** End Of Article ****************** PeopleSoft Pros posted Message 562 in Message Board Dated : April 26, 2001 at 13:26:24 EST Subject: PeopleSoft scripts, code, tips, and more.. Find the best PeopleSoft jobs and candidates available! At PeopleSoftPros.com, you have instant access to top-notch PeopleSoft jobs and contracts, and Profiles/Resumes. You can search for PeopleSoft Jobs by Location, Skills, Tax Status, and more.. As a PeopleSoftPros.com member you can get free peoplesoft scripts, tips, articles, and more.... Or If you want to find a PeopleSoft contract Quickly Post your eProfile (Resume) in our database so Employers and Recruiters can search and find you! Your eProfile will enjoy incredible exposure in just minutes! Sign Up Today!! http://www.peoplesoftpros.com ================================================================= ***************** End Of Article ****************** doug carey posted Message 563 in Message Board Dated : April 27, 2001 at 14:20:35 EST Subject: peoplesoft Will people soft run on windows98 ***************** End Of Article ****************** Sivaram posted Message 564 in Message Board Dated : April 27, 2001 at 21:51:05 EST Subject: Re: peoplesoft Single user will run.Multi user needs either NT or Unix. : Will people soft run on windows98 ***************** End Of Article ****************** Shankar posted Message 565 in Message Board Dated : May 01, 2001 at 06:28:49 EST Subject: Re: Peoplesoft security script : If they are employees already in the system, then there is an Application Engine process that will create the operator id and passwords for you. If they are not employees, then this process will not help. : : I need to create operator id's for hundreds of Peoplesoft users. : : Does any one have a script to enter the oper id's without having to enter through the panels? Any help would be greatly appreciated. ***************** End Of Article ****************** deanna posted Message 566 in Message Board Dated : May 01, 2001 at 15:24:19 EST Subject: Re: peoplesoft : Single user will run.Multi user needs either NT or Unix. : : Will people soft run on windows98 This is incorrect. NT or UNIX are not the only client platforms (UNIX is not a supported client platform at all). PeopleSoft will support 95/98, NT 4 and Windows 2000 with most of their current versions of PeopleTools. Go to Customer Connection and check out the Platforms section in the Library. This will give you all supported platform configurations for all supported versions of PeopleTools. It will list Application Servers, Web Servers, Database Servers, Clients and 3rd Party Software. ***************** End Of Article ****************** don posted Message 567 in Message Board Dated : May 02, 2001 at 14:19:08 EST Subject: Re: PS Higher Education Functional consultant required : Need Immediately: : 1. PS Higher Education Admin (Functional)- NJ- 6 months : rate: open : Client in New Jersey has a need for a Functional Student > : Administration consultant for a 6 month assignment. This person would be the : Student Records Lead. The client is currently in 7.0 and they are going to 7.5. They are live in Student Financials and are working on the other three modules (Admissions, Student Records and Student Financials) which are scheduled to go live in July. The platform is NT SQL Server ,DB. This consultant must have senior Student Records knowledge, Peopletools, > Peoplecode, SQR, Crystal Visions. Experience in 7.5 necessary. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Maria posted Message 568 in Message Board Dated : May 03, 2001 at 12:51:30 EST Subject: Compare Reports failure Hi everyone, We are trying to run Compare Report between development & test /test & production environments (DB2/400, HRMS 7.51). As soon as the SQR is started it bombs with message "SQR Error 1803 Disconnected. Probably wrong userid/password' The error log on the server says "No authority on PSLOCK". But the DB access we use normally wold have all privileges, including the one on PSLOCK. Does anybody know what it might be? Please help! Thanks a lot ***************** End Of Article ****************** EDM posted Message 569 in Message Board Dated : May 04, 2001 at 10:07:37 EST Subject: Re: Compare Reports failure Maria, Make sure of the following: 1. Grant user authorities to both source and target database. 2. Grant source database authority to the target database. 3. Both database must reside in same AS/400 box. 4. Reports must be run on the server. An SPF file will be created in the source database and the final output will be in SQROUT. 5. You may also have to grant the user and database library access to all object in PS library. note: Grant authority to all objects in the target library. : Hi everyone, : We are trying to run Compare Report between : development & test /test & production environments (DB2/400, HRMS 7.51). : As soon as the SQR is started it bombs with message : "SQR Error 1803 Disconnected. Probably wrong userid/password' : The error log on the server says "No authority on PSLOCK". : But the DB access we use normally wold have all privileges, : including the one on PSLOCK. Does anybody know what it : might be? Please help! Thanks a lot ***************** End Of Article ****************** Ziauddin Syed posted Message 570 in Message Board Dated : May 06, 2001 at 11:42:14 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft scripts, code, tips, and more.. : Find the best PeopleSoft jobs and candidates available! At PeopleSoftPros.com, you have instant access to top-notch : PeopleSoft jobs and contracts, and Profiles/Resumes. You can search for PeopleSoft Jobs by Location, Skills, Tax Status, and more.. : As a PeopleSoftPros.com member you can get free peoplesoft scripts, tips, articles, and more.... : : Or If you want to find a PeopleSoft contract Quickly Post your eProfile (Resume) in our database so Employers and Recruiters can search and find you! Your eProfile will enjoy incredible exposure in just minutes! : : Sign Up Today!! : http://www.peoplesoftpros.com : ================================================================= ***************** End Of Article ****************** Bob posted Message 571 in Message Board Dated : May 07, 2001 at 14:04:36 EST Subject: Re: PS Data Archival Tool? : We are currently running PeopleSoft 7.5x using DB2 OS/390. We are investigating a data archiving strategy and considering using the PeopleSoft Data Archival Tool. We will be going to PeopleSoft 8.0 in the future but we're not sure if this tool will be supported in 8.0. Has anyone used this tool? If so, what kind of platform is it running on and would you recommend it? Are there better solutions out there? : Thanks in advance, Hi Mary, I saw your note about archiving PeopleSoft data. Our company has a tool that will allow you to archive your PeopleSoft documents at print time. Basically what happens is the document is printed through our software, we build a retrieval index for our archive, and the document is stored in a final form for retrieval from your intranet or extranet. If you are interested, please visit our web site at http://www.merkurgroup.com : Mary ***************** End Of Article ****************** Terry Willis posted Message 572 in Message Board Dated : May 14, 2001 at 09:09:55 EST Subject: PeopleSoft 8 Alternate Account Setup Can anyone help in regards to setting up alternate accounts in PeopleSoft 8? Direction to any resources would be helpful also! Thanks! ***************** End Of Article ****************** MelBMax posted Message 573 in Message Board Dated : May 16, 2001 at 11:07:42 EST Subject: Re: Compare Reports failure FYI The PeopleCode compares should run on the client. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Ravi posted Message 574 in Message Board Dated : May 18, 2001 at 19:13:47 EST Subject: Upgrade of peoplesoft Hi We are in the process of upgrading the peoplesoft software from 7.5 to 7.5.3 I believe but I am trying to put together a document which would give all the details of all the softwares that have been installed on the server with their version numbers. Mostly on a unix box softwares are installed as packages and for peoplesoft what is that it uses to install software on the unix server. we are running solaris 2.6 as our o/s please let me know if you guyz have the details thanks in advance ***************** End Of Article ****************** Swapan Mahato posted Message 575 in Message Board Dated : May 20, 2001 at 12:25:14 EST Subject: Re: Entity Relationship Diagrams ER diagrams come with PeopleBooks for version 8.x. For version 7.5, you got to install a PeopleSoft delivered Case Tool software named SELECT SE to view the ERDs. Hope you find your way thru the maze. : help you peoplesoft experts, : are there any entity relation diagrams for the project/grant modules in any of the peoplesoft peoplebooks? or for that matter anywhere to be found? we are trying to map our legacy data to these modules and we need any help that we can get. : thanks in advance : del ***************** End Of Article ****************** Christopher Scott posted Message 576 in Message Board Dated : May 21, 2001 at 14:05:46 EST Subject: PeopleSoft Administrator's Guide Does anyone knows where I can get an official PeopleSoft Documentation on "Security Administrator's Guide". Please let me know. Thank you, Christopher Scott ***************** End Of Article ****************** Ken Pulliam posted Message 577 in Message Board Dated : May 21, 2001 at 14:52:24 EST Subject: Peoplesoft HRMS Programmer--Manhattan I have a strong client, $10billion company, that wants to hire several Peoplesoft HRMS programmers. The company is located in Manhattan. This is a perm position and offers no relocation but the salary is excellent and so are the benefits. And the best part is there is NO TRAVEL. Must have 3 years of Peoplesoft HRMS, and be very strong in SQR. Please send resume to: kpulliam@netresinc.com ***************** End Of Article ****************** Swapan Mahato posted Message 578 in Message Board Dated : May 22, 2001 at 12:11:00 EST Subject: BMC Patrol on PeopleSoft Has anyone implemented BMC Patrol on PeopleSoft? (My env: HRMS 7.5, Oracle 8.04, HP UNIX 10.20). If yes, could you please throw some light about it's installation? Regards. Swapan P.S. - I might bug you a bit 'cause I'm groping in the dark, trying to figure this software out. