Technical data

Glossary
for satisfying a requirement but that are rejected. It also contains information on
courses captu
red by g lobal limits. An analysis database is used in Peopl eSoft
Enterprise Academic A dvisement.
Application M
essaging
PeopleSoft Ap
plication Messaging enables applications within the PeopleSoft
Enterprise product family t o c o mm un icate synchronously or asynchrono usly with
other PeopleSoft Enterprise and third-pa rty applications. An application message
defines the r
ecords and fields to be pu blish ed or subscribed to.
AR specialist Ab breviation for receivables specialist. In PeopleSoft Enterprise Receivables, an
individual i
n who tracks and resolves deductions and disputed items.
arbitration plan The arbiter when multiple p rice rules match the transactio n. Thi s plan determ in es the
order in whi
ch the price rules are applied to the transaction base price.
assessment rule In PeopleSoft Enterprise R eceivables, a user-defined rule that the system uses to
evaluate t
he condition of a customer’s account or of individual items to determine
whether to generate a follow-up action.
asset clas
s
An asset gr
oup used for reportin g purposes. It can be used in conjunction with t he asset
category to refine asset classification.
attribut
e/value pair
In People
Soft Enterprise Directory Interface, relates the data that makes up an entry in
the directory information tree.
auction e
vent
In People
Soft Strategic Sourcing, a sourcing event where bidders actively compete
against one another to achieve the best price or score.
audienc
e
In Peopl
eSoft Enterprise Camp us Solutions, a segment of the database that relates
to an initiat ive, or a me mb ershi p organization that is based on constituen t at tribu tes
rather than a dues-paying structure. Examples of audiences include the Class of ’65
and Unde
rgraduate Arts & Sciences.
authentication server A server that is set up to verify users of the system.
base time period In PeopleSoft Enterprise Business Planning, the lowest level time period in a calendar.
benchm
ark job
In Peop
leSoft Ent e rpr ise Workforce Analytics Solution , a benchm ark job is a job
code for which there is corresponding salary survey data from published, third-party
sources.
bid response In PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing, the response by a bidder to a n event.
billi
ng career
In Peo
pleSoft Enterprise C ampus Solutions, the one career under which other careers
are grouped for billing purposes if a student is active simultaneously in m ultiple
careers.
bio bit or bio brief In PeopleSoft Enterprise C amp us Solutions, a report that summarizes information
stored in the system abo ut a particular constituent. You can generate standard or
spec
ialized reports.
book In PeopleSoft Enterprise Asset Management, used for storing financial and tax
inf
ormation, such as costs, depreciation attributes, and retirement information
on assets.
bra
nch
Atr
ee node that rolls up t o nodes above it in the hierarchy, as defined in PeopleSoft
Tree Manager.
bu
dgetary account only
An
account used by the system only and not by users; this type of account d oes
not accept transactions. You can only budget with this account. Formerly called
“system-maintained account.”
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