Friday, 9 June 2017

PeopleTools 8.56.01 is now available

PeopleTools 8.56.01 is now available to download. One can find the DPKs for the PeopleTools 8.56.01 in the PeopleTools Patches Home Page DOC id 2062712.2. Note that DPK Contains the 01 Patch.

Two main enhancements in PeopleTools patches for PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.56 are :
  • Patch application for PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.56 uses an automated Change Assistant process to apply database changes for each PeopleTools Patch (PTP) via a cumulative PTP package.
  • In prior releases, PeopleSoft PeopleTools patches included only the cumulative changes made for the patches. All PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.56 patches include the full code line delivered at the PeopleTools major release general availability date, plus any changes for each succeeding patch.
Patchset Number for

AIX is 25983547
LINUX is 25983545
MS Windows is 25983546
Solaris is 25983550


For PeopleTools 8.55 and 8.56, users can take the benefit of  Elasticsearch 2.3.2 search engine with PeopleSoft Search Framework.

Note that Elasticsearch implementation is supported for PeopleSoft 9.2 applications on PeopleTools 8.55.11 and higher, and PeopleTools 8.56.01 and higher. Elasticsearch is provided as a deployment package (DPK) for supported Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems.

Thursday, 2 March 2017

Manifest file for software versions in PeopleTools 8.55.14 DPK

Manifest file for software versions in PeopleTools 8.55.14 DPK is stored in the second zip file (*_2of4.zip) of Tools 8.55.14 DPK.

Software versions bundled with Tools 8.55.14 DPK are as below

type=tools
platform=Windows
version=8.55.14
oracleclient_version=12.1.0.2
jdk_version=1.7.0_101
weblogic_version=12.1.3

tuxedo_version=12.1.3.0.0