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dennis Missel posted Message 579 in Message Board Dated : May 22, 2001 at 13:04:14 EST Subject: Security Administrator Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to create a class of users who could access the the Security Administrator panel, but only have access to reset passwords. This class of users would not have access to change any other function within the Security Administrator panel (I.E. Insert menu items, insert classes ect). Thanks in advance Dennis ***************** End Of Article ****************** Swapan Mahato posted Message 580 in Message Board Dated : May 22, 2001 at 16:33:14 EST Subject: Deleting multiple employees from HRMS Employees can be deleted one at a time thru a Process in Administer Workforce. Is there a PeopleSoft delivered DMS script/SQR that can delete say, 10,000 employees from a database? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Patrick Markert posted Message 581 in Message Board Dated : May 23, 2001 at 13:48:07 EST Subject: Want to purchase PeopleSoft Client Contact List Our company provides consulting and staffing services to companies using PeopleSoft. If you have a list of contacts who buy these types of services in the Peoplesoft arena, I would be very interested in purchasing this information. Please contact me at 404-233-1717 x100 ***************** End Of Article ****************** Sanjeev Puri posted Message 582 in Message Board Dated : May 24, 2001 at 13:01:34 EST Subject: Process Scheduler How to check the logs of process sheduler through GUI. ***************** End Of Article ****************** JD posted Message 583 in Message Board Dated : May 29, 2001 at 07:45:56 EST Subject: PeopleSoft Databases 1)What databases does PeopleSoft use? 2)Does it have its own Proprietary database? 3)Can you export a PeopleSoft database to MS SQL, Oracle or DB2? 4)Can PeopleSoft import from MS SQL, Oracle or DB2? 5)In what ways can you access or extract the PeopleSoft database? Please help Regards JD ***************** End Of Article ****************** DLeavy posted Message 584 in Message Board Dated : May 29, 2001 at 14:12:28 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft Databases : 1)What databases does PeopleSoft use? : 2)Does it have its own Proprietary database? : 3)Can you export a PeopleSoft database to MS SQL, Oracle or DB2? : 4)Can PeopleSoft import from MS SQL, Oracle or DB2? : 5)In what ways can you access or extract the PeopleSoft database? : Please help : Regards : JD 1. PeopleSoft is a database-independent software package - it's latest release supports DB2 (various 'flavours' - e.g. OS/390), Oracle, Informix, Sybase, MS SQL Server) and maybe more. Although I think SQLBase was recently dropped. 2. No, you might be thinking of Oracle Financials, a competing ERP package who's makers also produce the Oracle database. 3. Of course. If you want a functioning PeopleSoft instance running on the new database, then there's more to it. Depending on what version of PeopleSoft you're talking about, you need to consider two-tier vs. three-tier, application servers, web servers, server operating system, client operating system, etc., etc., etc. More things than I could possibly mention. Generally, you install PeopleSoft with the new database and migrate the data over - a very involved process. 4. It's not up to PeopleSoft to do this. If your talking about linking tables from other databases or updating tables in the PeopleSoft database with information from another source, then you need your programmer and/or DBA to get together and develop something. PeopleSoft ships with third-party products (SQR, for example) that may be used, but you're free to develop something with other tools. 5. Many - and depends on the database. PeopleSoft is an ERP package, or e-commerce package, or whatever buzz-word we're using now, it is not a database management tool. Those things ship with your database, and there are also many third-party products available to perform this function. ***************** End Of Article ****************** karunakar posted Message 585 in Message Board Dated : May 30, 2001 at 05:33:15 EST Subject: Re: backup scripts Does any body have the different backup and recovery stratagies to learn back up on unix : Thanks in advance!! ***************** End Of Article ****************** JD posted Message 586 in Message Board Dated : May 30, 2001 at 07:19:07 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft Databases : : 1)What databases does PeopleSoft use? : : 2)Does it have its own Proprietary database? : : 3)Can you export a PeopleSoft database to MS SQL, Oracle or DB2? : : 4)Can PeopleSoft import from MS SQL, Oracle or DB2? : : 5)In what ways can you access or extract the PeopleSoft database? : : Please help : : Regards : : JD : : 1. PeopleSoft is a database-independent software package - it's latest release supports DB2 (various 'flavours' - e.g. OS/390), Oracle, Informix, Sybase, MS SQL Server) and maybe more. Although I think SQLBase was recently dropped. : 2. No, you might be thinking of Oracle Financials, a competing ERP package who's makers also produce the Oracle database. : 3. Of course. If you want a functioning PeopleSoft instance running on the new database, then there's more to it. Depending on what version of PeopleSoft you're talking about, you need to consider two-tier vs. three-tier, application servers, web servers, server operating system, client operating system, etc., etc., etc. More things than I could possibly mention. : Generally, you install PeopleSoft with the new database and migrate the data over - a very involved process. : 4. It's not up to PeopleSoft to do this. If your talking about linking tables from other databases or updating tables in the PeopleSoft database with information from another source, then you need your programmer and/or DBA to get together and develop something. PeopleSoft ships with third-party products (SQR, for example) that may be used, but you're free to develop something with other tools. : 5. Many - and depends on the database. : PeopleSoft is an ERP package, or e-commerce package, or whatever buzz-word we're using now, it is not a database management tool. Those things ship with your database, and there are also many third-party products available to perform this function. Thank you DLeavy! This has really helped. Regards JD ***************** End Of Article ****************** Placida Dooley posted Message 587 in Message Board Dated : May 31, 2001 at 11:16:50 EST Subject: Version Control Has anyone sucessfully implemented a Change control software for version control of PeopleSoft objects as well as SQRs,SQCs etc. Please provide comments on sucesses or failures. thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Nancy Godkin posted Message 588 in Message Board Dated : June 05, 2001 at 13:48:03 EST Subject: Determining Active Users I am trying to determine the average number of concurrent users over a two week time span. I would like to be able to set up a script that will determine the current number of users logged into our application and schedule this script to run through cron at regular intervals. Does anyone have any idea how I might be able to do this? Does anyone have any scripts already written or know where I can search for this type of information. Thanks for your help. Nancy Godkin ***************** End Of Article ****************** rdegster posted Message 589 in Message Board Dated : June 06, 2001 at 09:00:36 EST Subject: Re: Version Control We are currently implementing Quest Software "Stat" for version control. I will give further updates when they occur. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Sam Joseph posted Message 590 in Message Board Dated : June 08, 2001 at 16:05:42 EST Subject: Panel Group Properties Would someone shed some light on what the following options mean on the Panel Group Properties. When you bring up the Panel Group properties, under the use tab there are four options 1. Client 2. Application Server 3. Application Server (with edits) 4. Default (Application Server) We recently added some Peoplecode which gives us a Network API error when the above property is set to Default but works fine when we change it to Client. Has anybody experienced that, any insights. Thanks in Advance ***************** End Of Article ****************** Deepu posted Message 591 in Message Board Dated : June 09, 2001 at 02:49:02 EST Subject: Re: moving backup copy from database to another I am using Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Thanks, Dipen : you didn't tell anything about database.Which database(RDBMS) are you using ? : : Hi, : : I got a backup copy of database on one box and need to move this to a another database which is on the other box. : : In my scenario got daily backup of HCON database on HDEV server and need to move this to HRQA which is on the QA server. please provide me the steps to do this. response is really appreciated. : : My peoplesoft application is ver 7. : : thanks in advance, : : ramesh ***************** End Of Article ****************** Deepu posted Message 592 in Message Board Dated : June 09, 2001 at 02:54:08 EST Subject: Restore Database to another Server. Hi, I got a backup copy of database on one box and need to move this to a another database which is on the other box. In my scenario got daily backup of HCON database on HDEV server and need to move this to HRQA which is on the QA server. please provide me the steps to do this. response is really appreciated. My peoplesoft application is ver 7.5 and am using Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 as the backend. thanks in advance, Dipen ***************** End Of Article ****************** NERAK posted Message 593 in Message Board Dated : June 11, 2001 at 00:17:38 EST Subject: Re: Welcome! IN A SEEKING WEB I DISCOVERED YOUR PAGE AND IT ATTRACTED TO ME THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME NAME THAT MY