XML in People Soft

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Jud i Doo l it t le

Sandia Nat ional Laborat or ies


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Judi Doolittle, MA, OCP

Author of PeopleSoft Developer's Guide forPeopleTools & PeopleCode


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Agenda

XML Basics Major Components of XML

SOAP

XML Publisher for PeopleSoft Publisher Security

Flat File Layout

Tags


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Agenda Cont inued

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Report Categories

ata ource reat on

XML Application Packages Register the Data Source

XML Files in SQL Dev

Putting it Together


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XML Bas ic s

, ,

Three pieces are EMPLID, NAME, and DEPTID Pieces of information in the flat file coma delimited

12345

John Smith

< > < >


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XML Basic s Cont inued

Markup Elements

Outside brackets is Data Each piece of Data has a starting and ending

tag

No limit to tags you can Or Rename


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Renam ing a Tag

xamp e o renam ng to

12345

< > < >

0987


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Major Com ponent s o f XML:

Root Element--Encloses all the Information

end tag

--tab

--end tag are collectively a XML Element

Data--Information between start and end ta s


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Major Com ponent s o f XML:

XML Declaration--the general characteristicsof the document

DTD Document Type Declaration--the

structure of the document; internalec arat ons oca to t e ocument

DTD Internal Subset--DTD contains

re erences o o er XML Information Set--Document content


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SOAP

Simple Object Access Protocol SOAP a lications can be develo ed in

separate unrelated systems

These separate applications exchangen orma on

Standards: http://www.w3.org/TR/soap/

http://www.soapuser.com/basics3.html


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SOAP Ex am pleHost: www.widget.com

ontent- ype: text xm : c arset=ut -8

Content-Length: 560

SOAPAction: htt ://www.wid ets.com/assembl search


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SOAP Response

-ENV Body>


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SOAP Elem ent s

Complex Elements

Related Services

Allows for specification of low-level data-typing

Grouping Element

< n ng> Link between physical and logical model

Transmission method i.e. SMTP

Physical location of the end-point communication


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XMLP

Java based reporting platform XML Publisher

Or XMLP

HTML

Excel

PDF

RTF


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XML Publ isher Sec ur i t y

Three Parts to XMLP Securit

Report Definitions Report Running

Report Viewing

Query Defined Reports XML Does Not Provide This Level of Security

Query Security

Application Security

And Or Process Scheduler Security


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XML Publ isher Sec ur i t y

Queries: Quer Securit is the Decidin

Security Data Extraction: Component Security

Determines Access

Processes: Process Security is the Key


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Flat Fi le Layout

coma

12345, John Smith, 0987

12345

John Smith0987

< mp oyees>


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Tags

o m o e um er o ags ou an

Use Create

Or Rename

Example you want to rename NAME to ENAME

12345

< > o n m < >0987


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Basic Set up Settings are Defined in the xdo.cfg File

xamp e:

true

trueCACHE

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" "< = - > < >

-- =" - - " --


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Basic Set up


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Basic Set up

.

;To pass java options to the jvm loaded via JNI, uncomment JavaVMOptions=

;an set t equa to t e st o parameters you wou e to use.

;The options need to be a blank space separated list of valid java options.

Consult our JRE vendor for valid ava o tions.

;For example, JavaVM Options=-Xmx256m -Xms128m

JavaVM Options=-Xrs -Dxdo.ConfigFile=../xdo.cfg

New Setting:JavaVM Options=-Xrs -Dxdo.ConfigFile=xdo.cfg

anges w no a e e ec un you res ar e

Application Server


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ages se n e up

Two Pages Used in Set-up of XML Publisher in

PeopleSoft PSXPSETUPRPTCAT -- the Report Category

Page


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ages se n e up on nue

Second Page in Set-up of XML Publisher inPeopleSoft

PSXPSETUPDWNLD -- the Design Helper Page


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Report Cat egor ies Cont inued

e -up o er Contains:

Re ort Cate or

Design Helpers


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Report Cat egor ies

epor e n ons equ re

All Templates Stored in Content Library

Set Row Level Security to the level of the

Com onent


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epor a egory n ayro w wo

PeopleSoft Roles Defined


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ey n orma on n rea ng epor a egory Report Category ID

Object Owner ID

ID Type Security ID

Description


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Dat a Sourc e Creat ion

wo a n eces o epor s PeopleSoft Developer usually Does the Data

Piece

Functional Business Team Member doesTemplate

eren ypes o a a ources: PeopleSoft Queries

XML Document Objects

XML Files

XSD Files


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a a ourc e RowSet

Example taken from websitettp: peop eso tt pster.com 2007 05 24 xm -pu s er-w t n-peop eso t

