PeopleTools 8.62 Released
by PeopleTools 8.62 release announcement.
Author: Randall Groncki
Oracle ACE ♠
PeopleTools Developer since 1996
Lives in Northern Virginia, USA
So, you want better Technicals?
… Then invest in your Functionals.
(another bloviating opinion piece)
Add Insights Dashboards to Fluid Pages
Beginning with PeopleTools 8.61, we can embed Insights dashboards in Fluid pages. Meet the users where they are in their workflow and provide an Insights dashboard on the page next to their data.
Combine fields for Insights Dashboards
Add Scripted Fields to Insights Index Patterns to manipulate data to create more meaningful visualizations for our users.
Format Numbers in Insights Dashboards
The Insights default number format can clutter charts with excessive precision.
What if you want just to show one, or maybe no decimals in your chart?
Refresh Insights Index Patterns
Deleting and recreating your Insights Index Patterns removes all formatting and formulas. There also is a good chance to break all your visualizations using that Index Pattern.
Instead, refresh your Insights Index Patterns
Add URLs to Insights Dashboards
Every Insights dataset from PeopleSoft has a Drilling URL.
Use that URL in your Insights Dashboards to link the user back to PeopleSoft pages.
Are you missing data in your Insights Dashboards?
Insights (Kibana) Dashboards provide valuable information to your users … but it only works if ALL the data you think you are sending to Insights has actually arrived …and has been indexed.
BI Publisher TBAddin64 Error work around
Microsoft Office 365 updates have disrupted the BI Publisher Desktop Add-In for Word and Excel, stopping the creation and support of BI Publisher RTF report templates. Oracle is working on a bug fix, but a comunity member has provided a workaround involving registry edits. The steps include adding registry keys and reactivating the Add-In.