Technical data

Glossary
keyword In PeopleSoft E nterprise Campu s Solutions, a term th at you link to particular elements
within People
Soft Enterprise Student Financials, Fin ancial Aid, and Con tributor
Relations. You can use keywords as search criteria that enable yo u to locate specific
records in a search dialog box.
KPI An abbreviation for key performance indicato r. A high-level measurement of how well
an organization is doing in achieving critical success factors. This defines the data
value or calc
ulation upon which an assessment is determined.
KVI Abbreviation for Known Value Item. Term used for products or groups of products
where the sel
ling price cannot be reduced or increased.
landlord In PeopleSoft Real Estate Management, an entity that owns real estate and leases the
real estate
to tenants.
LDIF file Abbreviation fo r Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Data Interchange
Format fil
e. Contains discrepancies between PeopleSoft Enterprise data and directory
data.
learner gr
oup
In PeopleS
oft Enterprise Learning Management, a group of learners wh o are linked
to the same learning environm ent. Members of the learner group can share the same
attributes, such as the same dep artment or job code. Learner groups are used to control
access to
and enrollment in l earn ing activities and programs. They are also used to
perform group en rollm e nts and mass en rollments in the back office.
learning
components
In People
Soft Enterprise Learning Management, the foundational building blocks
of learning activities. PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Managem ent supports six
basic types of learning components: web-based, session, webcast, test, survey, and
assignm
ent. One or more of these learning component types compose a single
learning activity.
learnin
g environment
In Peopl
eSoft Enterprise Learning Management, identifies a set of categories a nd
catalog items that can be made available to learner groups. Also defines the default
values that are assigned to the learning activities and programs that are created within a
partic
ular learning environment. Learning environments pr o v ide a way to part ition the
catalog so that learners see o nly those items that are relevant to them.
learni
ng history
In Peop
leSoft Enterprise Learning Man a gem ent, a self-service repository f or all of a
learner’s completed learning activities and programs.
lease In Peo
pleSoft Real Estate Managem ent, a legally binding agreem ent between a
landlord and a tenant, where the tenant rents all or part of a physical property from the
landlord.
lease abstract In PeopleSoft Real Estate Management, a summarized version of the com plete lease
contract with only the important terms. The lease abstract usually fits on one page
and d
oes not in clude legal termin ology.
ledger mapp ing You use ledger mapping to relate expense data from general ledger accounts to
reso
urce objects. Multiple ledger l ine items can be mapped to o ne or more resource
IDs. You can also use ledger mapping to map dollar am ounts (referred to as rates)
to business un its. You can map the amounts in two different ways: an actual amount
tha
t represents actual costs of the accounting period, or a budgeted amount that can be
used to calculate the capacity rates as well as budgeted model r esu lts. In P eopleSoft
Enterprise Warehouse, you can map general ledger accounts to the EW Ledger table.
library section In PeopleSoft Enterprise Incentive Management, a section that is defined in a plan ( or
template) and that is available for other plans to share. Changes to a library section are
re
flected in all plans that use i t.
line In PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing, an individual item or service upon which there
ca
nbeabid.
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