100430 Presented at RECONNECT 19 Creating and maintaining SmartHR templates has now become one of the very significant tasks for Human Resources departments. This session will illustrate the best practices that University of Colorado adopted in creating and maintaining SmartHR templates. The facts and myths around configuration versus customization in templates will also be discussed in…

100400 Presented at RECONNECT 19 While PeopleSoft Test Framework is an extremely useful tool as a PUM analytical tool right out of the box, there are opportunities to enhance the PTF usefulness.  This presentation will demonstrate custom tools that enhance the usability of PTF and present a quick administrative view of the progress and use of…

100890 PeopleTools Upgrade to 8.57 Presented at RECONNECT 19 Avalonbay successfully upgraded PeopleTools 8.55 to 8.57.  Migrating to the new release opened up opportunities for implementing new features like new version of Elastic Search, Classic Plus, AWE and tools enhancements- new features that allow users to modify page objects and business rules without customization. Jun…

100860 Advanced PeopleSoft Development Techniques Presented at RECONNECT 19 This presentation will detail some of the lesser known techniques for developing within PeopleSoft.  This will include: - Coding using MetaSQL - Using Dynamic SQL to configuration based programs - Performance Tuning application engine programs - RowSet vs Set based processing design - Coding to minimize…

If you are a system admins, developer, or a DBA of PeopleSoft system, this class is for you! It will focus on tuning the application stack and identifying slow running SQL. Learn how this can be tuned to run more efficiently by re-coding, adding indexes, or even making database level changes.

100830 Integration Broker (IB) Web Service Transaction Log Management Presented at RECONNECT 19 Integration Broker (IB) keeps information for every web service transaction so we can review later to resolve issues. As the volume of web services increase, the related tables can become very large in volume. The risk of purging is losing the ability…

100810 Advanced PeopleSoft Administration Presented at RECONNECT 19 Discover advanced tips and tools used by the PeopleSoft Administrators at psadmin.io to make everyday administration easier. This session will cover how to go above and beyond the traditional techniques used for PeopleSoft Administration. Learn how to achieve greater efficiency and consistency by leveraging new tools delivered…

100790 Reducing Customizations: Our Financials 9.2/Tools 8.57 Upgrade Experience Presented at RECONNECT 19 The State of Minnesota is doing a limited upgrade of our PeopleSoft FSCM application to PeopleSoft 9.2 and PeopleTools 8.57, going live in 2019. During the implementation phase our primary objectives were to get State of Minnesota on a path aligned with…

100390 Presented at RECONNECT 19 PeopleSoft Test Framework has been around for some time, but with the constant flow of new content brought about by the introduction of the PUM model, it has become increasingly important to have a lifecycle plan in place for adopting new functionality. Testing is a critical component of that plan, but…

BI Publisher is PeopleSoft's primary tool for producing snapshot Business Intelligence reports that you can use to analyze your company's progress, expenditures and needs to better plan for the future. In this presentation, I go over in detail some advanced techniques for producing complex reports with real-world benefit.