PeopleSoft Task
- 1 Overview
- 2 Before You Begin
- 3 Built-In Variables
- 4 Creating a PeopleSoft Task
- 4.1 PeopleSoft Task Details
- 4.2 PeopleSoft Task Details Field Descriptions
- 4.3 Options Fields
- 4.3.1 Process Type
- 4.3.2 Process/Job Name
- 4.3.3 Server Name
- 4.3.4 Output Destination Type
- 4.3.5 Output Destination Format
- 5 Viewing a PeopleSoft Task Instance
- 6 Adding RunTime Parameters
- 7 Running a PeopleSoft Task
- 8 Monitoring Task Execution
Note
These instructions assume the user has a working knowledge of PeopleSoft.
The PeopleSoft task allows you to send commands to a PeopleSoft system and gather status information and output back from PeopleSoft. The PeopleSoft task uses Stonebranch's proprietary Universal Connector for PeopleSoft (UPPS) to communicate with PeopleSoft . Universal Connector for PeopleSoft allows Universal Controller to connect to a PeopleSoft system and manage PeopleSoft background processing tasks.
Before You Begin
To run a PeopleSoft task, you must first complete the following:
Identify a Universal Agent for Linux/Unix that will interface with the PeopleSoft system.
Define an PeopleSoft connection in the Controller database.
Built-In Variables
The following built-in variables can be used in a PeopleSoft task to pass data where appropriate:
Step 1 | From the Automation Center navigation pane, select Tasks > PeopleSoft Tasks. The PeopleSoft Tasks list displays a list of all currently defined PeopleSoft tasks. |
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Step 2 | Enter/select Details for a new PeopleSoft task, using the field descriptions below as a guide.
To display more of the Details fields on the screen, you can either:
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Step 3 | Click the button. The task is added to the database, and all buttons and tabs in the Task Details are enabled. |
Note
To open an existing record on the list, either:
Click a record in the list to display its record Details below the list. (To clear record Details below the list, click the New button that displays above and below the Details.)
Clicking the Details icon next to a record name in the list, or right-click a record in the list and then click Open in the Action menu that displays, to display a pop-up version of the record Details.
Right-click a record in the a list, or open a record and right-click in the record Details, and then click Open In Tab in the Action menu that displays, to display the record Details under a new tab on the record list page (see Record Details as Tabs).
The following PeopleSoft Task Details is for an existing PeopleSoft task.
Depending on the values that you enter / select for these fields, and whether or not the PeopleSoft task has ever been launched, more (or less) fields may display. See the field descriptions, below, for a description of all fields that may display in the PeopleSoft Task Details.