DAUGHTER. I LOOKED FOR SOMETHING RELATED TO THE SHERIDA NAME TO KNOW TO HIS MEANING AND ORIGIN AND ME ENCONTRE WITH YOUR NAME. I WANT TO KNOW IF YOUR YOU KNOW TO SOMETHING IN RELATION WITH THE MEANING AND ORIGIN SO THAT ME YOU LET IT KNOW. WE ARE DE MEXICO AND I AM GOING TO YOU TO THANK FOR YOUR ANSWER. THANKS. ***************** End Of Article ****************** mohammed posted Message 594 in Message Board Dated : June 11, 2001 at 04:42:48 EST Subject: maaz10@hotmail.com : : We have managed to lose all the passwords for our demo database, does anyone know a way to force the passwords to reset from within Oracle, I have tried altering psoprdefn but without success. Thanks. : Reset one oprid: : Update psoprdefn : set oprpswd = ' ', accesspswd='WHAT EVER IT IS IN CAPS' : where opertype=0 and : oprid='The oprid that you do not know the password to in caps'; : Note: the oprpsswd = 'a tick a blank space and another tick' : Then you are reset and can login as user, either you need no password the first time or just use your the Oracle password you have just reset it to or name the user and password the same in oracle just for this reset, use peoplesoft security after you iron it out so that the accesspswd and oprpswd are encrypted. Have used this many times but am recalling from use. If you need more info, please email me at pknorr@princeton.edu. You can also do this for everyone by using where opertype=0 and no oprid in your where clause. Usefull when copying database from prod to development. ***************** End Of Article ****************** SALEM posted Message 595 in Message Board Dated : June 11, 2001 at 04:49:14 EST Subject: Re: lost passwords : : We have managed to lose all the passwords for our demo database, does anyone know a way to force the passwords to reset from within Oracle, I have tried altering psoprdefn but without success. Thanks. : Reset one oprid: : Update psoprdefn : set oprpswd = ' ', accesspswd=MAAZ10@HOTMAIL.COM : where opertype=0 and : oprid='The oprid that you do not know the password to in caps'; : Note: the oprpsswd = 'a tick a blank space and another tick' : Then you are reset and can login as user, either you need no password the first time or just use your the Oracle password you have just reset it to or name the user and password the same in oracle just for this reset, use peoplesoft security after you iron it out so that the accesspswd and oprpswd are encrypted. Have used this many times but am recalling from use. If you need more info, please email me at pknorr@princeton.edu. You can also do this for everyone by using where opertype=0 and no oprid in your where clause. 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If you have a list of contacts who buy these types of services in the Vantive arena, I would be very interested in purchasing this information. Please contact me at 404-233-1717 ***************** End Of Article ****************** Deepak posted Message 599 in Message Board Dated : June 14, 2001 at 13:42:12 EST Subject: Re: Security Administrator Dennis, There is a way but it does not completely satisfy all your conditions. 1. You can create a class having "Security Administrator" as the only menu in it. In Object Types : give update access to "Operators" and no access to "Operator Classes" and "Access Profiles". 2. Add Operator to this class. 3. This operator can "only" open other operators and can modify the "General" and "Classes" options for that particular operator. But s/he cannot change Menu Items, Signon Times,Process Groups, Access Profiles and cannot open any class. Hope this helps. -- Deepak. : Hi, : I would like to know if it is possible to create a class : of users who could access the the Security Administrator panel, but only have access to reset passwords. This class of users would not have access to change any other function within the Security Administrator panel (I.E. Insert menu items, insert classes ect). Thanks in advance : Dennis ***************** End Of Article ****************** Deepak posted Message 600 in Message Board Dated : June 14, 2001 at 14:22:53 EST Subject: Re: Determining Active Users Nancy, Through Unix : Set env parmatere TUXCONFIG. e.g export TUXCONFIG="path to PSTUXCFG" From the command line do : echo "pclt" | tmadmin This will give you the output similar to the one given by "Domain Status Menu -- Client Status" using psadmin. You can format the output as per your wish. Hope this helps. -- Deepak. : I am trying to determine the average number of concurrent users over a two week time span. I would like to be able to set up a script that will determine the current number of users logged into our application and schedule this script to run through cron at regular intervals. : Does anyone have any idea how I might be able to do this? Does anyone have any scripts already written or know where I can search for this type of information. : Thanks for your help. : Nancy Godkin ***************** End Of Article ****************** Greg posted Message 601 in Message Board Dated : June 19, 2001 at 11:31:28 EST Subject: Re: prompt table does not work (PS - SA) 1) Make sure your prompt table key structure is correct and corresponds to the field you are trying retrieve. 2) If this does not work, turn on SQL trace on your client and see which SQL statement is being executed when you encounter a problem. Try to run the same statement in your DB. Greg. : Hi ALL : This is a second unsual problem we have been seeing. The prompt table (actually a view 'instr_advsr_vw') does not work when trying to prompt for 'advisor id' from 'Student Advisor Panel'. When we hit 'F4' or the drop down button, it shows as loading , but never comes upo with a list. We tried several options checked the view, recreated the view, compared to another instance where it is working, imported from another instance where it is working, still no result. If anyone has come upon a similar problem, please reply. Even peoplesoft has not comeup with any solution yet. : Thank you for your help : -Raghu ***************** End Of Article ****************** Bradley Smith posted Message 602 in Message Board Dated : June 19, 2001 at 11:38:29 EST Subject: Re: Version Control Check out http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~brad. I gave a talk at the Higher Ed Peoplesoft User Group meeting about version control this past conference. : Has anyone sucessfully implemented a Change control software for version control of PeopleSoft objects as well as SQRs,SQCs etc. : Please provide comments on sucesses or failures. : thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Bradley Smith posted Message 603 in Message Board Dated : June 19, 2001 at 11:41:17 EST Subject: Re: Process Scheduler I wrote an SQR, which loads a logfile into a table. Then with a panel you can view the log file. I have included the short sqr program: =====cut here==== #include 'setenv.sqc' #include 'setup31.sqc' begin-program do Initialize do Terminate end-program begin-procedure Initialize ! Get Source Database Information do Init-DateTime do Get-Current-DateTime do Define-Prcs-Vars do Get-Run-Control-Parms let $HOME_DIR = '/app/psoft/' let $TEMP_FILE = 'cfviewlg.' || $prcs_oprid let $MAX_LINES = '5000' begin-select prcsinstance &rid from PS_CF_VIEW_LOG_RUN where RUN_CNTL_ID = $prcs_run_cntl_id end-select begin-select DBNAME &dbname1 from PS.PSDBOWNER end-select let $dbname = &dbname1 let $runid = rtrim ( ltrim (edit (&rid, '9999999'), ' ' ), ' ') let $WORK_DIR = $HOME_DIR || '*/appserv/prcs/' || $dbname || '/logs/*' || $runid || '.log' !let $WORK_CMD = 'head -10000 ' || $WORK_DIR || ' > ' || $TEMP_FILE || ' 2>&1 ' let $WORK_CMD = '(if [ -r ' || $WORK_DIR || ' -a `cat ' || $WORK_DIR || ' |wc -l` -gt ' || $MAX_LINES || ' ] ; then ( head -' || $MAX_LINES || ' ' || $WORK_DIR || ' ; echo "**********"; echo "****** LAST 50 LINES ******"; ' || 'echo "**********" ; tail -50 ' || $WORK_DIR || ' ); else cat ' || $WORK_DIR || '; fi ) > ' || $TEMP_FILE || ' 2>&1 ' call system using $WORK_CMD #unix_status show $WORK_CMD show 'unix status is ' noline show #unix_status begin-sql delete from PS_CF_VIEW_LOG where oprid = $prcs_oprid end-sql commit let #rec_num = 1 open $TEMP_FILE as 1 for-reading record=254 while 1 !do the following read 1 into $inline:254 !show #rec_num !show $inline if #end-file break end-if if $inline = '' let $inline = ' ' end-if begin-sql insert into ps_cf_view_log(oprid, seq_num, descr254) values ( $prcs_oprid, #rec_num, $inline) end-sql let #rec_num = #rec_num + 1 end-while commit show 'Lines Inserted: ' noline show #rec_num end-procedure begin-procedure Terminate if #prcs_process_instance > 0 do Update-Prcs-Run-Status end-if end-procedure #include 'reset.sqc' #include 'datetime.sqc' #include 'curdttim.sqc' #include 'prcsapi.sqc' #include 'prcsdef.sqc' =====end of pgm== : How to check the logs of process sheduler through GUI. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Eric Perron posted Message 604 in Message Board Dated : June 21, 2001 at 11:07:10 EST Subject: PS Report Repository Hello, We're currently installing 8.13 on Oracle/Unix machines and we are considering using a Firewall. Configuration is the following WEB SERVER (UNIX) => FIREWALL => APPS SERVER (UNIX) => DBSERVER (UNIX) Can it work behind a firewall if not how do we set it up to make secure! Thanks Eric ***************** End Of Article ****************** Raghu posted Message 605 in Message Board Dated : June 22, 2001 at 11:23:15 EST Subject: CSV file and Crystal Can anyone tell me how to create CSV files using SQR so that it can be used as a ODBC data source for a crystal report.Peoplesoft has some reports which uses an sqr to write a csv file and then a crystal picks the data from there. I created a similar sqr but its not working as it should. The PS CSV file when opened in crystal shows the field names(no idea where they came from as the sqr does nothing to write those field names). In my CSV file field names does not show when browsing thru crsyal in select data sources. Any one who had worked on a similar program can help me Thanks in Advance -Raghu ***************** End Of Article ****************** Swapan Mahato posted Message 606 in Message Board Dated : June 24, 2001 at 12:51:08 EST Subject: Fast security on Business Objects Has anyone implemented Fast Security on Business Objects? How do you do that? ***************** End Of Article ****************** new comer posted Message 607 in Message Board Dated : June 27, 2001 at 02:15:44 EST Subject: how to define a new set_ID Dear experts, Please help me out to do this. ***************** End Of Article ****************** rdegster posted Message 608 in Message Board Dated : June 27, 2001 at 15:17:31 EST Subject: Re: how to define a new set_ID Go to Peopletools >> Utilities >> Use >> TableSet Id >> Add. Add your new value then modify the Table Set Controls you want to point to that setid. Go to Peopletools >> Utilities >> Use >> TableSet Controls >> Update/Display. