Technical data

Glossary
3C access groups so that you can assign data-entry or view-only privileges across
functions.
In PeopleSoft Enterprise Incentive Management, a m echanism that is used to
determine the scope of a p rocessin g run. PeopleSoft Enterprise Incentive Management
uses three typ
es of context: plan, period, and run-level.
control table Stores informatio n that contro ls the processing of an application. This type of
processing m
ight be consistent throughout an organization, or it might be used on ly by
portions of th e organization for more limited sharing of data.
cost plus con
tract line
A rate-based
contract line associated with a fee component of Award, Fixed, Incentive,
or Other. Rate-based contract lines associated with a fee type of None are not
considered cost-plus cont ract lines.
cost plus pricing In PeopleSoft Enterprise Pricer, a pricing method that begin s with cost of goo ds as
the basis.
cost profile A combination of a receipt cost method, a cost flow, and a deplete cost method. A
profile is associated with a cost book and determines how items in that book are
valued, as
well as how t he material movement of the item is valued for the book.
cost row A cost tran saction and amou nt for a set of ChartFields.
counter sale A face-to-face customer transaction where the customer typically selects items from
the storefront or picks up products that they ordered ahead of time. Customers pay
for the go
ods at the counter and take the goods with them in stead of having the goods
shipped from a wareh ouse.
course In People
Soft Enterpr ise Campus S olutions, a course that is o ffered by a school and
that is typically described in a course catalog. A course has a standard syllabus and
credit level; however, these may be modified at the class level. Courses can contain
multipl
e components such as lecture, discussion, and lab.
See also class.
course s
hare set
In Peopl
eSoft Enterprise Camp us Solutions, a tag that defines a set of requirement
groups that can share courses. Course sh a re sets are used in P eopleSoft Enterprise
Academic Advisement.
current learning In PeopleSoft Enterprise Learnin g Management, a self-service repository for all of a
learner’s in-progress learning activities and programs.
data ac quisition In PeopleSoft Enterprise Incentive Management, the process d uring which raw
business transactions are acquired from external sou rce systems and fed in to the
opera
tional data store (ODS).
data cube In PeopleSoft Analytic Calculation Engine, a data cube is a container for one kind
of dat
a (such as Sales data) and works with in tandem with one or more dimensions.
Dimensions and data cubes in PeopleSof t Analytic Calcu lation Engine a r e unrelated
to dimension s and online analytical processin g (OLAP) cubes in PeopleSoft C ube
Mana
ger.
data elements Data elements, at their simplest level, define a subset of data and the rules by which
to gr
oup them.
For Workforce Analytics, data elements are rules that tell the system what m easures to
retrieve about your workforce groups.
dataset A data grouping that enables role-based filtering and distribution of data. You can
limit the range and quantity of data that is displayed for a user by associating dataset
rul
es with user roles. The result of dataset rules is a set of data that is appropriate
for the user’s roles.
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