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Peoplesoft FAQs and Answers collected from Job Interviews
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1. What is Application Upgrade?

It is a migration of object from one database to another and updating other system components
such as application software.

2. What is Mass change and explain the uses of Mass change?

Mass change is a SQL generator you can use to develop and perform custom applications.
Using mass change, a developer can set up a series of INSERT, UPDATE, OR DELETE
SQL statements that the end user can execute to perform business functions.
The overall structure of Mass change is similar to that of People soft Query
Except that Query retrieves data from the database while mass change actually updates the
database.
The uses of Mass change are as follows.
1. It is used to perform high volume set oriented transactions.
2. Copy data from table or table
3. Archive table data (Archive means that the data does not have backup file and uses to
update the values)

3. Why use Mass change and why not SQL execute to update a record, which is not
attached to the panel?
The reason why Mass change is preferred over SQL exec is….
1. Two- Three Mass change program can work at a single time.
2. Data / information need not be defined in Mass change
3. Mass change can be used for file download upload.
4. What are the steps involved in Mass change?
The following are the order of steps involved in Mass change.
1. Define type
2. Assign to template
3. Operator security
4.Mass change definition

5. What is Mass change group?

Adding all Mass change into a group. (i.e., Multiple Mass change definitions can be executed
simultaneously).

6. What is workflow?
To an extent all the business processes defined using the Application designer involve
workflow. However we usually reserve the term to refer to processes that involve multiple users
and the routing of data between the users. People soft workflow tools help you build the routings
into your computer systems. You use them to tie together the individual steps so that the system
can help coordinate the activities.

7. How Workflow is controlled?

It is controlled by Decision Point (it is graphically denoted by a (?)). Where user has to choose
which activity is appropriate towards the next step.

8. What are the key fields used in Key list?

7 key fields used in a key list. They are as follows..
1. Busprocname- (Business Process Name)
2. Activity name
3. Event name
4. Work list name
5. Instance Id
6. Transaction Id
7. Emplid
Note: While defining the above fields in the record definition, a key has to be assigned in the
record field properties.

9. What is routing in workflow?

Transfer of roles / users

10. Why workflow is used and explains the advantage of workflow in People soft
application?
Workflow typically eliminates the job tasks associated with controlling paper flow, and frees
people the once performed clerical functions to do more meaningful work.
• Tasks that don’t require user involvement
• Tasks that involve non People soft users
• Tasks that several users work on together.

11. Define the components of workflow?

There are 3 underlying components of workflow i.e., Rules, Roles, Routing.

Rules
Rules are your company’s business practices captured in software. Rules determine what
activities are required to process your business data. The rules are contained in policies and
procedures documents.

Roles
Roles describe how people fit into the workflow. A role is a class of users who perform the same
type of work, such as clerks or managers. Your business rules typically specify what user role
needs to do an activity.
Roles direct the work to types of people rather than to individuals. Identifying roes instead of
individual users makes your workflow more flexible and easier to maintain. Roles remain stable
even as people change jobs.

Routings
Routings connect the activities in the workflow. They are the systems means of moving
information from one place to another, from one step to the next. Routings bring the flow into
workflow. The network of routings creates a business process from what used to be isolated
activities. Routings make it possible to deploy applications throughout the enterprise. They work
through the levels and departments of an enterprise to bring together the role that are
necessary to complete complex tasks.

1. What is PIA and what are its components?

It is n-tier architecture. We have client, web server, application server and Database
server. We have jolt and tuxedo. We have WSL, WSH, JSL, JSH, QUEUES and
services.
In database server we have system tables, peopletools tables and application tables.

2. Differentiate Field edit and Save edit?

In Field edit for each field change, a transition to the application server to the database is
taken place. In Save edit for all the fields, only one transition to the application server to
the Database is taken place.

3. What are think time functions?

Think-time functions suspend processing either until the user has taken some action
(such as clicking a button in a message box), or until an external process has run to
completion.

4. In which events error & warning are used most extensively.

Field edit, Save edit, Search save, row delete, row insert.

5. Is there any way by which you can find out whether the user is in Add mode or
Update mode?
%mode---returns A---for Add mode. Returns U –for Update mode

6. What is the purpose of the SQLEXEC function? What are its benefits and draw
backs?
SQLEXEC is used to execute the sql statements (select, insert,update,delete).
We can get only one row at a time.

