PeopleSoft HCM Image 19 is not yet out but…. PeopleBooks is out! Check out Employee Snapshot!

Just check the new Employee Snapshot and Promotion Readiness feature in PeopleSoft. This is hands down the cleanest and most intuitive interface I have seen in the breadth of HR products on the market. See the screenshot below. I will be dissecting it further and providing detail analysis in the next post. For now check out … Continue reading PeopleSoft HCM Image 19 is not yet out but…. PeopleBooks is out! Check out Employee Snapshot!

Oracle PeopleSoft phasing out SES for Elastic Search

We all loved the concept of unified search and have hailed that feature greatly in Workday. That is the reason why we believed that SES would have been the answer we were looking for but for all those who have worked on it, it has been an extremely difficult tool to understand and manage. Hence … Continue reading Oracle PeopleSoft phasing out SES for Elastic Search

PeopleSoft Reporting: Using Composite Queries for Self Service Reporting

One feature that Modern HR clients look for is Self Service real time reporting. WD provides the functionality out of the box and is tied to the security profile. The reporting is very user friendly but is quite confined. PeopleSoft had PS Queries for a very ling time but this tool does not meet business … Continue reading PeopleSoft Reporting: Using Composite Queries for Self Service Reporting

Positions or Jobs? How to manage your People

One question that keep coming up with various upgrades and implementations, of HR software, is whether the organization is managing its employees the correct way and is there a better way out there to do this. I have struggled to answer this question myself without having indepth knowledge about the organization. I found following information, … Continue reading Positions or Jobs? How to manage your People

PeopleSoft 9.2 Matrix Team

With Image 17, PeopleSoft has delivered Self Service Matrix team functionality. I had a chance to play around with the administrative piece (delivered before) and now the self service functionality. It is so well thought out that I have already suggested a few different usages to my clients. Some of the examples are: Project based … Continue reading PeopleSoft 9.2 Matrix Team

Talent Management Integration

As part of my recent engagement, I have created a Talent Management Diagram for PeopleSoft. I am attaching it to the post for anyone interested. Please suggest any changes that you feel are necessary. This can really become important as more clients are looking for the talent management differentiation in PeopleSoft.   tm_integration-1

PeopleSoft Mobile [Fluid]

Customers have complaint a lot about PeopleSoft mobile functionality and how it has turned into a legacy system. Next time I hear someone say that I would like to sit down with them and explain how PeopleSoft has the right and best approach with Fluid layout. This is a truly universal way of providing mobile … Continue reading PeopleSoft Mobile [Fluid]

Image 14 is out and with it some exciting new Modern HR features!

I cannot wait for PeopleTools 8.55 to arrive with its list of new and exciting features but till then Image 14 has enough stuff to keep me happy. There are various new updates in the payroll and ACA space but the one that I am excited about is the big push towards Push Notification. I … Continue reading Image 14 is out and with it some exciting new Modern HR features!

PeopleSoft to Modern HR – Power of Self Service Schedule

Continuing on with my journey through PeopleSoft to modern HR, one new feature that I think is really exciting is the self service schedule. Now a user can initiate a process or report on the process scheduler from the core application page. This can be really great for self service (no more ugly run control … Continue reading PeopleSoft to Modern HR – Power of Self Service Schedule