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dominique posted Message 609 in Message Board Dated : July 02, 2001 at 06:02:09 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft Administrator's Guide Christopher, It depends on which version you are looking for. I've found one about HRMS version 8 on Customer Connection, Tips and Techniques. Cheers. Dominique ***************** End Of Article ****************** Nic posted Message 610 in Message Board Dated : July 09, 2001 at 10:19:55 EST Subject: Secuirty I have a VB application which links to an SQL 6.5 datasource, the data is of a sensitive nature and only certain people should access this data, I have passwords with the VB application however a Database Administrator can come along and view the data directly throught SQL, is there any way I can get around this problem, whilst still allowing the administrator to do their job. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Bradley Smith posted Message 611 in Message Board Dated : July 11, 2001 at 08:43:21 EST Subject: Re: Secuirty You could always just encrypt the data itself. encrypting each field might take time, but then someone would have to know how to decrypt it to view the data. : I have a VB application which links to an SQL 6.5 datasource, the data is of a sensitive nature and only certain people should access this data, I have passwords with the VB application however a Database Administrator can come along and view the data directly throught SQL, is there any way I can get around this problem, whilst still allowing the administrator to do their job. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jeffrey Neverson posted Message 612 in Message Board Dated : July 13, 2001 at 12:16:27 EST Subject: How do I move queries from version 7.5 to version 8.13 Hi, I tried using Data Mover to move the queries from Peoplesoft 7.5 to 8, and received the message: Warning: Incompatible version. Your immediate HELP is needed. Jeff ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dödel posted Message 613 in Message Board Dated : July 16, 2001 at 10:15:49 EST Subject: DAta Recovery / Unformat W98 Hi@all! I had formattet my HD and forgot to save all data bevore. Anybody can help me? Do you have a prog for unformat the W98-HD? Thanks a lot! Dödel ***************** End Of Article ****************** sanjay posted Message 614 in Message Board Dated : July 16, 2001 at 12:34:26 EST Subject: peoplesoft startup and shutdown Hello ! I am Oracle DBA ;I want to know how to startup and shutdown Peoplesoft applications. Please provide me the documentations. Thanks. Sanjay ***************** End Of Article ****************** ps dba posted Message 615 in Message Board Dated : July 16, 2001 at 13:50:40 EST Subject: Re: peoplesoft startup and shutdown you mean application server & process scheduler? : Hello ! : I am Oracle DBA ;I want to know how to startup and shutdown : Peoplesoft applications. : Please provide me the documentations. : Thanks. : Sanjay ***************** End Of Article ****************** DOMINIQUE posted Message 616 in Message Board Dated : July 16, 2001 at 15:43:28 EST Subject: PeopleSoft Administrator's Guide Dominique, Thanks for response, however I am looking for version 7.02 Chris ***************** End Of Article ****************** Holly Schmitmeyer posted Message 617 in Message Board Dated : July 19, 2001 at 09:52:01 EST Subject: PeopleSoft Security Info Where do I go in PeopleSoft to find the security information....how many users, what each user has access to (which panels), etc. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Melissa posted Message 618 in Message Board Dated : July 20, 2001 at 13:30:40 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft Security Info Navigate to the Security Administrator (in PeopleTools). ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jeff Z. posted Message 619 in Message Board Dated : July 23, 2001 at 13:34:53 EST Subject: Re: Security Administrator You can use App. Designer to create a panel/page that gives permission for resetting password only. Then you can assign this pamnel/page to a class and put whoever needs access to it into the class. : Dennis, : There is a way but it does not completely satisfy all your conditions. : 1. You can create a class having "Security Administrator" as the only menu in it. In Object Types : give update access to "Operators" and no access to "Operator Classes" and "Access Profiles". : 2. Add Operator to this class. : 3. This operator can "only" open other operators and can modify the "General" and "Classes" options for that particular operator. : But s/he cannot change Menu Items, Signon Times,Process Groups, Access Profiles and cannot open any class. : Hope this helps. : -- Deepak. : : Hi, : : I would like to know if it is possible to create a class : : of users who could access the the Security Administrator panel, but only have access to reset passwords. This class of users would not have access to change any other function within the Security Administrator panel (I.E. Insert menu items, insert classes ect). Thanks in advance : : Dennis ***************** End Of Article ****************** DAgnew posted Message 620 in Message Board Dated : July 24, 2001 at 11:33:37 EST Subject: Build index in PS environment vs Query Analyzer - Good/Bad? Any downside or problems with building indexes (other than when upgrading and/or applying a fix/patch) via Query Analyzer(directly) vs. PeopleSoft environment ? ***************** End Of Article ****************** psman posted Message 621 in Message Board Dated : July 24, 2001 at 14:19:06 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft Administrator's Guide try customer connection : Dominique, : Thanks for response, however I am looking for version 7.02 : Chris ***************** End Of Article ****************** rss posted Message 622 in Message Board Dated : July 24, 2001 at 20:37:33 EST Subject: PeopleSoft Security 8.x Hi; I want to set up a userid with full access on all employees but for his/her own record with read access only. Your help greatly appreciated Thanks In Advance Rss ***************** End Of Article ****************** jason j williams posted Message 623 in Message Board Dated : July 25, 2001 at 13:11:12 EST Subject: Re: lost passwords : We have managed to lose all the passwords for our demo database, does anyone know a way to force the passwords to reset from within Oracle, I have tried altering psoprdefn but without success. Thanks. ***************** End Of Article ****************** rdegster posted Message 624 in Message Board Dated : July 25, 2001 at 13:38:49 EST Subject: Multiple Dept Security Trees Is anyone using multiple DEPT_SECURITY trees - that is - multiple setids for the department table. If so, do you have to customize the app engine job to recognize multiple trees and is there a limit to number of dept trees you can have ***************** End Of Article ****************** Kris posted Message 625 in Message Board Dated : July 26, 2001 at 09:55:21 EST Subject: HRMS 8.14 We need to roll out Security in one day. All user profiles and temporary passwords have been established. Any suggestions on how to get this done efficiently. We can not use email. ***************** End Of Article ****************** psocp posted Message 626 in Message Board Dated : July 26, 2001 at 11:59:29 EST Subject: Tablespaces in Oracle database for PeopleSoft Hi Does anyone know how(many) oracle tablespaces are designed for peoplesoft each module (HR, FIN etc..). What is the best resource to find out oracle database architecture in peoplesoft ? Thanks in advance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** PSDBA posted Message 627 in Message Board Dated : July 27, 2001 at 13:07:58 EST Subject: Re: Tablespaces in Oracle database for PeopleSoft You can look at the scripts *ddl.sql under %PS_HOME%\scripts\nt or %PS_HOME%\scripts\unix on your file server. psdba : Hi Does anyone know how(many) oracle tablespaces are designed for peoplesoft each module (HR, FIN etc..). : What is the best resource to find out oracle database architecture in peoplesoft ? Thanks in advance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** PSDBA posted Message 628 in Message Board Dated : July 27, 2001 at 13:08:12 EST Subject: Re: Tablespaces in Oracle database for PeopleSoft You can look at the scripts *ddl.sql under %PS_HOME%\scripts\nt or %PS_HOME%\scripts\unix on your file server. psdba : Hi Does anyone know how(many) oracle tablespaces are designed for peoplesoft each module (HR, FIN etc..). : What is the best resource to find out oracle database architecture in peoplesoft ? Thanks in advance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Raj posted Message 629 in Message Board Dated : July 29, 2001 at 00:54:24 EST Subject: Re: Peoplesoft security script : : If they are employees already in the system, then there is an Application Engine process that will create the operator id and passwords for you. If they are not employees, then this process will not help. : : : I need to create operator id's for hundreds of Peoplesoft users. : : : Does any one have a script to enter the oper id's without having to enter through the panels? Any help would be greatly appreciated. If anyone this AE process can you please tell me how todo that. Because I have to create 1300 users with first initial of first name and full lastname. Thanks Raj. