How to Change PIA Look in PTools 8.50/8.51

I have come across a client whose PeopleSoft application (PeopleSoft menu and User Interface) still looking as earlier versions even after upgrading to PeopleTools 8.51 (HCM 9.1 Application). Why should we have the old look and feel of PIA when we have some new features in PeopleTools 8.50/8.51 which gives a new look? When you have PeopleTools 8.50 or 8.51 with application release 9.1, get a new look by change some default settings listed below.

Navigation: PeopleTools ---> Utilities ---> Administration ---> PeopleTools Options

The Style Sheet Name should be set to PSSTYLEDEF_SWAN

Navigation: PeopleTools ---> Portal ---> General Settings

Make sure the Navigation Type is set to 'Drop-Down' instead of 'Left'

Navigation: PeopleTools ---> Portal ---> Portal Utilities ---> System Options

The Style Sheet Name should be set to PSSTYLEDEF_SWAN

The changes should be reflected immediately and if not, then login again after clearing the browser cache. In case of Tools 8.5x installation from scratch, the Drop Down navigation comes by default. If it is upgraded from older tools release, the navigation type will be 'Left' by default.

Sachin Tendulkar retires from ODIs

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has announced retirement from ODI format today bringing an end to a glorious 23-year-old career in the format. "I have decided to retire from the One-Day format of the game. I feel blessed to have fulfilled the dream of being part of a World Cup wining Indian team. The preparatory process to defend the World Cup in 2015 should begin early and in right earnest," the 39-year-old said in a statement released by the BCCI today. He also added that he would like to wish the team all the very best for the future and he is eternally grateful to all my well wishers for their unconditional support and love over the years.

After World Cup Victory

Tendulkar, considered the most complete batsman in modern cricket and one who was considered next only to the legendary Sir Donald Bradman. He retires with amassing 18,426 runs in 463 one-dayers at an average of 44.83 with 49 hundreds in the format, including a double hundred - the first in this form of the game. He is highest run getter in this format of game. Ricky Ponting stands second highest run getter and Sanath Jayasuriya stands third in this format. Besides his batting, Tendulkar was an effective bowler and finishes his ODI career with 154 wickets, including two five-wicket hauls.

Sachin's 1st Run in ODI

Tendulkar made his ODI debut against Pakistan way back in 1989 and interestingly he is quitting the scene just ahead of another series against the arch-rivals. Going forward Sachin will now remain active in only the Test arena. The brightest moment of his ODI career came last year when he finally became part of a World Cup winning Indian team after five previous appearances.

The Australian government on Tuesday awarded Tendulkar the prestigious Order Of Australia (OOA). He became the third Indian after Mother Teresa (1982) and Soli Sorabjee (2006) and fourth non-Australian cricketer after West Indian greats Clive Lloyd (1985) and Garfield Sobers (2003), Brian Lara (2009) to get the honour.

Enjoy 10GB attachment in Gmail

Its happy news for Gmail users who were facing difficulties in sending a file of size more than 25MB as an attachment through mail. Now you can send even a movie in your mail to anyone. Surprised! Google has announced to integrate Google Drive into Gmail, so that users can be able to insert files from Drive directly into an email without leaving their Gmail. Now you can send files up to 10GB, which is 400 times larger than what you are capable of now. Since the user is sending a file stored in the cloud, all recipients can access the same.

How to change display name in Outlook 2007

If your e-mail recipients see only part of your name, but you want them to see your full name, you can easily make the change in name which you preferred. The display (below screenshot) may show only part of your name which was entered when you first set up your e-mail account.

To display your full name, edit your name in Account Settings.

1. On the Tools menu, click Account Settings.
2. On the E-mail tab, select your Internet service provider (ISP) account, and then click Change.
3. Under User Information, in the Your Name box, type your name the way you want it to appear to people who receive e-mail messages from you. 

4. Click Next, and then click Finish.

Trace Magic

Here is a tool (TraceMagic) I have come across recently which would be helpful for PeopleSoft admin as well as the developers. TraceMagic is designed primarily to address the difficulty in working with tracesql files when attempting to determine which SQL statement(s), and or People Code programs are causing performance problems. It helps the user to quickly isolate performance bottlenecks in SQL Statements and/or PeopleCode functions by turning the text-based, time-ordered tracesql file into a sortable-grid display.

The size of TraceMagic Installer would be in terms of Kilobytes and the installation part is very simple.  A double-click on setup.exe icon will take care of whole setup. Once the program starts, select the toolbar button "open folder" and browse your computer for a *.tracesql file, then you can view the data in a series of sortable grids. The ‘Statistics’ option will give you a clear picture about the event durations and the kind of DML statements involved. Getting the distinct tables involved in the whole transaction/navigation is possible with this tool.

In session level tracing, while other trace flags settings will work with this tool, it is highly recommended that the flags set during the creation of the tracesql file be those six checked settings shown below. The two additional items that are checked and highlighted are optional.  

Like other utilities, TraceMagic too has certain requirements and restrictions. It requires Microsoft .net Framework Version 4 and is compatible with Windows XP (32-bit) and later releases. It may not function perfectly when multi-line entries are present in a tracesql file. Large tracesql files can severely reduce the performance of TraceMagic, and in cases when file size is near available RAM, it may quit without any warning (crash). Hope this article can save you some time for tea break.