Technical data

Glossary
See also inquiry access.
user interaction object In PeopleSoft Enterprise S ales Incentive Management, used to define the reporting
components and reports that a participant can access in his or her context. All
PeopleSoft En
terprise Sales Incentive Manag emen t u ser interface objects and reports
are registered as user interaction objects. User interaction objects can be linked to a
compensation structu re node through a compensation relationship object (ind ividually
or as groups)
.
variable In PeopleSoft Enterprise S ales Incentive Management, the intermediate results of
calculation
s. Variables hold the calculation results and are then inputs to other
calculations. Variables can be plan variables that persist b eyon d t he run of an engine or
local variables t hat exist only during the processing of a section.
VAT exception Abbreviation for value-added tax exception. A temporary or perm anent exemption
from paying VAT that is granted to an organization. This terms refers to both VAT
exonerati
on and VAT suspension.
VAT e x e m pt Abbreviation for value-added tax exempt. Describes goods and services that are not
subject to
VAT. Organizations that supply exempt goo ds or services are unable to
recover the related input VAT. This is also referred to as exempt without recovery.
VAT exone
ration
Abbrevia
tion for value-added tax exoneration. An organization that has been granted a
permanent exemption from paying VAT d ue to the nature of t hat organization.
VAT suspe
nsion
Abbrevia
tion for value-added tax suspension. An organization that has been granted a
temporary ex e mption from paying VAT.
warehou
se
APeople
Soft Enterprise data warehouse that consists of predefined ETL m aps, data
warehouse tools, and DataMart definitions.
weight o
rweighting
In Peopl
eSoft Strategic Sourcing, how importan t the line or question is to the
overall event. Weighting is used to score an d an a lyze bids. For RFx and RFI events,
weightings may or may not appear to bidders.
work order In PeopleSoft Enterprise Services Procurement, enables an enterprise to create
resource-based and deliverable-based transactions that specify the basic terms and
condit
ions for h ir ing a specific service p rov ider. When a service provider is hired, the
service provider logs time or progress against the work ord e r.
worke
r
Apers
on who is part of the workforce; an employee or a contingent worker.
workset A group of people and organizations th at are linked together as a set. You can use
works
ets to simultaneou sly retrieve the data for a group of peo ple and organizations
andworkwiththeinformationonasinglepage.
work
sheet
Away
of presenting d ata through a PeopleSoft Enterprise Busin e ss Analysis Modeler
interface that enables users to do in-depth an alysi s using pivoting tables, charts,
notes, and history information.
worklist The autom ated to-do list that PeopleSoft Workflow creates. From th e worklist, you
can directly access the pages you need to perform the next action, and then return to
the
worklist for an other item.
XML link The XML Linking language enables you to insert elements i nto XML docu men ts to
cre
ate a links between resources.
XML schema An XM L definition that standardizes the representation of applicatio n messages,
co
mponent interfaces, or business interlinks.
XPI Abbreviation for eXtended Process Integrator. PeopleSoft XP I is the in tegr ation
in
frastructure that enables both real-time a n d batch com mu nication with JD E dwards
EnterpriseOne applicat ion s.
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