Blogs

Business Benefits of Job Data Modernization as realized by our (PeopleSoft) Feature Innovators

By Hillary Chambers posted 03-08-2023
Business Benefits of Job Data Modernization as realized by our (PeopleSoft) Feature Innovators February 28, 2023 | 3 minute read Venkatesh Kotikalapudi Senior Principal Product Manager - Product Strategy The Job Data Modernization feature released in PUM Image 36 and enhanced thereafter, modernizes the way administrators maintain Job Data in PeopleSoft HCM by delivering usability and functional enhancements. Over the past year, many customers have successfully deployed the Job Data Modernization feature and reaped the benefits of the new streamlined way of entering and maintaining employees' Job Data. Read ...

PeopleSoft Chat: What Customers in the Healthcare Industry are doing with PeopleSoft and the Cloud

By Ravi Inaganti posted 03-08-2023
I had the honor of joining Robin Velayedam, Sr Director, Product Strategy Oracle, on his PeopleSoft Chat podcast recently. We had a fantastic conversation covering a wide range of topics, including our backgrounds, the evolution of ERP systems, specifically PeopleSoft, and where we see it heading. Below are some of the key takeaways from our discussion. We started our conversation by talking about our backgrounds and how we got into the ERP industry. We discussed how we started working with ERP systems and specifically PeopleSoft and how it has evolved over the years, and how it has adapted to meet the changing needs of its users. This field is constantly ...

HIUG Board Announcement

By Ravi Inaganti posted 02-24-2023
Good Afternoon, I hope this note finds you all well. I am writing to share with you some changes that have occurred on our board. Our user group is led by a dedicated group of members who have volunteered to take on the responsibility of managing our group by being on our board of directors. Over the past month, there have been multiple changes to this group and I writing to you today to share the following changes with you. Cathy Boulay, Beth Israel Lahey Health, who has served as our vice-president since 2017 has decided to step down from the HIUG board. Cathy’s dedication and leadership in all of the roles she has served in over the years are greatly ...

Join us at Interact 2023

By Trudy Melzer Pavlik posted 10-13-2022
It was so great to see those that were able to attend Interact 2022 at the JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort! We received great reviews and some great feedback to help us continue to make Interact 2023 in Las Vegas even better. After a slight break during the summer, we have already started planning for Interact 2023. Please mark your calendars for June 11-14, 2023, at The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas for interact 2023. There is nothing more powerful than when this community comes together to share ideas, solutions, and experiences. Please watch for more news on Interact 2023 soon. Best, Trudy Melzer Pavlik Interact 2023 Conference Chair

Interact 2023 - Save the Date!

By Trudy Melzer Pavlik posted 10-05-2022
Please Save the Date for Interact 2023 ! The Interact 2023 conference will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Autograph Collection. For more information on this great facility check out their website . The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Autograph Collection 3708 Las Vegas Boulevard South Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 89109 The event will be held from Sunday, June 11, 2023, through Wednesday, June 13, 2023.

A New Member’s Experience Attending the HIUG Interact 2022 Conference

By Erin Festerman posted 07-28-2022
A New Member’s Experience Attending the HIUG Interact 2022 Conference By Erin Festerman SCM Systems Support Analyst, UPMC I joined UPMC, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, in 2015 and held a variety of operational roles in Supply Chain Management before transitioning to my current role as an analyst on the SCM Systems Support Team, which is responsible for maintaining an accurate database of information, supporting users of SCM applications, performing ongoing system maintenance and enhancement functions and, ultimately, bridging the gap between clinical, functional, and technical teams. Oracle PeopleSoft is the primary application utilized by UPMC ...

President's Update July 2022

By Ravi Inaganti posted 07-28-2022
I hope this message finds all of you taking time to rejuvenate, enjoying some time away with family and friends, and finding ways to stay cool as we go through the dog days of summer. It has been a little over a month since Interact 22, which was our first in person event since Interact 2019. I am happy to report that it was a successful conference and it was great to see so many of you in person again and meet so many new attendees. The energy and excitement were palpable and the conversations lively. This was the most interactive conference I have been to. I left the event full of new found energy and drive to take back ideas and solutions I learned there ...

What to do about Apache log4j Vulnerabilities

By Ted Lewis posted 12-28-2021
Overview A vulnerability affecting Apache log4j was publicly reported on December 9, 2021 and two more vulnerabilities were reported within the next week. Log4j is a logging library for Java that is included with a variety of applications, including PeopleSoft and other Oracle products. This is considered a critical vulnerability and there are reports of active exploits, so you should be addressing it if you have not already done so! We are sharing this information with the community to raise awareness for Oracle products, but you should discuss with your security teams and software vendors for additional information and to address other products. ...

Interact 2022 wants to hear from you! Submit your session proposals!

By Trudy Melzer Pavlik posted 12-07-2021
SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE WITH COLLEAGUES! You and your team have been working hard, now it is time to share that knowledge with your colleagues by presenting at Interact! No matter what point you're at, your experience is helpful. Here are some topic ideas: Just went live? – Present on the process, lessons learned, and workarounds. Currently Implementing? – Share the successes and opportunities you've had so far. Recently signed? – Discuss the decision process. Submit Today →

PeopleSoft SCM November call moved to December 9th 3pm-4pm EST

By Marianne Rolin posted 11-22-2021
Join us in December for our PeopleSoft SCM Community Call with Steve Morgan from Oracle on: SCM Community Call - Update on Fluid eProcurement This call will cover some of the latest updates to Fluid eProcurement including completion of the classic to fluid features, updates on new Cart and Checkout usability, and a detailed look at new planned enhancements including Requisition type and advanced Search capabilities.

