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Peoplesoft Admin Interview Questions

What Is PeopleSoft Vanilla Database?
A Vanilla implementation is one where no customizations are made to the delivered application.
Vanilla is PeopleSoft Application out of the box and implemented exactly as delivered.
Vanilla implementation simplifies PeopleSoft environment in a number of ways.
No development costs.
Fast time to rollout
Simplified upgrades

What Is Report Repository?
The Report Repository is simply a Web Server with the report repository servlet and directory installed to it.
Report Repository Directory: Location on the Web server where the process scheduler server transfers report and log files.
Report Repository Servlet: The Java sevlet program that manages the display of the report and log files in a browser. If a user has been granted security access, the servlet allow them to view the files. If the user doesn’t have the permission, the servlet will not even show the file exits.
The Report Repository will always receive any report produced by processes on the server if you establish this link.

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What Is Dddaudit?
DDDAUDIT delivers a report on the integrity of the links between the System Catalog Table and People Tools Table.

Describe The Purge Process?
Updates statistics to all of the process request tables before deleting content.
Purges of all process requests with a last update date that is past the Days Before Purge value for the specified run statuses.
Deletes all of the subdirectories in the Log_Output directory that are associated with the process requests that are purged from the process request table if the Purge Process Files option was specified.
Purges the report repository tables with expired dates, based on the specified number of retention days.
Deletes all directories from the report repository that are associated with processes purged from the report repository tables.

Explain What Are The Differences Between Rowclass And Rowset In Peoplesoft?
Row class is the component object where it binds all the row’s in all level will be in the buffer
Row set is the set of rows that are in the level one from there for every rowset you can access the data in the level two

Tell me What views available in Application Designer project workspace?
Development and Upgrade
Suppose If you want to log into DataMover in Bootstrap mode, you would login as?
Database superuser
Explain What are the Search Keys you use to find Patches and Fixes?
1. Release
2. Updated date time

What are the Analytic Servers?
The analytic server framework provided by PeopleSoft is a general server infrastructure designed to meet t he needs of PeopleSoft products that process large amounts of data in memory. It provides a stateful model of client/server connectivity that these products require to be part of the People Tools system, by keeping track of configuration settings, transaction information, and other data for a session.

Why do we use WebLogic server in PeopleSoft?
We use the Oracle WebLogic Server as a web server in the PeopleSoft Internet Architecture to deploy PeopleSoft applications. The PeopleSoft Internet Architecture installation on the WebLogic Server provides these primary servers configuration options.

What is Single server definition in Weblogic Server?
This domain configuration contains one server named PIA, and the entire PeopleSoft application is deployed to it. This configuration is intended for a single user or very small scale, non-production environments.

What is Multi server definition in Weblogic Server?
This domain configuration contains seven unique server definitions and a WebLogic cluster, and the PeopleSoft application is split across multiple server instances on a single machine. This configuration is intended for the production environment.

How do you start WebLogic on UNIX?
To start PeopleSoft on UNIX execute the appropriate script in the WebLogic domain directory that the PeopleSoft install created, as in PIA_HOME/webserv/peoplesoft/bin.
Single server – startPIA.sh
Multi server – domain admin server – startWebLogicAdmin.sh
Multi server – managed server – startManagedWebLogic.sh server

What are the PeopleSoft configuration parameters?
PeopleSoft configuration parameters are grouped on the Configuration Manager pages according to the function, feature, or tool that they control, including:
Startup settings.
Display settings.
Crystal report and Business Interlink settings.
Trace settings.
Workflow settings.
Remote call settings.
Developer workstations.
Importing and exporting environment settings.
Defining configuration profiles.

What is the use of PeopleSoft Configuration Manager?
PeopleSoft Configuration Manager simplifies Windows workstation administration by enabling you to adjust PeopleSoft registry settings from one central location. It contains a variety of controls that let you set up Windows workstations running development and administrative applications, such as Application Designer and Data Mover. You can set up one workstation to reflect the environment at your site, and then export the configuration file, which can be shared among all the workstations at your site.

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What are the common Elements in PeopleSoft Configuration Manager?
OK – Saves your settings and exits PeopleSoft Configuration Manager.
Cancel – Closes PeopleSoft Configuration Manager without saving any changes that you have made.
Apply – Saves your changes without exiting.

How can you launch Configuration Manager?
At a command prompt, enter: PS_HOME\bin\client\winx86\pscfg.exe

January 25, 2020
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