PS Caching – Web Profile Configuration
I have noticed when dealing with changes or additions to users’ security, like adding permission lists; that the changes aren’t always reflected in the PIA navigation immediately. One of these reasons...
View ArticlePS –“has been updated by another user.”
Was getting a strange error today when using Application Designer. I was editing some of the stylesheets, the PSHDR2_SWAN, a sub style sheet under PSSTYLEDEF_SWAN; went to try and save it and got this...
View ArticlePS Shortcut Key – See Menu + Component
FireFox and IE SHIFT + CTRL + J When you are on a page in PIA, you can use SHIFT + CTRL + J to bring up the page which shows the component name, page name, and menu name. This is very useful for when...
View ArticleChange Logo & Header – PeopleTools 8.50
This tutorial is on changing the default logo and header in PeopleSoft on PeopleTools version 8.50 or higher. Step 1 Open up App Designer. Step 2 Go to File > Open. Step 3 Select definition as Image...
View ArticleMasking SSN in PeopleSoft
I was looking for this in the PeopleBooks and could not find it. Also after searching Google for a bit, I also came up empty. So I thought I would share this with you to save you some time. PeopleSoft...
View ArticleExporting and Importing PS Security
It is actually pretty easy to export and import the security from PeopleSoft. There are datamover scripts that are given to. They are located in the PS_HOME PeopleSoft installation directory. You do...
View ArticleQDM could not load query definition – PS
Was receiving this error this last week after changing the primary permission list on some accounts in PIA. [Open Query] [CQryStmt::Prepare] QDM could not load query definition [...
View ArticlePeopleSoft Favorites – Authorization Error
Discovered some users today that couldn’t add favorites in PIA. Whenever they would try to add one they would get the following error: Authorization Error — Contact your Security Administrator. Turned...
View ArticleDisable TypeAhead Feature for Everyone
In certain versions of PeopleTools, the TypeAhead feature simply doesn’t work very well. It causes weird behavior, such as the mouse cursor disappearing and refresh problems. Below are instructions on...
View ArticleRelationship CI not found (14000,317)
Ran across this error today under Campus Community > Personal Information > Biographical > Relationships > Relationships. It said, “Relationship component interface not found (14000,317)”....
View ArticlePeopleSoft Fix IE9 Spacing Issue
IE9 Spacing Issue As most of you probably noticed with the upgrade to PeopleTools 8.51 there is a spacing issue (white space between header and top of page) with IE9. To resolve this you need to tweak...
View ArticlePS PIA Change Default Content and Layout
Change PeopleSoft PIA For end users, I prefer having the 2nd menu (main menu) enabled by default. This is the one with the icons. It makes it a lot easier for people to learn their way around PIA and...
View ArticlePS – Move/Copy a Query to a new Database
PeopleSoft Database Queries Here are instructions for moving/copying queries back and forth between different PeopleSoft databases. This includes moving between different versions of PeopleTools. Step...
View ArticlePeopleSoft – Invalid Record/Field Error
PeopleSoft Error Working with PeopleSoft today I encountered an error stating Invalid Record/Field error. See picture below. The fix for the error was to actually clear the app server cache. (Have your...
View ArticleCreating a SQL view/record for PSQuery
Have you every been annoyed by creating a query in PIA, using PSQuery? The easier way to do it is to create a new record, turn that into a view, and then query the record in PSQuery. Instructions are...
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