7. How is the searchinit event most often used by people soft application?
A) Searchinit fires before the search dialogue page is displayed to the end user.For this
reason searchinit is often used to enhance roll level security by inserting and graying out
certain values to the search dialogue page.

8. What are the options for using SQL in people code?

a) Sqlexec
b) Record class methods (selectbykey, delete, insert, update)
c) Using sql class, its properties and methods.

9. What is the difference between component buffer and data buffer?

Component buffer contains all the data of the active component.
Data buffer contains the data other than the data in the component buffer (Data of other
records)

10. What databuffer classes are available in people code?

Rowset, Row, Record, Field, Array, File, Sql, chart, grid and so on.

11. When we select a component what events will be fired?

If default mode for component is search mode: only searchinit will fired .If default mode
for component is new mode :field default, field formula, rowinit, searchinit.

12. What are different variables in people code and their Scope?
System variables and User defined variables.
Scope --- Global, Component, Local.

13. What is default processing?

In default processing, any blank fields in the component are set to their default value.
You can specify the default value either in the Record Field Properties, or in FieldDefault
PeopleCode

14. What is difference between field default and Row init?

Field default specifies only the default value for a field when we are in Add mode.
Row init fires only when a row of data coming from database to component buffer.

15. What is difference between saveprechange and savepostchange? Which

function directly interacts with the database?
Saveprechange---last event that executes before updating the data from component
buffer to the database.
Savepostchange –fires after the updation of data in the database.
SQLEXEC --- function directly interacts with the database.

16. What is Getlevel 0()? What is the use of %subrec and %selectall functions?
Getlevel0 ()---used the get the rowset of the level0.
%subrec--is used only in Dynamic View SQL where it expands to the columns of a
subrecord:
%selectall--%SelectAll is shorthand for selecting all fields in the specified record,
wrapping date/time fields with %DateOut, %TimeOut.

17. What is an array in people code? What is maximum dimension of an array?

Which function inserts values into an array? What is “pop”?
An array is a collection of data storage locations, each of which holds the same type of
data.
The maximum depth of a PeopleCode array is 15 dimensions.
Push and unshift are the functions of the array used to add the elements into the array
one from the end of the array and one from the beginning.
Pop is a function of array used to select and delete an element from the end of the array.

18. What is difference between Getrowset and Createrowset in people code?

Getrowset –is used to get rowset for a record in the component buffer.
Createrowset—is used to create rowset for a record which in database, and is also
called a Standalone rowset
19. Can you save the component programmatically?
Using Dosave and Dosavenow functions.

20. What is differed processing and its advantages?

Postpones some user actions to reduce the number of trips to the database so that
increases the performance (in system edits, field edit, and field change).
Advantages:
1) Reduces the network traffic.
2) Increases the performance.
33. Write the syntax to access third level record field using object oriented peoplecode?
&fld=Getlevel0 ()(1).GetRowset(Record..GetRow(1),
GetRowset (Record.).GetRow(1),
GetRowset (Record.).GetRow(1),
GetRecord (Record.).GetFieild(Field.))

21. What are the built-functions used to control translate values dynamically?
Adddropdownitem ()
Deletedropdownitem ()

22. How to populate data into grid in online?

&Rs.Select or Scrollselect ().
SECURITY
Before accessing a people soft application what levels of security must be passed
through.
a) Field level security
b) Row level security
c) Maintain security
d) Definition security
e) Portal security.

23.What is the use of primary permission list in user profile?

Primary permission list is used for mass change and definition security purposes.
How to authorize the user to run a process or report?
To authorize a user to run a process, the process group, which contains the process or
report, should be added to the permission list of that user.

24.How to give access to the records that are to be used in a query?

To give access to the records that are to be used in query, we have create a new query
security tree and add the records which we want to give the access and then assign a
access group to the tree. After that we have to add that query tree and query access
group to the permission list.

25.What are the rules used by the system to determine whether a user is
authorized to update an object?
The user should have the permission to update the object. This is given by the Definition
security. The group, which holds the object, should be added to the permission list of the
user in update mode.
What are the different ways we can set up the portal security to access component in
portal?
1) Structure & content
2) Menu import
3) Register component