What is Related Content Service
Framework?
The PeopleSoft Related Content Framework
enables to link application pages with contextually relevant collaborative
content. In simple terms Related Content Service Framework allows extension of
a transaction without customizing the component, also allows the user to
perform more actions, tasks, and to see related information without leaving the
transaction.Brings additional, supplemental information into the transaction in
a bottom or side frame. Related content services are ideal for the scenarios when
the user wants to access two pages at same time, or some display only
information like Help instructions etc.,
Some of the Business Benefits:
- User can quickly access all the
required information in one place without any additional effort.
- Related Content Service is easy to
configure no development work will be required so less maintenance.
- Additional supplemental information
helps increase performance.
- Related information from two different
Databases can be viewed from one page makes easy to perform tasks.
- Very Secure- uses the same PeopleSoft
Security as the application transaction
Sample Business Purpose/
Example:
- Any document related to the page can
be displayed as related content. Eg: Staffing Company can get the timesheet
document as related content to timesheet entry page.
- For trainings in the learning and
development module, the corresponding training material can be placed as
related content.
- Reports/ Graphical representation(Charts)
of data can be displayed as related content.
- Complex Edit rules of a page can be
given as document (External documentation) in related content frame.
1. Development Process of the Related
Content Service
Defining the Related Content Service. To
define a related Content Service, navigate to
Main Menu -> People Tools ->
Portal -> Related Content Service -> Define Related Service
There are 7 different types of services
that can be created. Use an application class when Peoplecode needs to be run to execute
business logic.Non-PeopleSoft service type accesses any non-PeopleSoft
pages, external content, or services. By using
PeopleSoft Component as
service type the component can be
from the local PeopleSoft system or from a remote PeopleSoft system. Embeddable
Pagelet service type is used todefine
a PeopleSoft Pagelet wizard created embeddable pagelet to be used as a service.OBIEE
(Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition) Pagelet is used to define a PeopleSoft Pagelet
wizard created OBIEE data source based pagelet to be used as a service.
PeopleSoft Query service type is used to access PeopleSoft Query
definitions. The query results can also be filtered based on the query
definition and the parameters that it requires. PeopleSoft Script can be
used in situations in which an iScript has been used to develop the application
functionality based on PeopleSoft data or non-PeopleSoft data, such as stock
quotes or weather information.
2. Manage Related Service Definition.
After assigning the related service
definition to a PeopleSoft component, user can configure the related content
service and related actions. Service parameters, security, layout etc., can be
defined.
Main Menu > People Tools >
Portal > Related Content Service > Manage Related Content Service > Configure Related Content
Page.
After implementing these steps the related
content service will be displayed in the component to which it is attached to.
In order to implement the related content
services we need to configure the web profile with the Authentication and local
node needs to be authenticated with a Password.
Limitations of Related Content: Some
of the limitations of the related content would be we cannot handle the dynamic
pages as related content services. A related Content service doesn’t support a
language sensitive field to be used as a service parameter.
