Technical data

Glossary
REN server Abbreviation fo r real-time event notification server in PeopleSof t MultiChannel
Framework.
requester In PeopleSoft Enterprise eSettlem ents, an individua l who requests go ods or services
and whose ID ap
pears on the various procurement pages t hat reference purchase
orders.
reservation
s
In PeopleSof
t Expenses, travel reservations that have been placed with the travel
vendor.
reversal ind
icator
In PeopleSof
t Enterprise Campus Solutions, an indicator that denotes when a
particular payment has been reversed, usually because of insufficient funds.
RFI event In PeopleSo
ft Strategic Sourcing, a request for inform a tion.
RFx event In Peop leSoft Strategic Sourcing, a request for pro posal or request for a quote ev ent
when bidde
rs submit their overall best bids and during wh ich bidders do not actively
compete against one another.
role Describes
how people fit into PeopleSoft Workflow. A role is a class of users who
perform the sam e type of work, such as clerks or managers. Your business rules
typically specify what user role n eeds to do a n activity.
role user A PeopleSoft Workflow user. A person’s role user ID serves much the sam e purpose as
a user ID does in other p arts of the system . PeopleSoft Workflow uses r ole user IDs
to determ
ine how t o route work list items to users (throug h an email address, for
example) and to track the roles that users play in the workflow. Role users do not need
PeopleSoft user IDs.
roll up In a tree, to roll up is to total sums based on the information hierarchy.
run cont
rol
Aruncon
trol is a type of online page that is used to begin a process, such as the
batch processing of a payro ll run. Run contr ol pages generally start a program that
manipulates data.
run control ID A unique ID to associate each user with his or her own run control table entries.
run-le
vel context
In Peop
leSoft Enterpr ise Incentive Management, associates a particular run (and batch
ID) with a period context and plan context. Every plan context that participates in a run
has a separate run-level context. Because a run cannot span periods, only o ne run-level
conte
xt is associated with each plan context.
saved bid In PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing , a bid that has b een created but not su bm itted. Only
submi
tted bids are eligible f or award.
score In PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing, the numerical sum of answers (percen tages) to bid
fact
ors on an e vent. Scores appear only to bidders on au ctio n events.
SCP SCBM XML message Abbreviation for Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Business Modeler Extensible
Mark
up Language m essag e. Su pply Chain Business Modeler uses XML as the format
for all data that it imports and expo rts.
sea
rch query
You
use this set of objects to pass a query string and operators to the search engine.
The search index returns a set o f matching resu lts with keys to the sou rce documents.
sea
rch/match
In P
eopleSoft Enterprise Campus Solutions and PeopleSoft Enterprise H uman
Resources Managem ent Solutions, a feature that enables you to search for and identify
duplicate records in t he database.
seasonal address In PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus Solutions, an address that recurs for the sam e length
of time at the same time of year each year until adjusted or deleted.
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