Creating a PeopleSoft Configuration Shared Resource

After you create a project, you create a PeopleSoft Configuration Shared Resource to connect to PeopleSoft application server and download the schema.

Prerequisites

Before creating the PeopleSoft Configuration Shared Resource, make sure a project is created. See Creating a Project for more details.

Procedure

  1. Expand an existing project in the Project Explorer view.
  2. Right-click the Resources folder, and click New > PeopleSoft Configuration.
  3. In the PeopleSoft Configuration wizard, the resource folder, package name, and resource name of the PeopleSoft configuration are provided by default. If you do not want to use the default configurations, change them accordingly. Click Finish.
  4. Configure the connection in the Connection tab of PeopleSoft Configuration shared resource. The PeopleSoft Configuration has two tabs, Connection and Schema. For more details see, PeopleSoft Configuration Shared Resource section.
  5. Click Test Connection to validate the connection.
  6. Click File > Save to save the process.

Result

A configuration resource is created: PeopleSoftConfiguration.peopleSoftResource. The configuration resource is saved in the Resources\package_name directory by default or the directory you specified.