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PeopleSoft 8: Dakota State UniversityOn-Campus Installation andImplementation

Tom Farrell

Jeremy Pauli


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Presentation Outline

Introduction to PeopleSoft

The PeopleSoft 8 On-CampusInstallation

DSU classes on PeopleSoft

The future of PeopleSoft at DSU


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About PeopleSoft

Headquarters: Pleasanton, CA

Employees: 8,000

Revenue (FY2000): $1.7 Billion


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More About PeopleSoft

Customers: 4,600

Founded in 1987 as HumanResources Software Company


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PeopleSoft Versions

Newest Version is 8.X

Version 8 provides for and supports theInternet Architecture model

That is all of the client workstation

requires is a web browser


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PeopleSoft Product Lines

Now 9 Main Product lines:

Customer Relationship Management Enterprise Performance Management

Enterprise Service Automation

Financials


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Product Lines

Human Resources Management

Portal Solutions Supplier Relationship

Management

Supply Chain Management Trading Exchange Services


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More About PeopleSoft

Specific industry solutions for:

Education and government Small and mid-sized organizations


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The Installation

PeopleSoft Installation experts can doin 30-40 hours.

DSU Install: 100+


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End User DatabaseServer

PeopleTools

Tables

Application Server

If Valid, Returns Master ID& Password

User ID/Password(Encrypted)

(Browser)

Internet Architecture
http://c/DOCUME~1/farrellt/LOCALS~1/DOCUME~1/farrellt/LOCALS~1/Temp/Local%20Settings/Documents%20and%20Settings/ycmj01/Local%20Settings/Temp/customer.html


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PeopleSoft 8 Architecture

Browser

IP/HTML

HTTP/HTTPS

Web Server

Application Server

Directory Server

Report ServerBatch Processor

Encoded orEncrypted

IP

SQL

Web Server

Browser

HTTP/HTTPS

RDBMs Server

Jolt

IP

DevelopmentFile Server

IP

Firewall(optional)

Firewall

IP/HTML

JoltEncoded or

Encrypted

IP

Optional File Server

(search engine collections)

IP

Internet

Intranet


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ApplicationServer

WebServer

PeopleSoft Internet Architecture

TU

X

E

D

O

RDBMSServer

SQL

S

Q

LJOLTHTTP/HTML

Web

Browser

PS 8

Services

App MessagingProcessor

Query

Processor

ComponentProcessor

Bus InterlinkProcessor

User InterfaceGenerator

Processscheduler

PortalProcessor

SecurityManager

ApplicationEngine

RDBMSInstance

ApplicationData Tables

ApplicationMeta data

PortalRegistry

BatchProcesses

ProcessScheduler

Server

HTTP/XML

External

System

Wireless

TBDHTTP/WML

JavaServlets

PortalServlet

PresentationRelay Servlet

IntegrationRelay Servlet

EnterpriseDirectory

LDAP


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Running Single Machine Model

Pentium III

1Ghz 256 RAM 20Gb and 40Gb primary hard

drives (Production and Test)


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The Steps of Installation

Install Windows 2000 Server

Install Apache Server Install SQL Server 2000 Install PeopleSoft 8 (Human Resources

& Financials) Create Databases (HR & Fin)

Demo database System database


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Steps (contd)

Install Tuxedo/Jolt

Configure Application Server Configure PeopleSoft Internet

Architecture


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Install Problems

Dont complain about having poor

customer support poor support isbetter than none!

Installation Manual Not always inthe most convenient order. i.e.

Password needed is 5 pages later.


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Types of Errors Continuing to Battle

Buffer Overflow SP2

Incorrect Syntax MDAC 2.6 Invalid Column Name ??


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PeopleSoft on the DSU Campus

Dakota State University is one a select

number of campuses participating inthe PeopleSoft on Campus Program.

Also one of only 12 schools that

participate as part of the academiccouncil.


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The Academic Advisory Council
http://www2.dsu.edu/


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PeopleSoft On Campus Program

Provides

Academic use license for application

software Curriculum tools and resources, including

PeopleSoft University (PSU) materials

Faculty training and development

opportunities

Collaboration with PeopleSoft customers


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DSU Faculty Training

One CIS faculty member with 50 plus

days technical and functional One CIS faculty member with 18 plus

days technical and functional

Two CIS faculty with 5 10 plus days

Three Business faculty with 5 plus days

All BIS faculty two days of training


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DSU Student Training

Dakota State University Students have also

been able to participate in trainingopportunities.

Three students participated in a PeopleToolsI class in Pleasanton, CA

One student has participated in three of theclasses


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Current DSU Curriculum

BUS 292 Special Topics: ERP John Webster offering Fall 2002 for the third

semester Utilizes PeopleSoft and provides an overview of

the ERP process.

CIS 470 Special Topics: PeopleSoft Tom Farrell offered first time Spring 2002

semester

Equivalent course to PeopleSoft PeopleTools I


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Future DSU Curriculum

Fall 2002 first offering of CSC 206 ComputerApplications

Human Resources

Financials

Technical

Hope to obtain approval to be able to have DSU

PeopleSoft classes count for PSU classes Looking at graduate program courses and even

potentially a track in ERP


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The DSU PeopleSoft Team

Faculty

Tom Farrell John Webster

Computing Services

Josh Bolt

Craig Miller David Zolnowsky

Students

Josh Pauli Jeremy Pauli

Special Thanks

Giovonni Benitez

Mark Conway


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Questions


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Lets Look at PeopleSoft on DSU

Functional User

Web based http://eh-peoplesoft.dsu.edu/

Technical User

Application Designer
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