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Raj posted Message 630 in Message Board Dated : July 29, 2001 at 00:54:43 EST Subject: Re: Peoplesoft security script If anyone this AE process can you please tell me how todo that. Because I have to create 1300 users with first initial of first name and full lastname. Thanks Raj. : : If they are employees already in the system, then there is an Application Engine process that will create the operator id and passwords for you. If they are not employees, then this process will not help. : : : I need to create operator id's for hundreds of Peoplesoft users. : : : Does any one have a script to enter the oper id's without having to enter through the panels? Any help would be greatly appreciated. ***************** End Of Article ****************** RSS posted Message 631 in Message Board Dated : July 29, 2001 at 01:51:47 EST Subject: PS gurus need a solution for creating multiple userid based on name/emplid Hi; It would really helpful if someone explain/send the scripts or post on messege for everyone how to create users based on emplid/initial of firstname_lastname for all employees who are in PS 8. Creating one by one via pages is very time consuming. I heard that AE can be used and I am not familiar with that tool if any one can guide I will try to do that. ALso, I need another favor after I create the above id or if I have ids on demo database how can i move to test database for testing userid signons. Thanks Rss ***************** End Of Article ****************** Argy Rodriguez posted Message 632 in Message Board Dated : July 30, 2001 at 00:50:39 EST Subject: Re: Code fix Version 7 passwords : Lyle, : You don't need to change PSUSER.DLL to use DB2 RACF password control. : In Configuration Manager under the Startup tab, remove the Connect Id and Connect Password. : When starting PeopleTools, you will notice the Set Password button disappears. : Now your Operator Id and Password will be used as the Connect Id and Connect Password. : You will need to grant your Operator Id the same authorization granted to the Connect Id. I believe it's SELECT on PS.PSDBOWNER, .PSLOCK and .PSOPRDEFN. : The first time you logon to PeopleTools after you change your password through RACF, you will recieve a message indicating that your password has changed and you must enter your old password. : HTH, : Victor Loghin : VGL Consulting Inc. : vgl_ca@hotmail.com This might not be toatlly related to the issue but it is to RACF and PeopleSoft Security and I need your advise. I work on a DB2/MVS HRMS v 7.5 installation with Tools 7.57 After an Audit exercise, it was found out that we were not forcing Users to change passwords (passwords were not expiring). I was told that "Aging Password" could only be obtained via an Upgrade of Tools from 7.57 to 7.61 and via RACF and through a VB Interface to make RACF "unsertand" the Password passed on to PSOPRDEFN. In saying so, we will go through a Tools Upgrade for this sake. Are we on the right path to get the pasowrd aging issue solved? Thanks Argy Rodriguez Australia ***************** End Of Article ****************** Crystal Golding posted Message 633 in Message Board Dated : July 30, 2001 at 00:57:54 EST Subject: WorkFlow email in student admin I'm using PeopleTools version 7.58 and student admin for ANZ 7.60. I have created workflow that emails new applicants once their email address is enteredusing Application Agents. WF PeopleCode is on the EMAIL_ADDRESS record and the business event is triggered from in the ADM_APPL_ENTRY1 panel group, which contains the WF_FUNCTIONS_01 and APPR_WRK_01 panels. My email has data from PERS_DATA_EFFDT, ACAD_PROG_TBL, TERM_VAL_TBL, ADM_APPL_PROG, ADM_APPLCTR_TBL, ADM_APPL_DATA and EMAIL_ADDRESSES. All is ok except when I enter a new applicant who has more than one email address. When I do this, the email for the first email type contains all the data from all the records. The subsequent emails however contain only data from the ADM_APPLCTR_TBL and ADM_APPL_DATA records. All other data fields are blank in the second and latter emails. Also, I have created a role for the OPRID entering the application. Using a role query and bind variables I can extract the operator's email address into the email. The format of the email address comes as ";email@somewhere.com". I am guessing the semi-colon is because I had to create the role query with a SELECT DISTINCT to prevent duplicate rows (as Query links in application security tables). How can I get rid of the semi-colon? ***************** End Of Article ****************** KC Tiwari posted Message 634 in Message Board Dated : July 30, 2001 at 08:32:22 EST Subject: Re: process scheduler and unix I am trying to do something similar. Actually we have got an interactive ksh script(e.g. menu.sh) which when run by users, present them with a menu of options like : Create tapes Start Backup Transfer File Database Status . . etc. etc. Each of these options call other shell scripts and functions. All the scripts have error handling routines and generate log files. Now if I want to do schedule these jobs using process scheduler then how should I proceed. Will there be a separate process definition for each of these options or just one process definition for main script i.e. menu.sh . I would highly appreciate any help in this regard. Can I know your contact number? Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Christian Ducharme posted Message 635 in Message Board Dated : August 01, 2001 at 11:24:14 EST Subject: Re: Citrix/NT Terminal Server/Web Client - which one to choose? : What is a perfect choice for remote access for a large company with sites all over the place? : 1. Citrix : 2. NT Terminal Server : 3. Web Client : Which one is best and why? : Thanks. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Srinath posted Message 636 in Message Board Dated : August 01, 2001 at 14:03:28 EST Subject: Application Engine/Oracle Error I ran the Application Engine job HR_PERSDATA and got an error message which I had pasted below. Can someone please help me out in debugging this issue ? Thanks in anticipation. SQL error. Stmt #: 1297 Error Position: 0 Return: 1858 - ORA-01858: a non-numeric character was found where a numeric was expected. UPDATE PS_PERS_DATA_EFFDT SET UPDATE_PERS_DATA = 'N' WHERE EMPLID = 'KF0023' AND EFFDT = TO_DATE('06-JUL-00','YYYY-MM-DD') Process 19 ABENDED at Step HR_PERSDATA.PRCSCURR.SET_FLAG (SQL) -- RC = 1858 (108,524) Temporary Table processing failure during deallocation phase. (108,531)" ***************** End Of Article ****************** James posted Message 637 in Message Board Dated : August 01, 2001 at 15:14:39 EST Subject: Re: Application Engine/Oracle Error Probably because the date format is not consistent with the value. Should use '2000-07-06' or 'DD-MMM-YY' ***************** End Of Article ****************** James posted Message 638 in Message Board Dated : August 01, 2001 at 15:17:58 EST Subject: Re: PS gurus need a solution for creating multiple userid based on name/emplid You can use Data Mover to copy userids from 1 database to another. There is a PS delivered DMS script that do that, look into your PSHOME/scripts directory for EXPOPR.DMS and IMPOPR.DMS. Not sure how one can mass-create userids though. : Hi; : It would really helpful if someone explain/send the scripts or post on messege for everyone how to create users based on emplid/initial of firstname_lastname for all employees who are in PS 8. Creating one by one via pages is very time consuming. I heard that AE can be used and I am not familiar with that tool if any one can guide I will try to do that. : ALso, I need another favor after I create the above id or if I have ids on demo database how can i move to test database for testing userid signons. : Thanks : Rss ***************** End Of Article ****************** Manny posted Message 639 in Message Board Dated : August 01, 2001 at 17:57:35 EST Subject: Re: Migration from Informix to Oracle : : What is involved in migrating peoplesoft from Informix to Oracle ? In terms of application as well as data migration ? : : Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Ganesh posted Message 640 in Message Board Dated : August 03, 2001 at 18:50:47 EST Subject: Documentation on PSUSER.BusinessLogic Hi: I am looking for all the methods that are available in PSUSER.BusinessLogic class. I tried using changePasswordASP but in my ASP web application and it gave me an error message saying that MS SQL is not available. Can someone help? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Melissa Bradley posted Message 641 in Message Board Dated : August 07, 2001 at 10:58:05 EST Subject: Student Admin--Job Openings--Florida I have four openings in Central Florida for Peoplesoft consultants: 1) Functional Financial Aid Consultant 2) Functional Student Financials Consultant 3) Funtional Student Records Consultant 4) Functional/Technical Consultant with Student Admin experience This is a 1 year contract job, starting in September. Please contact me if you are interested: 800-737-7313 x24 or mob@vitalt.com ***************** End Of Article ****************** Anantharaman posted Message 642 in Message Board Dated : August 09, 2001 at 02:48:59 EST Subject: Re: Migration from Informix to Oracle : : : What is involved in migrating peoplesoft from Informix to Oracle ? In terms of application as well as data migration ? : : : Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Jack posted Message 643 in Message Board Dated : August 09, 2001 at 11:26:26 EST Subject: Re: PS gurus need a solution for creating multiple userid based on name/emplid In 7.5 an app engine program is delivered called W3HROPR. This can be modified to do what you are requesting. I don't know if it is delivered or what it is called in PS 8. : You can use Data Mover to copy userids from 1 database to another. There is a PS delivered DMS script that do that, look into your PSHOME/scripts directory for EXPOPR.DMS and IMPOPR.DMS. : Not sure how one can mass-create userids though. : : Hi; : : It would really helpful if someone explain/send the scripts or post on messege for everyone how to create