Application Engine

Application Engine

 Application Engine is the PeopleTool that you

use to develop batch or online programs that
perform high volume, background processing
against your data.
 Application Engine Program
An Application Engine program is a set of
 SQL statements,
 PeopleCode * and
 Program control actions

that enable looping and conditional

logic) defined in PeopleSoft Application
Designer that performs a business
process.
 Enhanced User Interface
 In Definition View, the definition objects are defined
and maintained.
 Definition objects: Program, Section, Step, Actions.
 Program Flow View:
This view shows how the flow of execution of
steps , statements and actions occur at run-time
Definition View
Program View
 Program Components/Elements

 Program

 Sections

 Steps

 Do Actions (Do Select , Do While, Do Until, Do

When)
Program Elements
 SQL Actions ( Insert , Update, Delete, Select )

 Peoplecode *

 Log Message **

 Call Section **

 State Record ** * Added Functionality

** Modified Functionality
Programs
 A Program is comprised of the logically ordered set
of Sections, Steps, and Actions defined within it

 Should have at least one section , step and action

 Executable program should have a MAIN section

 A E program definitions can also be stored as

Application Libraries without a MAIN section
Section
 Consists of one or more steps
 Sections – similar to COBOL paragraphs
 Sections can be public or private
 Sections of one program could be called from
same / different program
 Only Public sections could be called
 Sections could be called only through CALL
SECTION action type
Steps
 Steps comprises sections
 Steps are comprised of Actions.
 Can have more than one action for a step
 Actions are of two types – SQL , Program Flow ( Do
Actions )
 Actions in a step have their order of execution
Actions
 SQL Action – UPDATE , INSERT, SELECT ,
DELETE

 Executes Peoplecode

 Program Flow Actions – Iterative and Conditional

Processing of sections/actions (DO Actions)
Actions
 Maximum Number of Actions a Single Step can
Contain is Seven

 You can't have more than one Action of a specific

type within the same Step.

 You can't have a SQL Action and a Call Section

Action within the same Step.
Application Engine Program Types

 Standard
 Upgrade Only *
 Import Only **
 Daemon Only **
 Transform Only **
 Daemon-Only Type

 PeopleSoft Application Engine has a new daemon

process, called PSDAEMON

 Runs continuously when the Process Scheduler is

running,
 Transform Program Type

 These type of programs enable different systems to

communicate with one another by transforming
messages into appropriate formats.

 When you specify an Application Engine as a

Transform Only program, you must specify an Action
Type of XSLT.
 Meta SQL

%Bind
%Execute Edits
%Select
%SelectInit
%SQL
%Table
%TruncateTable
%UpdateStats
Test an A.E
 State Record

•Use to Pass the values across the Section

•Name should end with _AET

•PROCESS_INSTANCE is the only Key field

•Multiple program can use same State Record

•%SELECT construct in a SQL statement

•%BIND for reference the Field

Define State Record
 Temporary table

•To store a transient or intermediate results during a program run

•Maximum 99 temporary table instances

•%Table should be used for referring table name.

•PROCESS_INSTANCE field should include as one of key field.

(If not then Runtime option change to ‘Abort’)
Temporary table Instance
Assigning Temporary table
Trace the A.E Program
Trace the A.E Program