PeopleTools 8.

54: Changes in PeopleSoft

Change Assistant

PeopleTools 8.54 brings lots of changes to PeopleSoft

user interface. With introduction of PeopleSoft Fluid
User Interface, PeopleSoft applications can be made
flexible and the application display can be changed
dynamically based on user’s device type.

Design changes have also impacted PeopleSoft

maintenance tool i.e. Change Assistant and there are
significant changes made to it.  Here are some of the
updates to Change Assistant.

Updated User Interface:

As soon as you’ll launch Change Assistant for
PeopleTools 8.54, you will notice its new look. New
User interface uses PeopleTools tangerine color and
though it’s not much impressive but it’s better than
previous boring look.
New Features added to CA Job view:
Change Assistant Job View has an option to display
filtered template steps. Additionally there are more
step statuses added such as ‘Steps Completed
Manually’ etc.
Limited Dependency on Environment Hub:
With PeopleTools 8.54, Change Assistant won’t have to
rely on EMF (Environment Management Framework)
to identify the target databases. Change Assistant will
be able to retrieve the database information without
EMF. You would still need to configure EMF if you plan
to deploy files. (You can anyways copy the files
manually :), so  I would say that there is no
dependency on  EMF).

Updates to PUM action:

Besides changes to wizard for Change Assistant
actions (as shown below for Update Manager action),
there have been more changes in PUM target upload
process. In PeopleTools 8.53, after you provide the
details for target and source environment, clicking on
Next would automatically upload the target details to
PUM source.

With PeopleTools 8.54, uploading the target details to

PUM source is a standalone task and can be done
separately.

More options using command line:

Now with PeopleTools 8.54 you can use command line
to perform PeopleSoft Update Manager related
configuration & setup tasks.

Support for applying database changes delivered with

PeopleTools Patches:
When you install a PeopleTools patch, a change
package containing all the database changes will be
included in the PTP directory. A new task has been
added to the Update Manager action “Apply a Patch to
Your Current PeopleTools Release”. The wizard will
guide you through the setup process, check the
compatibly and apply the patch.