users based on emplid/initial of firstname_lastname for all employees who are in PS 8. Creating one by one via pages is very time consuming. I heard that AE can be used and I am not familiar with that tool if any one can guide I will try to do that. : : ALso, I need another favor after I create the above id or if I have ids on demo database how can i move to test database for testing userid signons. : : Thanks : : Rss ***************** End Of Article ****************** Liina Storm posted Message 644 in Message Board Dated : August 09, 2001 at 12:15:02 EST Subject: Tricky security setting Hello, I need your expertise here! How could the following security requirement for one operator be met: Access to panels group A with Business Unit 100 data No access to panels group B with Business Unit 100 data Access to panels group B with Business Unit 200 Thanks! ***************** End Of Article ****************** g coats posted Message 645 in Message Board Dated : August 09, 2001 at 13:24:48 EST Subject: Re: tablespaces The DBA must manually create the tablespace first if it is not one that already exists. Once present, you can select the one you want including the new one as presented above. g coats - oracle dba / unix admin : In the Application Designer you can select in witch tablespace your record will be created. : Tools,Data administration,Set Tablespace : : Hello all, : : I have just installed ps7.5 server version with oracle 8 back end. While developing a project i have created few records. How do i put these records in a tablespace? Please give me all details if any new table space has to be created. By default in which tablespace does the record go and sit. : : thankx for u help : : bye : : ***************** End Of Article ****************** g coats posted Message 646 in Message Board Dated : August 09, 2001 at 13:25:06 EST Subject: Re: tablespaces The DBA must manually create the tablespace first if it is not one that already exists. Once present, you can select the one you want including the new one as presented above. g coats - oracle dba / unix admin : In the Application Designer you can select in witch tablespace your record will be created. : Tools,Data administration,Set Tablespace : : Hello all, : : I have just installed ps7.5 server version with oracle 8 back end. While developing a project i have created few records. How do i put these records in a tablespace? Please give me all details if any new table space has to be created. By default in which tablespace does the record go and sit. : : thankx for u help : : bye : : ***************** End Of Article ****************** g coats posted Message 647 in Message Board Dated : August 09, 2001 at 13:30:24 EST Subject: Re: Citrix/NT Terminal Server/Web Client - which one to choose? Web client: best way - least complex, most supported via psoft. You don't want to use Citrix; believe me, it's quite complicated for supporting more than a few clients (>20). TermServ / Citrx: good for old two tier, three tier replaced the need. Need to be trained / certified in Citrix for large (>20) clients. Don't try it in production until you've mastered it. I'm Citrix certified, been through this many times with clients. If you don't know it, avoid it. PSoft web is really best. : What is a perfect choice for remote access for a large company with sites all over the place? : 1. Citrix : 2. NT Terminal Server : 3. Web Client : Which one is best and why? : Thanks. ***************** End Of Article ****************** g coats posted Message 648 in Message Board Dated : August 09, 2001 at 13:34:03 EST Subject: Re: Oracle-PeopleSoft Integration/interaction : I am an experienced OCP Certified Oracle DBA (12 years +) but am new to PeopleSoft. Can anyone point me in the right direction for finding info on Oracle-peoplesoft integration? I have 101+ questions about this but some really nagging ones at the moment include... : 1: How much does peoplesoft 'control' the traditional Oracle DBA activities? (I've worked Oracle/SAP and SAP tries to manage the DB in a proactive/imposing(!) sort of way) It's only a sql*net interface to the database. Very straight forward; "just sql" type stuff. Helps make it generic. : 2: Is there a supported version matrix (Oracle RDBMS vs PSoft) anywhere? Sure. See their site; lists h/w, o/s, sqr and other "supported" versions. : 3: Does PeopleSoft supply any facilities for backup/recovery, Instance creation/configuration, tuning, monitoring, etc.. of the Oracle DB??? See #1. It only does sql. You do all the rest. Good for DBA! : Sorry to hit this group with so many high-level questions but I can't find a decent source anywhere at the moment (I've seen references to www.slerp.com but this URL seems to have changed). : Thanks in advance... : Brian ***************** End Of Article ****************** g coats posted Message 649 in Message Board Dated : August 09, 2001 at 13:36:00 EST Subject: Re: Access to PS tables select ---- from sysadm.ps_sometable; that is, if you have the right granted! : HI, : I am able to access all the tables through the Peoplesoft Application. But when I log on to the Oracle DB directly I cannot see the Peoplesoft tables. All the tables are owned by "sysadm". What should I do in order to access these tables ? ***************** End Of Article ****************** g coats posted Message 650 in Message Board Dated : August 09, 2001 at 13:39:08 EST Subject: Re: moving backup copy from database to another This is a job for a real DBA. That's what they do; clone databases. It's not for the admin, or the techie. It's for a DBA to be done correctly. If you dare, see the Metalink stuff on "cloning" databases. It's very involved so be forewarned. Sorry about this... but I recommend this be done professionally. : Hi, : I got a backup copy of database on one box and need to move this to a another database which is on the other box. : In my scenario got daily backup of HCON database on HDEV server and need to move this to HRQA which is on the QA server. please provide me the steps to do this. response is really appreciated. : My peoplesoft application is ver 7. : thanks in advance, : ramesh ***************** End Of Article ****************** g coats posted Message 651 in Message Board Dated : August 09, 2001 at 13:41:05 EST Subject: Re: Moving data from one database to another database See Metalink "cloning" procedures. They vary depending on your platform. For Oracle, a trained DBA is essential for this procedure. : Hi, : We would like to move all the data from a Database to another database on a different server. Database structure is same on both the servers. But database name is different. : It should be exact replica of the other database. Any suggestion appretiated. : Thanks : Rajshekhar & Ranvijay ***************** End Of Article ****************** g coats posted Message 652 in Message Board Dated : August 09, 2001 at 13:47:08 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft/Oracle Performance Monitoring See: Oracle8 and UNIX Performance Tuning by Alomari. Also see Oracle Press Oracle Performance Tuning. Both are excellent. I will also tell you that you better know your i/o block size parameters per disks, where your disks are in relation to RAID striping, what files are on what logical volumes and how to interpret ubestat.sql data. vmstat and sar data help too; but what data is on what disks is a good start. Also, your SGA sizing (oracle) is important; all of which are addressed in the books above. Good luck! Practice makes perfect and it isn't something that happens in a day or two. PS: ditch any o/s disk caching using Oracle, it's redundant and unnecessary. : What tools or methods are people using to monitor their production Oracle / PeopleSoft environments? We are trying to develop a means to report on performance of the environment from the NT / Oracle / PeopleSoft ends, hopefully, to help us tune more effectively. We are running the PS 7.53 GL, PC, and AM modules currently. AR, Inventory, and Purchasing will follow. We are architected in a physical 3-tier environment. The database server is NT 4.0 with Oracle 8.0.5 (standard edition). The application servers, (2), are NT 4.0 as well. ***************** End Of Article ****************** g coats posted Message 653 in Message Board Dated : August 09, 2001 at 13:51:14 EST Subject: Re: Peoplesoft HRMS vs other ERP competitors PSoft is the easiest to install and maintain. I've done SAP, OracleFinancials and PSoft and PSoft is the easiest. Oracle Financials is not bad. SAP is the PITS!! Functionally, I'd say what ever floats your boat with the end users and the CFO. And the new Internet architecture is very state-of-the-art. : Hi, anyone has any studies or evaluation done of Peoplesoft HRMS vs other main ERP competitors' offerings? Or created some kind of scoring card of main points to take note of? ***************** End Of Article ****************** My Hanh Ly posted Message 654 in Message Board Dated : August 10, 2001 at 12:47:41 EST Subject: Re: Tricky security setting Try to create custom security views to implement this twist of row level security. You will give menu security to the classes/roles for both panel group A and panel group B. However, you will create two separate custom views for the search record in each panel group to get the desired affect. In these search records you will create the SQL logic to filter out business unit level information by operator class. Good luck, mhl : Hello, : I need your expertise here! : How could the following security requirement for one operator be met: : Access to panels group A with Business Unit 100 data : No access to panels group B with Business Unit 100 data : Access to panels group B with Business Unit 200 : Thanks! ***************** End Of Article ****************** Tony Gaudioso posted Message 655 in Message Board Dated : August 13, 2001 at 08:42:11 EST Subject: Re: Multiple Configuration Files on Same PC : I am interested to see how the batch files work. If you could kindly share your work, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! ***************** End Of Article ****************** JME posted Message 656 in Message Board Dated : August 14, 2001 at 12:03:35 EST Subject: newbie:How do I determine all components installed in PeopleTools on UNIX. How do I determine all components installed and versions in PeopleTools 8.1.4 on UNIX? As there an administration tool for this I can run from the command-line? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Stuck posted Message 657 in Message Board Dated : August 14, 2001 at 15:08:25 EST Subject: AIX Unix Server Crash Got a client who is running both development and production on the same box. I know, I know, bonehead idea. Anyway the server keeps crashing. Any thoughts? ***************** End Of Article ****************** psocp posted Message 658 in Message Board Dated : August 15, 2001 at 23:02:44 EST Subject: Tuning in Peoplesoft What kind of database tuning issues will arive in Peoplesoft with oracle database ? Thanks in advance. ***************** End Of Article ****************** PSADM posted Message 659 in Message Board Dated : August 15, 2001 at 23:04:51 EST Subject: Peoplesoft Project managers We are looking for peoplesoft project managers.Let me know any of u are interested ? Reply to oracle383@hotmail.com ***************** End Of Article ****************** Torsten Neumann posted Message 660 in Message Board Dated : August 16, 2001 at 06:00:31 EST Subject: Howto run compare report from command line Hi, rather than using Application Designer GUI to start a compare report for comparison of different PS instances, I would like to start a compare report from the command line. Does anyone know how to do that (i.e. the name and parameters of the SQR I have to run? Thanks for your help! Torsten mailto:tneumann@kintana.com ***************** End Of Article ****************** Alex Leal posted Message 661 in Message Board Dated : August 17, 2001 at 10:49:21 EST Subject: Database Migration Would the database schema’s match in the following scenario? Oracle - PS Application 7.02, PeopleTools 7.07 SQL Server PS Application 7.02 PS Application 7.02 Does PeopleSoft maintain consistent record/field definitions across platforms given the same tools and application release? Thanks, Alex Leal (832)824-6914 ***************** End Of Article ****************** Alex Leal posted Message 662 in Message Board Dated : August 17, 2001 at 10:49:52 EST Subject: Database Migration Would the database schema’s match in the following scenario? Oracle - PS Application 7.02, PeopleTools 7.07 SQL Server PS Application 7.02 PeopleTools 7.07 Does PeopleSoft maintain consistent record/field definitions across platforms given the same tools and application release? Thanks, Alex Leal (832)824-6914 ***************** End Of Article ****************** Andy posted Message 663 in Message Board Dated : August 17, 2001 at 12:10:30 EST Subject: Application Server is down We are in the process of upgrading from HR 7.02 to HR 8.0 SP1. We have been able to get in to our new 8.0 demo database with IE5 without any problem until now. Today when we try to connect we get a message that the App server is down, but it appears to be up and running fine. I have stopped and restarted the App Server as well as rebooting the machine but I still get this message. Has anyone encountered this problem? Thanks, Andy Martin ***************** End Of Article ****************** Andy posted Message 664 in Message Board Dated : August 17, 2001 at 12:43:00 EST Subject: Re: Application Server is down : We are in the process of upgrading from HR 7.02 to HR 8.0 SP1. : We have been able to get in to our new 8.0 demo database with IE5 without any problem until now. : Today when we try to connect we get a message that the App server is down, but it appears to be up and running fine. I have stopped and restarted the App Server as well as rebooting the machine but I still get this message. : Has anyone encountered this problem? : Thanks, : Andy Martin Actually it appears that it is a problem with the Web Server (BEA WebLogic) recognizing the App Server. I can get in in three-tier using PeopleTools but not with IE5. The webserver is giving the following message: Jolt Session Pool cannot provide a connection to the appserver. This appears to be because there is no available application server domain. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Tom Namla posted Message 665 in Message Board Dated : August 22, 2001 at 08:34:12 EST Subject: Re: Database Migration Hi Alex, The application schemas are the same. All you got to worry about is the SQL is different. T-SQL and PL/SQL are different especialy the way they handle dates. So all your queries and SQLexecs and SQR would have to be changed. eg from getdate() to sysdate ***************** End Of Article ****************** Tom Namla posted Message 666 in Message Board Dated : August 22, 2001 at 08:39:25 EST Subject: Re: AIX Unix Server Crash What crashes ? sendmail ??? ya gotta give us more info than that "derrrrr my PSoft DB dow wok pwoperly", ain't gonna cut it. we need Version numbers !! what crashes ? how does it crash ? what DB is it ? Or can't you be arsed to tell us ? ***************** End Of Article ****************** Tasmin posted Message 667 in Message Board Dated : August 23, 2001 at 08:22:06 EST Subject: Field Security Hello folks, I'm thinking about restricting access to certain fields within the application tables (job in particular) i.e to let a class of operators access panels but to restrict them from viewing particular fields on the panels (say comp rate). Anyone know the Peoplecode involved for this kinda thing ? Or can anyone point me in the right direction in Peoplebooks Peoplecode section - the hitlist is telling me not a lot. Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Greg posted Message 668 in Message Board Dated : August 23, 2001 at 12:09:09 EST Subject: Re: Field Security %OperatorClass AND %OperatorID varables in PeopleCode carry the information you are looking for. : Hello folks, : I'm thinking about restricting access to certain fields within the application tables (job in particular) i.e to let a class of operators access panels but to : restrict them from viewing particular fields on the panels (say comp rate). Anyone know the Peoplecode involved for this kinda thing ? Or can : anyone point me in the right direction in Peoplebooks Peoplecode section - the hitlist is telling me not a lot. : Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** LAR posted Message 669 in Message Board Dated : August 23, 2001 at 21:46:34 EST Subject: horse power To support a web based PeopleSoft Financials 8.14 application (about 150 concurent users),with the Oracle 8.1.6 DB on its own HP 11x (2 CPUs) machine, the app servers on their own identical machine, and tuxedo 6.5. Does this sound like enough CPUs? If not, how many? ***************** End Of Article ****************** VERTEX Related posted Message 670 in Message Board Dated : August 24, 2001 at 12:11:51 EST Subject: VERTEX Hi group, While saving a PO I get an error saying "External Function OPENVERTEX not available". I understand this is a PeopleCode problem. Client uses VERTEX for tax calculation. This is s very critical issue so any help is greatly appreciated. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Tasmin posted Message 671 in Message Board Dated : August 25, 2001 at 13:26:50 EST Subject: Re: Field Security Thanks Greg - but I'm really looking for an extract of code from someone who has restricted a field. Can anyone help ? : %OperatorClass AND %OperatorID varables in PeopleCode carry the information you are looking for. : : : Hello folks, : : I'm thinking about restricting access to certain fields within the application tables (job in particular) i.e to let a class of operators access panels but to : : restrict them from viewing particular fields on the panels (say comp rate). Anyone know the Peoplecode involved for this kinda thing ? Or can : : anyone point me in the right direction in Peoplebooks Peoplecode section - the hitlist is telling me not a lot. : : Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** sv.ramana posted Message 672 in Message Board Dated : August 27, 2001 at 00:15:31 EST Subject: Re: No views got created for demo DB : Hi, : I have also encountered a similar problem. I think it may be because of the statement SET NO VIEWS used in the data mover script which you would be using to move data from Demo database to Oracle database (Script hcdmoora.dms/ptdmoora.dms etc). I am trying to reinstall after removing this statement. : Please keep me updated if you are able to solve the same. : Thanks, : Vivek Agrawal ***************** End Of Article ****************** Greg posted Message 673 in Message Board Dated : August 27, 2001 at 09:54:37 EST Subject: Re: Field Security If %OperatorClass = "SOMEOPR" then hide(Field1) end-if; : Thanks Greg - but I'm really looking for an extract of code from someone who has restricted a field. Can anyone help ? : : %OperatorClass AND %OperatorID varables in PeopleCode carry the information you are looking for. : : : : : Hello folks, : : : I'm thinking about restricting access to certain fields within the application tables (job in particular) i.e to let a class of operators access panels but to : : : restrict them from viewing particular fields on the panels (say comp rate). Anyone know the Peoplecode involved for this kinda thing ? Or can : : : anyone point me in the right direction in Peoplebooks Peoplecode section - the hitlist is telling me not a lot. : : : Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** David Collins posted Message 674 in Message Board Dated : August 27, 2001 at 10:47:10 EST Subject: I am making a list of companies using Peoplesoft I am making a list of companies using Peoplesoft I am going to develop a marketing list of all companies using Peoplesoft. The purpose is to allow PS Consultants to deal directly with companies as opposed to agencies/recruiters. Please email me names of companies that use PS along with any other details you know like: Industry, sales size, location, address, contact details, etc. Try to submit complete details on company. Anyone that submits at least 1-5 complete company details can have access to the info I gather. All I want to do is collect