/*Populating the RowSet */import PSXP_XMLGEN:*;

/*create rowsets */

&rs_compensation CreateRowSet(Record.COMPENSATION);

&rs_job CreateRowSet(Record.JOB);

/*Fill Parent */

&rs_job.Fill(where EMPLID like K0G00%);* *

For &I = 1 to &rs_Job.ActiveRowCount

&row = &rs_Job.GetRow(&i);

&rs = &row.GetRowSet(Scroll.COMPENSATION);

. , . . .

End-For;/*Output Files */

/*Create XSD */

&rds = create sx xml en:RowSetDS_

&myschema = &rds.GetXSDSchema(&rs_Job);

&f1 = GetFile(C:\temp\rpt01.xsd, W, %FilePath_Absolute;

&f1.WriteLine(&myschema);&f1.Close(); J


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XML Appl ic a t ion Pac k ages

XML Publisher Classes

import PSXP_RPTDEFNMANAGER:*;

mpor _ : ;

import PSXP_XMLGEN:*;

*_

N


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eg s er e a a ourc e PeopleSoft Query

ere we w on y e oo ng at popu at ng a ata

Source from a Query Data Source Pa e


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eg s er e a a ourc e on nue First Setting is the Data Source Type

PSQuery

Rowset

XML Doc

XML File

Next Setting is the Data Source ID

PS Pulls the Data Source ID from the Query Manager

Which is why it is important to have your Query Created before youregister the Data Source

Next is Description Object Owner is Optional

Product

Feature or Application that Owns the Data Source


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eg s er e a a ourc e on nue Registered Date/Time

Read Only

Maintained by the System

Stores the Date and Time of the Last U date

Active

Sets a Data Source to be Actively Chosen when Creatingthe Report Definition

If InActive--You will not see it when you try to Create aReport

Registered By UserID

Person who First Registered the Data Source

Updated by the System to Note Last Person to Update theField


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eg s er e a a ourc e on nue Create a Report Definition with the Query


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eg s er e a a ourc e on nue Create a Report Definition with the Query


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es n ev In the Highlighted Rows Right Click Export Results as XML File

-

-

1

ABSENT_AFTER

< > < >

1/1/1900

A

No

No

9/5/1997

PPLSOFT

26067

.


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XML Fi les in SQL Dev Cont inued


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Ex am ple--Put t ing i t Toget her


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Ex am ple--Put t ing i t Toget her


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Query Cont inued


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Query Cont inued


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XML Dat a for Query

" " " "- < = = _ _ _ xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance " xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="">

- EMPLID samp

FULL_NAME sample data

SL_BIRTHDA

START_DATE< _ > _ s< _ >

TO

CURR_DATE

SIGNITURE sample data

S

HOST_SL_SNL

HOST_NAME sample data

HOST_ORG s

HOST

HOST_PHONE sample data

HOST_FAX sample data


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XML Dat a for Query Cont inuedLOCATION sample data --:4

< > < > --

MEETING_ACCESS sample data--:6

SIGMA sample data --:7

SITE sample data --:8

COU --:10

ADDRESS sample data--:11

COMP_PHONE s --:12

SL_AFFILIATION sample data --:13T --:15

T --:16

COMMENTS sample data--:17

CO HOST EMP--:18_ _ _ _ _ _

CO_HOST_PHON --:19CO_HOST_FAX --:20

CO_HOST_NAME sample data--:22

_ _ _ _ _ _ --

MGR_NAME sample data --:23

MGR_PHONE sa --:24


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Report Def in i t ion


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Report Def ini t ion Tem pla t e


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Report Def in i t ion Out put


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Report Def in i t ion Sec ur i t y


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PeopleCode t o Genera t e Report


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Peop leCode Cont .


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Def in ing PDF Fie lds


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www. u .access to:

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ourna

Library of Oracle Knowledge (LoOK)

Member Directory Special Interest Groups

Discussion Forums:

Access to Local and Regional Users Groups:

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Summary

Major Components of XML

XML Publisher for PeopleSoft

Publisher Security

Flat File Layout

Tags


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Sum m ary Cont inued

u

Report Categories

ata ource reat on

XML Application Packages

Register the Data Source

XML Files in SQL Dev

Putting it Together


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Quest ions/Comments/Discussion?


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Judi Doolittle, [email protected]

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