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NEWS & LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
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With the introduction of the PeopleSoft Fluid User Interface in Campus Solutions 9.2, Oracle are enabling users to perform transactions designed to support their success on their mobile and desktop devices. This is an overview of features powered by Fluid delivered in CS 9.2 PUM Images 1 and 2. (Warning: video contains Comic Sans font)
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EVENTS
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The good people at Quest have released their next PeopleSoft Special magazine. It's full of interviews with top Oracle execs and useful information.
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FUNCTIONAL
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A discussion of a recent upgrade project where the remit to deliver real improvements for end-users was achieved via user of PeopleSoft Fluid UI and a tool which Oracle call 'The Wizard'.
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HMRC has announced changes to the requirements for submissions from April 2017 and have published new versions of the MIG files. These requirements will be incorporated into the PeopleSoft application as part of RTI 17-18 Update for the generation of FPS and EPS files.
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TECHNICAL
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Chris Malek from Cedar Hills Group documents the process of getting simple REST service up and running in PeopleSoft using PeopleTools 8.55
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Dan Iverson talks about the process of applying PeopleTools database patches using Change Assistant. It's a great article, and we love his use of animated gifs to illustrate his post.
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PeopleSoft expert Derek Tomei has posted a series of entries on Understanding DPKs. The above linked article is on the Boot Strap Script, and further posts cover The two main types of DPKs, Puppet Scripts & Modules and Customising the DPK Deployments Using Puppet YAML Files.
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READING
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The oft-used maxim for picking a great house purchase is 'Location, Location, Location', however some housing adverts are starting to use proximity to Pokestops as a selling point. IN other pokemon-related news, since the game's release there has been a 101% surge in demand for phone-charging portable battery packs..
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Around the half way point of the 100m race it looks like Usain Bolt accelerates away from his competitors. That's not what is happening however, he's merely slowing down more slowly than everyone else. Here's why ...
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DESIGN
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A fantastic article on how Teena Singh, a Director of UX for ADP, explained her job to her son’s kindergarten class. Showing a room full of 5-year-olds computer screens wasn't going to hold their attention, so Teena came up with great ways of putting her discipline in great context.
VIA Ultan
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LISTENING
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This week on the podcast, Kyle gives a recap of the Reconnect 2016 conference. Some of the highlights we discuss are a PUM Success Story, how to adopt Fluid, and SAML 2.0. Dan and Kyle also discuss the new PeopleSoft Image Videos and using WLST with the DPK.
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WATCHING
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Wired's Aarian Marshall profiles the 'magic roundabout' in Swindon, UK. It's essentially a roundabout made up of 6 other roundabouts. It's laid out in such a way that the outer circles move the other direction from the inner circle, and to get from each entrance to any exit would have multiple possible paths. If you ever try it, make sure you concentrate.
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AND FINALLY
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Spiderman, Batman, Iron Man, Superman, Thor and GI Joe assembled earlier this week at the Kingston General Hospital in Ontario for three hours of cheering window cleaning. "I wasn't prepared for how much of an impact it would have on the kids - to see a sick child in a full body cast forget that they are in a full body cast for a second is pretty great."
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