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PeopleSoft FSCM Newsletter April 2025

Hello PeopleSoft FSCM Community,

Message from Paco – I would personally like to invite you to the BluePrint 4D Conference next month (June 9-13) in Las Vegas.  I’ll be kicking off the conference with the PeopleSoft Update & Investment session – all things new & great about PeopleSoft.  There are a number of sessions presented by the PeopleSoft product team, customers and partners about everything from new product features to customer implementation experiences.    An important part of the conference is also meeting with the Oracle team, partners and other customers which you can do at various networking events.   This is definitely the best in-person PeopleSoft event of the year.  See you in Las Vegas!

-Paco Aubrejuan, Senior Vice President – PeopleSoft Development & Strategy

Strategy Update – Sasank Vemana, PeopleTools Director

We are delighted to announce PeopleTools 8.62 is generally available for customers on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This high-impact and transformational release distinctly demonstrates our continued investments in PeopleSoft technology. This release brings several exciting features and capabilities such as the PeopleSoft Landing Page, Smart Prompts and Dropdowns, interactive PeopleSoft Insights embedded in Fluid Pages and WorkCenters, Insights on customizations, simplified global search, performance and deployment improvements in Search Framework, system-wide Configurable Search options, and more.

Check out our blog post for detailed resources including the highlights video, the new feature overview (NFO) document, and more.  On-premises availability will be coming soon. Stay tuned for additional updates from us!

 Upcoming 2025 User Groups/Webinars/Conferences:

 Customer Corner – Highlights customers who have implemented, upgraded, or deployed new Finance Features

  • Congratulations to Alameda County (AC) Transit for deploying Exceptions Insights, Leased Assets Insights, Asset Management Insights, Accounts Payable Insights and upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
  • Congratulations to Bowling Green State University for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
  • Congratulations to City & County of San Francisco, CA for deploying Oracle Guided Learning (OGL)
  • Congratulations to City of Eugene, OR for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
  • Congratulations to City of Indianapolis & Marion County, IN for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
  • Congratulations to City of Tallahassee, TN for deploying PS in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
  • Congratulations to County of Clackamas, OR for deploying Supplier Contract
  • Congratulations to CZ for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
  • Congratulations to Florida State University for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
  • Congratulations to Frankenmuth Insurance for deploying Asset Management
  • Congratulations to HERE Technologies for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
  • Congratulations to Kentucky Community & Technical College System for deploying Commitment Control Dashboard and Commitment Control Exceptions Insights and upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
  • Congratulations to Long Beach City College for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
  • Congratulations to U.S. Navy for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
  • Congratulations to North Carolina (NC) State University for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
  • Congratulations to Northwestern University for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
  • Congratulations to Portland Public Schools for deploying Open Search and upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
  • Congratulations to San Diego County Water Authority for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
  • Congratulations to Sarasota Memorial Health Care System for deploying Fluid Project Request and Project Costing Insights
  • Congratulations to School District of Gwinnett County, GA for deploying Fluid Expenses and upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
  • Congratulations to School District of Lee County, FL for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
  • Congratulations to State of Kansas for deploying Fluid Delegations and Billing, AR & General Ledger Fluid Workcenters
  • Congratulations to Temple University Health System for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
  • Congratulations to University of California, Berkeley for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61
  • Congratulations to University of Georgia Systems for upgrading to PeopleTools 8.61

  Focus Group Updates:   Click on the link to find a focus group to join

  • Accounts Payable – In January, the focus group met to discuss unmasking banks accounts for approvers which was just delivered in Image 53. They also reviewed the proposed process for Fluid Supplier Approvals. In March, the focus group discussed adding additional voucher types to the spreadsheet upload and amortization voucher enhancements.
  • General Ledger – In February, the focus group met to discuss journal upload enhancements and the year-end process. In March, the focus group met to discuss potential enhancements to nVision.
  • Supplier Registration: In early April we had a Focus Group to discuss a new feature we’re researching for “Branching” profile questions. These are sometimes referred to as “Conditional” or “Contingent” questions where follow-up questions are dependent on a response to a previous question. Overwhelmingly positive response and an uptick of positive Idea Space Votes.
  • Project Costing and Grants Managements – focus group met in February to review the work management capability on the Projects and Contracts Fluid WorkCenters.
  • Approvals – A Fluid Approvals focus group is scheduled for May 7 to review the new Administrative Approval Insights and collaborate on ideas for future enhancements.

FSCM 52 Highlights and Customer Ideas Released in Image 53

Learn about the PeopleSoft FSCM Image #53 release and the list of features that stand out. – Blog

Image Highlights, PeopleSoft FSCM Update Image 53 – Video

Key takeaways from PeopleSoft FSCM Image 53 – Webinar

  • Accounts Payable – Added the ability for Supplier Approvers to unmask bank accounts – Ideas Space
  • Accounts Payable – Cash Clearing process to include ACH/EFT payments – Idea Space
  • Accounts Payable – Added the new Work Management framework to the Payables WorkCenter
  • Accounts Receivable – Enhanced Deposit Upload Template with Deposit Type and Payment Method – Idea Space
  • Accounts Receivable – Increase Dunning Text Length to 3500 characters – Idea Space
  • General Ledger – Option to turn off Journal Posting Wait confirmation message – Idea Space
  • General Ledger – Added ability to schedule the flat file journal entry import process to load all files in a folder – Idea Space
  • General Ledger – Added ability to see comments by the requestor & approver when a journal is denied – Idea Space
  • General Ledger – Added the new Work Management framework to the Commitment Control
  • eProcurement/Purchasing – Enhanced eProcurement fluid Create Requisition to allow authorized requesters to change the requisition priority to Rush for items that are needed right away. The Rush flag is then used to Expedite, Quick Source, and Auto Source these requisitions into Purchase Orders with specific Approval and Shipping special handling –Idea Space
  • Strategic Sourcing – Enhanced Strategic Sourcing Event to allow downloading all or selected attachments as a zip file – Idea Space
  • Strategic Sourcing – Enhanced Supplier secure and employee portal bidder profile to define their own challenge questions and answers to validate the bidder before making any changes to the bidder profile. Also, when bidders are converted to suppliers, the available challenge questions are mapped to the supplier master.
  • Supplier Contracts – Enhanced Supplier Contract Management to expand the use of DocuSign’s Anchor Tags to include Initials, Optional Initials, and Company – Idea Space
  • Expenses: Implemented Work Management Framework on the Exceptions in the Expenses Fluid WorkCenter, Include functionality to cancel, withdraw or delete expense report with Approved for Payment Status.
  • eProcurement –Flag Requisition as “Rush” Orders, auto-create of Bill Only Requisitions
  • Inventory-Display Additional Information the Par Replenishment Management Page
  • Asset Management – Asset Tracking:  Scan Asset Codes with Device Camera – Idea Space
  • Maintenance Management – Transfer PM Schedules between MM BU’s – Idea Space
  • Project Costing – Added use of partial wildcards and exclusions as criteria for rate set pricing – Idea Space
  • Project Costing – Added the new Work Management framework to the Projects WorkCenter
  • Customer Contracts – Added the new Work Management framework to the Contracts and Grants WorkCenter

PeopleSoft Update – Click here for schedule of release dates

  • FSCM Image 54 – posting July 28, 2025*
  • FSCM Image 55 – posting December 1, 2025*

      *Tentative Dates – Oracle Safe Harbor Statement applies.

“Popular &  New” Finance Ideas – Check out and VOTE for your favorite Idea, click here to see all the PeopleSoft Ideas

PeopleSoft General Update

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