At our Virtual Roundtable webinar this Wednesday, one of the most popular topics was how to simplify finding issues and/or PeopleSoft updates from MetaLink. One of the topics that seems to come up with a lot of our blog entries and conference presentations is simplifying access (or drilling) into different areas of PeopleSoft. This seems to be another example of that.
In our session, we showed how you can create shortcuts to different searches in MetaLink (formerly known as Customer Connection, and to be known in the future as My Oracle Support).
The web-based access to all of the patches and fixes is very powerful, but sometimes it would be nice to get directly in without having to navigate.
Common Links we use
As partners supporting products dependent on PeopleSoft functionality, we often need to troubleshoot interoperability issues between a given PeopleSoft patch level and our products. Therefore, there are a few common areas where we do searches.
| Updates to Tree Manager | PeopleTools 8.49 | PeopleTools 8.48 |
| Updates to nVision | PeopleTools 8.49 | PeopleTools 8.48 |
| Updates related to Security | PeopleTools 8.49 | PeopleTools 8.48 |
| Updates related to XML Publisher | PeopleTools 8.49 | PeopleTools 8.48 |
| Updates related to Query | PeopleTools 8.49 | PeopleTools 8.48 |
| Updates related to Upgrade | PeopleTools 8.49 | PeopleTools 8.48 |
However, once you spend some time looking at how parametersare passed in the URL, you can create hyperlinks fordifferent application updates as well.
Financials
Here are some from Financials
| Updates related to Journals | Financials 9 | Financials 8.9 |
| Updates related to Calendars | Financials 9 | Financials 8.9 |
| Updates related to Combination Edits | Financials 9 | Financials 8.9 |
| Updates related to Closing | Financials 9 | Financials 8.9 |
Campus Solutions
Here are some related to Campus Solutions
| Student Administration Updates | Release 9 | Release 8.9 |
| Financial Aid Updates | Release 9 | Release 8.9 |
| Student Financials Updates | Release 9 | Release 8.9 |
| Student Records Updates | Release 9 | Release 8.9 |
HRMS
Here are some HRMS updates
| Human Resources Updates | Release 9 | Release 8.9 |
| Benefits Administration Updates | Release 9 | Release 8.9 |
| Payroll for North America Updates | Release 9 | Release 8.9 |
| Time and Labor Updates | Release 9.0 | Release 8.9 |
In a follow-on post, we'll discuss how we came up with these hyperlinks.
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