I have a question. Hope you can help

Need help to sort using XLATLONGNAME. Currently we have a search record that returns results in a grid (on the search page) Results are displayed in 4 columns. One of the columns has a translate value. So the sort is based on the translate value. We want it to be by the XLATLONGNAME. Is that possible.

Example (say we have the following)

Translate Value – Long Name
A – Backlog
B – Available
C – Contract
D – Entitled
E – Dispatch

We do NOT want to change the translate value order. But want to use the XLATLONGNAME for the search sort.

Currently when the results are displayed, the sort is by Translate value. Say if the field 2 is the one with the above translate value, then the results show up as

Field 1 :: Field 2
Backlog :: XXXXX
Available:: XXXXX
Contract:: XXXXX
Entitled :: XXXXX
Dispatch:: XXXXX
…this is cause its sorted by Translate value.

Need this to be as follows ..
Field1 :: Field 2
Available:: XXXXX
Backlog :: XXXXX
Contract:: XXXXX
Dispatch:: XXXXX
Entitled :: XXXXX

The above set is what is required – This is by XLATLONGNAME.

Thank you,
Jessica

Jessica,

You’ll likely have to create a new search record. It should be a view of the current search record joined to the XLAT item. You can then select the long name and sort on it that way.

-Tyson

I need to export (using SQL) a PeopleSoft tree – showing all Tree Nodes and Leafs from the Top of the tree all the way down. levels are not used on the tree I am trying to retrieve. Can someone please help – it would be much appreciated!

Here is the SQL I use to get the Parent Node, Node, Detail Value (Leaf), and Level from trees in PeopleSoft via SQL:

Note: Click View Plain in the codeblock below to see all the SQL correctly. I’m working on my current WP theme to get it to quit interfering with my syntax highlighter.

SELECT PSTREENODE.SETID,
  PSTREENODE.TREE_NAME,
  PSTREENODE.EFFDT,
  PARENT_NODE_NAME AS PARENTNODE,
  TREE_NODE        AS NODENAME,
  TREE_NODE        AS TREENODE,
  TREE_LEVEL_NUM,
  TREE_NODE_NUM
FROM PSTREENODE
  --- REPLACE WITH YOUR SETID
WHERE PSTREENODE.SETID = 'SHARE'
  --- REPLACE WITH YOUR TREE NAME
AND TREE_NAME = 'ACCOUNT'
  --- REPLACE WITH YOUR TREE EFFECTIVE DATE
AND EFFDT = TO_DATE('01011900','MMDDYYYY')
UNION ALL
--- REPLACE WITH YOUR SETID
SELECT 'SHARE',
  N.TREE_NAME,
  --- REPLACE WITH YOUR TREE EFFECTIVE DATE
  TO_DATE('01011900','MMDDYYYY'),
  N.TREE_NODE AS PARENTNODE,
  A.DESCR     AS NODENAME,
  --- REPLACE A.ACCOUNT WITH A.your_chartfield
  A.ACCOUNT AS TREENODE,
  TREE_LEVEL_NUM,
  N.TREE_NODE_NUM
FROM PSTREENODE N
INNER JOIN PSTREELEAF L
ON N.SETID      = L.SETID
AND N.TREE_NAME = L.TREE_NAME
  --- REPLACE WITH YOUR SETID
AND N.SETID = 'SHARE'
  --- REPLACE WITH YOUR TREE NAME
AND N.TREE_NAME = 'ACCOUNT'
  --- REPLACE WITH YOUR TREE EFFECTIVE DATE
AND N.EFFDT         = TO_DATE('01011900','MMDDYYYY')
AND N.EFFDT         = L.EFFDT
AND N.TREE_NODE_NUM = L.TREE_NODE_NUM
  --- REPLACE TABLE WITH LOOKUP TABLE FOR YOUR chartfield
INNER JOIN PS_GL_ACCOUNT_TBL A
  --- REPLACE A.ACCOUNT WITH A.your_chartfield
ON A.ACCOUNT >= L.RANGE_FROM
  --- REPLACE A.ACCOUNT WITH A.your_chartfield
AND A.ACCOUNT <= L.RANGE_TO
  --- REPLACE WITH YOUR SETID
AND L.SETID = 'SHARE'
ORDER BY TREE_NODE_NUM,
  TREE_LEVEL_NUM,
  TREENODE;

Remember to read the comments on each line to see where and what you need to replace in the query, depending on the tree you are querying and the ChartField stored on the tree.

Our company is in the process of implementing Expenses 9.0 (we do not have PSoft HR, but do have AP and GL). We have a requirement to allow users to be paid either via check or direct deposit (EFT). I have no problems getting the check portion to work. However, it seems no matter what configuration changes or user changes that I make payment is always being staged as System Check. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to what configuration area I should be looking at?

I am assuming you have your employees set up as vendors in the system. If this is the case, you should be able to modify their vendor record to point to Electronic Funds Transfer rather than Check.

Go to Vendors > Vendor Information > Add/Update > Vendor. Find the employee and click on the Location tab. Click the Payables hyperlink. Expand the Additional Payables Options section. In the Additional Payment Information section, select Specify and then Electronic Funds Transfer.

1) Change the Font. Developers like to indent and line up their code to make it more readable. Why deliver the product with a default font that isn’t fixed width, therefore making this harder? The first change I make is to swap the font (Tools > Preferences > Code Editor > Fonts) for Lucida Console, 11pts – although the font size may vary depending upon monitor resolution and the state of your eyesight.

…

3) Syntax Colours. Picking a better colour scheme eases readability as you’ll be able to pick out strings, operators and brackets/braces quicker but the delivered scheme highlights keywords in bold, which throws out the alignment if you’ve pick a fixed-width font. I normally make the following changes (Tools > Preferences > Code Editor > Syntax Colours):

• Remove the bold highlight from ‘Default Element Name’ and ‘Default Keyword’.
• Change Default Separator to purple
• Change Default String to red
• Uncheck ‘Enable highlight’ against Current SQL

I also use several of the Toolbar Shortcuts he mentions, such as F9 to execute SQL queries.

Thanks for the great article, Duncan!