and share the data. I will do all the work and as the database grows and I collect more details, contact me and I will run free queries for you (i.e. if you ask me what companies in California or Ireland use PS I will email you a list). Please contribute. I expect to have initial listing in a month as I am right now receiving about 50 names per month so I can expect to have a good size list by a another month or two. David Collins Peoplesoft Consultant Dublin, Ireland wdavid_collins@email.com ***************** End Of Article ****************** Tasmin posted Message 675 in Message Board Dated : August 27, 2001 at 16:11:09 EST Subject: Re: Field Security ***BIG SMILES** thanks Greg, your a star. : If %OperatorClass = "SOMEOPR" then : hide(Field1) : end-if; : : : Thanks Greg - but I'm really looking for an extract of code from someone who has restricted a field. Can anyone help ? : : : %OperatorClass AND %OperatorID varables in PeopleCode carry the information you are looking for. : : : : : : : Hello folks, : : : : I'm thinking about restricting access to certain fields within the application tables (job in particular) i.e to let a class of operators access panels but to : : : : restrict them from viewing particular fields on the panels (say comp rate). Anyone know the Peoplecode involved for this kinda thing ? Or can : : : : anyone point me in the right direction in Peoplebooks Peoplecode section - the hitlist is telling me not a lot. : : : : Thanks ***************** End Of Article ****************** Denise M. Trunzo posted Message 676 in Message Board Dated : August 29, 2001 at 10:39:25 EST Subject: Looking for PeopleSoft Product Configurator 7.5.3 candidates for Techniccal Lead contract position in Upstate New York Area. Please respond to dmt@advantageprofessionals.com if you have any interest! ***************** End Of Article ****************** Denise M. Trunzo posted Message 677 in Message Board Dated : August 29, 2001 at 10:54:58 EST Subject: Looking for Oracle 8.1.7x and PeopleSoft 8 candidates for a Senior Analyst Contract position in the Upstate New York Area. Please inquire to dmt@advantageprofessionals.com for more information. ***************** End Of Article ****************** M Delage posted Message 678 in Message Board Dated : August 29, 2001 at 12:36:43 EST Subject: Installing PS single-user 7.5 on Windows 2000 Has anyone sucessfully installed PS 7.5 single-user on Windows 2000? The cd install program fails to recognize the OS. I have tried to fool the install program into believing the OS is NT 4 or another OS without success. I know the single-user 7.5 works fine on Windows 2000 as I have some workstations that had 7.5 already installed prior to being upgraded to 2000. ***************** End Of Article ****************** M Delage posted Message 679 in Message Board Dated : August 29, 2001 at 12:51:16 EST Subject: Re: How do I move queries from version 7.5 to version 8.13 Jeff, I am not aware of any automated tool for upgrading queries. Just like custom SQR programs, when you upgrade to a new PS release you have to go and manually apply the changes in table structures to each query. The cleanest way of doing this is to recreate the query from scratch in the new environment. : Hi, : I tried using Data Mover to move the queries from Peoplesoft 7.5 to 8, and received the message: Warning: Incompatible version. : Your immediate HELP is needed. : Jeff ***************** End Of Article ****************** Gloria Notario posted Message 680 in Message Board Dated : August 29, 2001 at 18:38:03 EST Subject: Security Third-Part tool PeopleSoft version 7.5 doesn't handle some password features, for example: expiration time, minimum password length, etc. Do you know any third-part tool that can complement PS regarding password administration and other security issues? Thank you for you help. Gloria Notario Venezuela ***************** End Of Article ****************** Shanna posted Message 681 in Message Board Dated : August 30, 2001 at 08:34:45 EST Subject: Re: Installing PS single-user 7.5 on Windows 2000 Hiya M, Yep, I had this problem too .. Basically, its a practical no-go on Windows 2000 as stands, the installation sheild just wont allow an install. At all. Good news is, I have Single user 7.5 now running on windows 2000. This this fabby guy on here helped me out. If you mail me I'll send you the solution I got from him,it didnt work for me, but may for you ? You can try that first if you wanna, its option (a) (hope he dosent mind ;) ) You have 2 options: (a)First ones illegal, so Im not even going there **grin** (b)Do what I did and partition your hard disk. This is a pain in the ass but I found it to be the only way around it. Have both 98 /2000 OS on there and run Peoplesoft on 98. There is a downside, you have to reformat the hard disk to do the partition. I believe there is a way to get round this and keep the data on there without a reformat but its fiddly and I cant tell you how to do it. With either option you'll probably encounter problems when you try to run SQRs, you have to force windows to recognise the Peoplesoft path in autoexec.bat, again , I'll talk ya through it. Mail me, Shan Has anyone sucessfully installed PS 7.5 single-user on Windows 2000? The cd install program fails to recognize the OS. I have tried to fool the install program into believing the OS is NT 4 or another OS without success. I know the single-user 7.5 works fine on Windows 2000 as I have some workstations that had 7.5 already installed prior to being upgraded to 2000. ***************** End Of Article ****************** PS Fan posted Message 682 in Message Board Dated : August 30, 2001 at 12:25:08 EST Subject: Datamover Login Error Installed PSTools 7.61 in a new directory on File Server and used PSTRANS to move the files to Unix server. When logging onto DataMover(7.61), I get the following error: 'Missing or Invalid Version of SQL Library PSINF (0,0)' Any help is appreciated ***************** End Of Article ****************** Shridevi Sethuraman posted Message 683 in Message Board Dated : August 31, 2001 at 05:47:46 EST Subject: Re: Migration from Informix to Oracle Ya even i need to know the process for migrating the existing database in Informix to Oracle 7 or Oracle 8. In case you get to know anything about it please let me know about it. Thanks Regards Shridevi Sethuraman IDBI Intech Ltd : i need to migrate the whole database from informix to oracle, : while migrating data integrity constraints has to be maintained. : if any tools for this or any help mail back : narendra kumar.c : systematic solutions pvt ltd. : bangalore ***************** End Of Article ****************** Mic Nash posted Message 684 in Message Board Dated : August 31, 2001 at 17:29:41 EST Subject: HRMS v7.5 single user I am a oracle dba in need of a ps HRMS v7.5 single user cd. My company is planning to migrate to peoplesoft in the near future and I want to get a head start. I will be more than happy to barter or compensate. Please let me know where I can aquire the single user version. Thanks in Advance, ***************** End Of Article ****************** Shresta posted Message 685 in Message Board Dated : September 04, 2001 at 10:16:25 EST Subject: Import Manager I want to use the Import Manager to load a PS test table, but it fails all the time, printing the message "Run Aborted". I followed the instruction in Peoplebook to the letter; my import file is fixed format text with only 2 fields in it. How can I get a better error description from the Import Manager? Any clue what else I should look into? Help! ***************** End Of Article ****************** Win2KGuy posted Message 686 in Message Board Dated : September 05, 2001 at 13:53:35 EST Subject: Re: Installing PS single-user 7.5 on Windows 2000 Sorry it didn't work for you, the first option, I mean. Probably an error in my instructions. Like you said, the single user HR, FIN, HR E&G, FIN E&G, Student Admin, 7.5 and 7.0 work fine on Windows 2000, it's just an InstallShield issue. Once you work around that, it's all good. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Dominique posted Message 687 in Message Board Dated : September 07, 2001 at 11:08:20 EST Subject: Re: Datamover Login Error If you use a shortcut to launch data mover, have a look at the properties and especially the start in field. You should have there a valid sql bin directory. Hope that helps. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Joel posted Message 688 in Message Board Dated : September 10, 2001 at 15:49:55 EST Subject: Re: Application Server is down Use the IP address instead of Hostname in the JSL section. We too had the same problem. PS says they are investigating the Issue. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Randy posted Message 689 in Message Board Dated : September 13, 2001 at 15:22:44 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft Security Info : Navigate to the Security Administrator (in PeopleTools). Security Administrator is in PeopleTools 7.51 only. Manage Security is in PeopleTools 8.x ***************** End Of Article ****************** Erik posted Message 690 in Message Board Dated : September 13, 2001 at 16:44:33 EST Subject: Re: PeopleSoft Security Info I use PS 7.5 and Oracle 8. The tables that are set up are as far as I know 'out of the box'. I run the following SQL script in SQL Plus to get a list of all operators and all classes that they are a member of. select a.oprid, a.oprdefndesc, a.emplid, b.oprclass from psoprdefn a, psoprcls b where a.oprid = b.oprid order by 1, 4; You can spool this to a .lis file and open it in Excel. Rember to enter: SET PAGESIZE 999 to remove unwanted page brakes. ***************** End Of Article ****************** Derek posted Message 691 in Message Board Dated : September 13, 2001 at 22:00:15 EST Subject: Re: Peoplesoft Performance Tuning Here is a good article that may help you with PeopleSoft performance tuning and Oracle performance tuning: www.peoplesoftpros.com/articles/pstuning.asp : What kind of database tuning issues will arive in Peoplesoft with oracle database ? Thanks in advance. ***************** End Of Article ******************