Overview of Some Updated Features
CS 9.0 Bundles to 34 and CS 9.2
PeopleTools 8.54 – 8.55
(Click here to see information on other new or notable features)
(Reference the CS 9.0, PTools 8.54 page for Bundle and Upgrade Blog links)
Query
- Column: Definitional References
- Find Query/Connected Query definitional references
- PeopleTools 8.54 adds a Find References link, allowing a user to determine if a Query or Connected Query is used as a data source by another component, such as another Connected Query, BI Publisher report, Pivot Grid, Search Definition, or RSS Feed.
- Beginning in Ptools 8.54 Prompts can now be optional.
- Users will be presented with Optional prompts, but may choose to leave the value blank.
- Note this could result in very large result sets being returned.
- Default Values for prompts
- Query prompts can now have default values, which are specified as constants or by the system variables such as %Date, %DateTime, %Time.
- Prompts can be set as optional.
- Support for >64,000 rows sending Query output to Excel
- Additional charting features
- Image fields
- Image support
- Image URLs
- Transformations tab
- Dependency tab
- Record and field dependencies
- The dependency settings in the Dependency page are used only for the SQL pruning process in Composite Query.
- Composite Query
- With PeopleTools 8.54, developers will use the new Composite Query feature (essentially a superset of the previously provided Connected Query) to retrieve multiple levels of related information as a single, flattened query result, allowing for the subsequent aggregation and transformation of the data.
- In addition, PeopleTools supports a new user interface for managing composite queries and support for web services via Query Access Service.
BI Publisher
- In Word, on the BI Publisher tab, import the XML file using the “Sample XML” button. This will also allow you to preview the report with real data.
- Support for Updating PDF Output
- Support for Rich Text Handling n BI Publisher Reports
Batch Processing
- Support the search for reporting data
- Ptools 8.54 extends the Search Framework for use with the Process Scheduler to search for reports and related data stored in the database, based on a keyword, and displays the report containing the specific keyword.
- Dynamic Alert Sliding Windows
- New status window slides in from lower right to give updates on progress
