Recent Posts by Matthew Haavisto

Structural and Conceptual Differences The difference between Dashboards and Home Pages in Fluid has been confusing to some customers since these features were introduced.  The structural difference is minor:  Homepages have a menu drop down in the header that enables users to move to other Homepages. In addition, Homepages can be swiped to move to other Homepages on touch devices like tablets and smart phones.  Dashboards lack these features. Homepage with drop-down menu Dashboar...

As with most upcoming conferences, the Collaborate conference will not be held as a live, in-person event due to COVID-19 health concerns.  Instead, the decision has been made to make COLLABORATE a virtual conference event.  The conference team plans to hold the conference through web conferencing. More details will be shared shortly, but Quest plans to kick off the event April 20-23 with a series of live Keynote and Oracle Roadmap sessions.  This will be followed by dedicated...

Many of you have probably heard from our conference presentations and webinars about the integration of Kibana into PeopleSoft.  For those that might be unaware, Kibana is a powerful, open-source analytic tool provided by the same people that bring us Elasticsearch.  It uses Elasticsearch indexes as the data source. We first introduced Kibana in PeopleTools 8.57.  In that release, Kibana was only available for PS admins for index and system analysis.   With 8.58, Kibana is...

Collaborate is a true user's conference.  It's created by Oracle users and managed by the Quest user group as the official forum for PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Oracle Cloud Apps, and Database and Technology products.  Collaborate is being held in exciting Las Vegas this year--a conference location everyone seems to enjoy. We've found that this conference is aptly named.  It fosters collaboration among customer strategists, users and developers along with Oracle teams and...

Important Update! Due to the Covid-19 problem, health concerns, and travel restrictions, the Alliance Conference has been cancelled. The organizers (HEUG) are considering other options like a virtual conference.  All updates will be posted here:  https://www.alliance-conference.com/   If you are a higher education or public sector customer, I hope you will be joining us at the Alliance Conference.  This year the conference is in Philadelphia.  Alliance is an event that we in...

The concept of Thresholds has been available in PeopleSoft a while now but combining Thresholds with Notifications and making them personalizable by end users provides additional power and value that many people may not initially recognize.How are Thresholds Expressed in PeopleSoft?Thresholds can be applied to almost any pivot grid or Simplified Analytic.  They can capture many different business conditions or events that may be important to your enterprise.  When a value in...

Oracle Support and Resources for Accessibility PeopleSoft has been involved with accessibility support for many years, and this subject is an important priority for Oracle.  In fact, Oracle has an entire team called the Accessibility Program Office (APO), which is part of the Corporate Architecture Group.  They serve as a resource to all Oracle applications—not just PeopleSoft—and help all products with their compliance efforts.    The APO also publishes a wealth...

For those of you attending Open World or considering attending.  Check out this new page that provides a wealth of information on everything PeopleSoft that is happening at Oracle Open World.  It's easy to remember: www.peoplesoftoow.com. Use this site to register, plan your session schedule, learn about keynotes and other important highlights, review the speakers, and see the featured customers and partners that will be presenting.  There is also a list of useful resource...

As I wrote in a recent blog post, PeopleSoft has delivered new chatbots AND a framework for developing chatbots for use with PeopleSoft.  Now we've posted a lot more information on a Key Concepts page that customers and partners will find useful.  As with most information, you can find it through peoplesoftinfo.com.  This Chatbot page contains links to the following: A red paper and other documentation for developers An FAQ for anyone interested in learning more about...