PeopleTools II Rel 8.50

PeopleTools II expands on the skills acquired in PeopleTools I. In this five-day course, students gain advanced development and troubleshooting experience as they create applications that incorporate complex features such as views, multiple occurs levels, tableset sharing, subrecords, subpages, style sheets, links, and PeopleCode.

Learn To:

• Create records and pages that maintain parent child relationships
• Enhance application and page functionality
• Create and use sub records and sub pages
• Create and use views
• Write basic PeopleCode programs
• Troubleshoot applications

Benefits To You:

Expand your development and troubleshooting knowledge of PeopleTools so that you can readily incorporate complex features to further enhance the functionality of your PeopleSoft applications to better meet your organizations business needs.

Audience

• Developer
• Application Developers
• Forms Developer
• Support Engineer
• System Analysts
• Technical Consultant
• Technical Administrator

Course Topics Developing Applications with PeopleTools

• Designing an Application
• Creating Data Structures
• Creating User Interfaces
• Testing Applications

Applying Advanced Design Concepts

• Explaining the PeopleSoft Design Methodology
• Evaluating a Potential Change to an Application

Using Views in PeopleSoft Applications

• Stating the Purposes of Views
• Writing SQL Statements to Retrieve Data
• Creating PeopleSoft SQL Views
• Creating PeopleSoft Query Views

Creating Summary Pages Using Views

• Explaining the Purpose of Summary Pages
• Creating Summary Pages Based on PeopleSoft Views
• Determining the Key Structure for a Summary View

Creating and Using Search Records

• Explaining the Role of Search Records in Components
• Using Views to Provide Additional Search Criteria
• Implementing the Add Search Record in a Component

Using Views as Prompt Table Edits

• Setting Up a Prompt Table Edit that Uses a View
• Explaining the Mechanics of Prompting
• Creating Views that Take Advantage of Prompting Mechanics

Explaining TableSet Sharing

• Explaining the Functional Aspects of TableSet Sharing
• Explaining the Technical Aspects of TableSet Sharing
• Implementing TableSet Sharing

Creating Parent-Child Relationships

• Explaining Methods That Enforce Referential Integrity
• Creating Parent-Child Record Definitions
• Enforcing Parent-Child Relationships on Page Definitions

Explaining Buffer Allocation

• Discussing Buffer Allocation
• Determining the Effect of Buffer Allocation on Performance

Creating Subrecords and Subpages

• Stating the Purpose of Subrecords
• Creating and Maintaining Subrecords
• Stating the Purpose of Subpages
• Creating and Maintaining Subpages
• Identifying the Caveats for Using Subrecords and Subpages

Using Deferred Processing

• Explaining the Purpose of the Application Server
• Distinguishing Between Processing Modes
• Changing the Processing Mode of a Definition

Introducing PeopleCode in an Application

• Explaining the Purpose of PeopleCode
• Accessing PeopleCode Programs
• Identifying Elements of PeopleCode Syntax
• Using PeopleCode to Validate User Input
• Managing PeopleCode Programs Using Comments
• Creating Error Messages Using the Message Catalog
• Implementing FieldEdit, SaveEdit, RowInit, and Field Change PeopleCode
• Using PeopleCode to Manipulate Fields

Using Objects in PeopleCode

• Defining Object-Oriented Terms
• Using the Field Object to Satisfy Business Rules

Creating Custom Objects with Application Classes

• Describing Application Classes
• Organizing Application Classes Using Application Packages
• Editing Application Classes
• Calling Application Classes

Using Images in PeopleSoft Applications

• Implementing Image Definitions
• Implementing Image Field Definitions
• Retrieving Images with PeopleCode
• Differentiating Between Image Definitions and Image Fields

Designing Pages Using Style Sheets

• Viewing Relationships Between Style Sheet Elements
• Overriding the System Style Sheet
• Using PeopleCode to Modify the Style Property of a Field Object

Designing More Advanced Pages

• Using the Message Catalog in Page Design
• Creating Pages with Alternate Data Displays
• Creating Links to Internal and External Pages

Using PeopleCode to Create Charts

• Identifying PeopleCode Charting Classes
• Explaining Charting Elements
• Creating Charts

Course Objectives

• Apply PeopleSoft Design Methodology in developing applications
• Create and use views as the basis for summary pages, search records, and prompt tables
• Explain and implement table set sharing
• Create records and pages that maintain parent child relationships
• Explain the buffer allocation process and its impact on application performance
• Create and use sub records and sub pages in an application
• Write PeopleCode programs to satisfy business requirements and enhance applications
• Enhance application and page functionality using advanced PeopleTools features, such as images, links, and deferred processing
• Troubleshoot common problems in PeopleSoft applications