PeopleTools Interview Questions

There is a setting available in Component properties to make either the Normal Search Page or the Advanced search page to appear first.

If we specify one field as a set control field then we will get data based on this when we are using prompt table. Based on this field only we can have valid prompt list at the time of prompt button ...

Set Control id is used when you want to share tables in Peopletool applications.This key identifies the sets of information in the table that are shared by multiple companies or business units under y...

IBM WebSphere and Oracle Weblogic

Well .. Component variables can be used to carry data from one section to another. The scope of component variable remains throughout the program . They can be used in place of state record provided you do not want a restart facility and dynamic section calls.

Benefits of set control field: If we specify one field as a set control field then we will retrieve data based on this when we are using prompt table. Based on this field only we can have valid prompt list at the time of prompt button clicking.

Select a set control field that overrides the set control field of the record definition specified in the prompt table. If you don't specify a name in this field, the default is the set control fi...

Temporary table: To allow other users to access the same table that has been using by the AE program. These are mainly used in batch processing. These can store specific data to update without aff...

Temporary table can be used in application engine programs to support parallel processing.

The state record will be used to pass variable information between two application engine sections
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Sub page:  Mainly use for sub records. We can place sub records in to sub page. Secondary page: It is used to enter additional data, rarely entered data & unimportant fields. There can be any...

multiple number of subpages can be created in one scroll level but only one secondary page can created in one scroll level using push/hyperlink.

Indexing tables on the database side helps in batch processing a great deal. Analysing tables helps. If there is custom code, make sure the SQL queries used are written well with the use of proper keys and joins are correct as well.

You can use SQLExec to do the same.

SQLExec("SELECT EMPLID FROM JOB",&Emplid);

The value of EMPLID gets stored in the variable &Emplid.

Application Package is Used to create Application Classes, which could be used to either extend the functionality of existing PeopleTools classes (Rowset, Array, and so on) or to create your own classes.

App package:An application package is a container for application subpackages and application classes, which will  provide a hierarchical structure to your PeopleCode programs and help you extend...

1. Main is the required section in Application Engine. 2. There can be multiple steps in single application engine, but atleast one step should be part of AE. 3. Similarly you can have multiple acti...

Main-->Step-->Action
Is the  Mandatory property of App.engine

Temporary Table: Temporary tables are used for running PeopleSoft Application Engine batch processes. Temporary tables can store specific data to update without risking the main application table. S...

by using edittable

Peopletools: windows, Unix (Red Hat, SLES)
Database: Oracle, SqlServer, DB2
PIA: IE 5.0 or greater

We can create multiple sub-pages and secondary pages.

Any no of subpages can created and any no of secondary pages can created.

There is no restrictions.

it is not possible normaly.. but u can write a people code by which u can insert the field data into the records

Following steps need to be followed for migration:1. Login to database through App Designer as a source database. 2. Click on upgrade tab and open the project which contains roles which you want to mi...

1. Login to database through App Designer as a source database. 2. Click on upgrade tab and open the project which contains roles which you want to migrate.3. Double click on Roles fold...

In a step if you r writing SQL then you need to commit it with in the same step but in the next action if u call another section or step it wont perform the desired actions.
because the previous step step is not committed.

Q. In Application Engine,why SQL & CallSection action are mutually Exclusive?