Oracle recently released PeopleTools 8.55. PeopleTools 8.55 offers users valuable enhancements in functionality as well as new features.
“Customers are asking for more of what we have already done,” said Paco Aubrejuan, Senior Vice President of PeopleSoft Development.
Through the release of PeopleTools 8.55, Oracle enriches the PeopleSoft User Experience while lowering the total cost of ownership as well as providing a platform to those organizations who would like to transition some or all of their infrastructure to cloud. With PeopleTools 8.55, even on-premises customers will enjoy the benefits of cloud without having to move their datacenter.
PeopleTools 8.55 continues to utilize the PeopleSoft Update Manager (PUM) in conjunction with Selective Adoption, providing customers with the flexibility to roll out or opt out of features whenever the organization would like. Features in this release focus on continued improvements to the PeopleSoft User Experience while providing additional technology options that will help you take advantage of datacenter innovations, proven to reduce ongoing operating costs and assist in developing a cloud deployment strategy.
PeopleSoft introduced the Fluid User Interface with PeopleTools 8.54, allowing applications to be accessed on a mobile device, tablet or desktop. In 8.54, users had the option as to whether they wanted to deploy Fluid pages or remain with classic. Now with 8.55, Fluid is the default with the Fluid Style Sheet being applied all transactions. Users will be able to transition back and forth between classic and Fluid pages within applications without any hassle. The PeopleTools 8.55 release will also make Fluid UI available to a wider community of users.
1-Fluid Enhancements:
PeopleTools 8.55 dramatically extends the investment in the Fluid User Experience: Fluid Dashboards, Fluid Master/Detail pages and the new Activity Guide Framework. PeopleTools 8.55 extends Fluid capabilities to include functionality required by power users, making the overall application experience as intuitive as possible.
Fluid Dashboards:
Fluid Dashboards augment the existing Fluid Home Page structures. The Dashboards can display tiled content just like home pages, but also allow tiles to display external, non-PeopleSoft content, such as information from a BI system or an external website or application system.
Fluid Dashboards augment the existing Fluid Home Page structures. The Dashboards can display tiled content just like home pages, but also allow tiles to display external, non-PeopleSoft content, such as information from a BI system or an external website or application system.
Tile Wizard
PeopleTools 8.55 introduces a new Tile Wizard that makes the creation of navigation elements and process “building blocks” much simpler. Tiles automatically resize based on the content they display, the size of the device being used and the orientation of the device.
PeopleTools 8.55 introduces a new Tile Wizard that makes the creation of navigation elements and process “building blocks” much simpler. Tiles automatically resize based on the content they display, the size of the device being used and the orientation of the device.
Company’s Branding
PeopleTools 8.55 extends the Branding Framework to include the ability to easily apply your company’s brand to Fluid pages and components. Oracle developed PeopleTools 8.55 using a “Mobile First” strategy, taking all Fluid transactions and developing them on mobile devices first to ensure compatibility.
PeopleTools 8.55 extends the Branding Framework to include the ability to easily apply your company’s brand to Fluid pages and components. Oracle developed PeopleTools 8.55 using a “Mobile First” strategy, taking all Fluid transactions and developing them on mobile devices first to ensure compatibility.
2- New PeopleSoft Cloud Architecture (PCA)
Many customers are looking to cloud offerings as a strategic opportunity to achieve improved leverage and efficiency. As a response to that need, PeopleTools 8.55 offers PeopleSoft Cloud Architecture (PCA) as a Platform as a Service (PaaS), providing new levels of automation to reduce operating costs and allow organizations to migrate their business processes to the cloud. On-premises customers will still be able to enjoy the features of the cloud without transitioning to a hosted environment. However, for those organizations who want to begin moving parts of their infrastructure to the cloud to reduce overhead costs and increase efficiency, the PeopleSoft Cloud Architecture sets organizations up for success. PeopleTools 8.55 presents PeopleSoft users with increased levels of flexibility and customization, creating tailored solutions that work best for them.
The PCA and incorporated features such as Deployment Packages (DPKs) work with the Application Configuration Manager (ACM) and PeopleSoft’s virtualization capabilities to provide customers a near fully automated process to install and configure PeopleTools. The new functionalities help customers to leverage server and datacenter innovations, such as market-leading resource virtualization solutions with the choice of virtualization platform vendor as well as dynamic deployment of solutions to public and private cloud platforms. More information can be found on PeopleTools patches deployed using DPKs on MOS on the new PeopleSoft PeopleTools Patches Homepage.
Please review the Technology tab on MOS for PeopleTools 8.55 Features and Enhancements where you can optimize your planning.
Happy upgrading!
