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8. Cisco Workload Automation Adapter for
PeopleSoft
Adapter Overview
Integrating PeopleSoft into the Enterprise
Workflow scheduling complexity and cross-application functionality are major challenges facing IT operations
professionals today. The native PeopleSoft Process Scheduler has limited or no processing or monitoring
support for other enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications, web services, or extract, transform, and load
(ETL) processes when a PeopleSoft instance does not exist on a target resource. Fortunately, there is a way to
integrate PeopleSoft with other applications, services, and processes through an enterprise-wide,
heterogeneous automation product that expands and leverages existing PeopleSoft workflow functionality.
Bringing Automation Power to PeopleSoft Applications
Cisco Workload Automation Adapter for PeopleSoft brings a highly scalable, cross-application, workflow
automation solution to the PeopleSoft ERP platform. PeopleSoft jobs can now be part of larger business
process workflows that are managed from a single console. Users can extend the productivity gains of the
PeopleSoft scheduling environment by setting dependencies to and from other programs, including Oracle,
SAP, or custom Java applications.
The integration of PeopleSoft processes using the adapter leverages the investment in both products, because
training and staff can be minimized and enterprise-wide application automation and management can be
consolidated under one solution to deliver better security, productivity, and higher service level performance.
Cisco Workload Automation Adapter for PeopleSoft Functionality
Changes within the PeopleSoft environment are not required, and it is not necessary to install extra routines
when implementing the adapter. Cisco Workload Automation Adapter for PeopleSoft can be installed on the
same system as Workload Automation and be directly connected to the PeopleSoft Process Scheduler. Users
can begin scheduling PeopleSoft jobs in a matter of minutes, because a simple connection dialog box enables
the adapter to recognize those jobs and their status.
Workload Automation can define complex dependences among data from external applications, results files, or
a PeopleSoft process from a different instance when running business intelligence reports such as PeopleSoft
SQR Reports, PSnVision, or Cobol SQL.