by Release Date: January 22, 2021
What’s in the PUM
PeopleTools Included
- PeopleTools 8.58.08
- Python 3.7.4
- ElastiHCMearch 7.0
- PeopleTools Clients
- 8.58.08 (Up from 8.58.06 in PUM 36)
- 8.57.19
- 8.56.24
Functional/Application Updates
- Recruiting Assistant Chatbot
- Kibana Analytics for Health and Safety
- Validations and Formatting for Phone Numbers and Emails
- Usability Enhancements for Fluid Position Management
- Approvals and Multiple Document Upload for Life Events
- Effective Dates for Time and Labor Value Lists
- Talent Profile Self Service Enhancements
- Candidate Gateway Outbound Texting
- Enhancement for Page and Field Configurator
- Retroactive Triggers for Global Payroll
- eSocial S-1070 Event for Global Payroll Brazil
Interesting PeopleTools 8.58 Fixes since PUM 36
*Not comprehensive – developer focused
| Bug Fix / Enhancement | Resolution |
| PT 8.58 DRAG/DROP CI INTO PEOPLECODE EDITOR NOT GENERATING PEOPLECODE TEMPLATE | Fixed the issue. PeopleCode Editor will generate PeopleCode Template. |
| VALIDATE SYNTAX BUTTON TAKES THE CURSOR TO THE TOP OF THE PEOPLECODE EDITOR | Placed the cursor in the proper place when validate syntax button is clicked in the peoplecode editor. |
| ‘FIND’ FUNCTIONALITY PULLS THE WHOLE STRING RATHER THAN SELECTED TEXT | Fixed issue by pulling only the selected text into find and replace functionality. |
| PERFORMANCE ISSUE WHEN RIGHT-CLICKING TO GO TO APP CLASS METHOD | Fixed issue by efficiently searching method, function, class etc in peoplecode. |
| ISSUE WITH CHART COLORS AFTER UPGRADING TO PT 8.57.17 | Fixed issue with SetColorArray() to apply different color on chart with series |
| BP 8.58: PROBLEMS SETTING STYLE CLASSES ON PAGE | Fixed problem with dynamic setting style classes on a page |
| BP 8.58: WCAG 2.0 – CLASSIC PROMPT ICON IS NOT A BUTTON | Fixed the issue with prompt icon, it should be read as a button by a screen reader. |
| BP 8.58: FIX BROWSERS ARIA-LIVE APPEND ISSUES WITH JAWS IN OUR SOFTWARE | Fixed JAWS issues with aria-live append in Chrome and Edge Chromium browsers |
| BP 8.58: CONVEY MAXIMUM ROWS DISPLAY STATUS MESSAGE IN PROMPT PAGE | Updated a message for screen reader to notify the user when the number of rows returned in a field prompt search exceeds the maximum displayable number of rows. |
| BP 8.58: FETCH MORE ROWS SHOULD RETURN THE CURSOR TO THE FIRST NEW FETCHED ROW | Updated behavior so that fetching more rows will now return the cursor to the first newly-fetched row |
| BACK PORT 30095626 PIA:UNABLE TO LOGON BACK AFTER SESSION EXPIRES TWICE UNLESS BROWSER IS RESTARTED | Changes Made to allow user login n number of times without cleaning or restarting the Browser. |
| BP 8.58: AFTER CHROME UPDATE, PROMPT LOOKUPS ARE GETTING BLANKED OUT | Enhanced Classic PopUp scroll behavior to support latest chrome browsers |
| CHROME UPDATE, PROMPT LOOKUPS ARE GETTING BLANKED OUT | Enhanced Classic PopUp scroll behavior to workaround issues in the latest chrome browser |
Should you update your personal R&D/ Test environment?
I am going to update my personal PUM to HCM 37. Reviewing the fixes since the last HCM PUM, there seems to me mostly stability and operability fixes in 8.58.07 and 8.58.08.
The updates to the App Designer and PeopleCode editor will make life a little more comfortable coding. If you are a developer working with PeopleCode, this PUM is a “Must Have“
*Note: I’m pleasantly surprised by the PeopleCode editor improvements in 8.58.08. After installing and testing the PUM 37 PeopleCode editor (8.58.08), several “Nice to have” behaviors that I had become accustomed in tools versions prior to 8.58 returned. These include:
- Highlighting variables by double-clicking and dragging (the “&” is also highlighted)
- Dragging fields into the code from the objects window appear in Recorname.Fieldname format instead of RECORD.Recordname.FIELD.Fieldname format.
- Dragging a CI into the PeopleCode editor creates a code template for that CI
- …I’m sure there may be more that I just haven’t yet found
Next Scheduled HCM PUM (39) release
| PeopleSoft Update Image | Date |
| PeopleSoft HCM 9.2.038 | April 16, 2021 |
| PeopleSoft HCM 9.2.039 | July 30, 2021 |
| PeopleSoft HCM 9.2.040 | October 14, 2021 |