Session Submissions are Open!

By Trudy Melzer Pavlik posted 11-15-2021
Your Experience is the Heart of Interact! HIUG is a true peer-to-peer platform. That means the light shines brightly on YOU! Members want to hear from others that walk in their shoes, not a sales pitch. That's where you come in...we want to hear about your trials, tribulations and successes that you've faced over the last year. Remember, we have members from all experience levels, so if you discovered something new, likely there's others that can benefit as well. We are proud to be back in person! So come share your knowledge, learn from others, network and have fun in the sun. :) Learn More

Empowering Workforce with Voice Artificial Intelligence Assistant

By AJ Jaiswal posted 10-25-2021
Artificial Intelligence can create new value, unlock future capabilities and growth opportunities for any organization. Voice AI is widely used technology today - Alexa, Cortana, Google Assistant and Siri in our personal lives but Voice Assistants are not widely utilized in business operations. There are few reasons: 1- No “Off-the-shelf” solution for ERP that integrates with organizations unique Business Operations out of the box. 2. AI is not a “ Set it and Forget it ” solution. The upfront and continuous investment makes ROI assessment messy. 3. Resistance to AI - People have a natural tendency to resist change. More so when they don't ...

Save the Date for Interact 2022!

By Trudy Melzer Pavlik posted 09-28-2021
Save the Date! We're back in-person! Mark your calendars Interact 2022 will be held in Miami, FL at the JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort, June 12-15, 2022. This 4 full-day event will be filled with industry-leading presentations, networking, keynotes, and more! So get your presentations ready and invite your colleagues because this in the event you won't want to miss! Add to Calendar

Looking forward to the year ahead!

By Ravi Inaganti posted 09-13-2021
As we come to the end of summer, I hope everyone has had the opportunity to enjoy the warm weather. We had our second virtual conference in June and this one bigger, better and more successful than the one from last year. I want to thank everyone, members and sponsors, who attended. A special thanks to all those who presented and participated in the round tables, I am extremely grateful to all of you who stepped up and shared your knowledge, Thank You! Check out some of the statistics and highlights from this year's conference. Planning for next years in-person conference has already started, it will be great to see everyone and to have an in-person event ...

What just happened? A pandemic’s acceleration of telehealth adoption and the tax implications. . .

By Pamela Pokropinski posted 07-28-2021
COVID-19 brought the first major pandemic of our lifetime and some of the most significant changes to many people’s daily lives. It brought heart ache and tears, but it also brought a new way of thinking in the way companies do business and how employees work. From closing down businesses, shifting service industry jobs, to going remote for employment and services. The staple of healthcare was not immune. Deep into the pandemic healthcare systems had to regroup to not only prioritize their services, but change all their processes and procedures on the fly to segregate out COVID-19 care from other important healthcare services to maintain the safety of the patients ...

Customization Avoided: Using Event Mapping to Prevent Common Errors

By Ted Lewis posted 07-15-2021
One benefit of PeopleSoft is the ability to customize and control the application. You can modify pages and write code to meet almost any requirement. Unfortunately, customization of delivered objects means more work to apply patches and updates, more testing, and most likely a less up-to-date environment. In some instances, a small customization that could improve a business process or user satisfaction is avoided simply because it would affect delivered objects. Now there are other options, thanks to tools like Page and Field Configurator and Event Mapping, that let you “customize” without touching delivered objects. We sometimes call this “configuration” ...

Report Book Timing Out Now that We Went from PUM 32 to PUM 38 and PeopleTools 8.57.04 to 8.58.08

By Anthony Dulak posted 06-23-2021
For troubleshooting nVision performance problems after a Tools or PUM upgrade If you are experiencing nVision performance problems after a Tools or PUM upgrade, or just performance issues with nVision in general; here are a few questions that you may want to ask your database and/or system admins, and application analysts. Many of the database oriented questions are assuming that your installation is on premise. I’m sure there are more possibilities that could be causing the issue, but these are a good start. Database – Was the database engine upgraded as part of you PeopleTools or PUM upgrade? If so, is the database the same type as prior, ...

Our Team is Growing!

By Ravi Inaganti posted 05-19-2021
It is almost time for next Interact conference , if you have not registered for it yet hurry up and do so before our early bird rate ends. Like many of you I too miss our in person events and am looking forward to going back to them starting next year but this year’s virtual event is an excellent option for all of us until things get back to normal. We have a packed agenda filled with high quality sessions and as usual most of them are lead by members. As an organization, we are proud to see growth in our membership even through COVID! This increase shows us that this organization is more important than ever in the current landscape of our industry. Members ...

The year ahead and Interact 2021

By Ravi Inaganti posted 01-13-2021
As we start the new year after what has been an objectively an unusual and challenging year for all, it is all the more important to celebrate those moments and achievements that 2020 has brought. Those of us in Healthcare should be proud of our incredible accomplishments in the past year and we are starting 2021 with the confidence that we can meet any challenges that this year brings our way. Your resilience throughout the past year has been inspiring while your continued engagement, support, and confidence in HIUG is humbling. As we start the new year we all can be certain that this pandemic will come to an end but it will not be soon enough for us to have ...

Landing Page Redefined

By ZAFRULLA KHAN posted 12-03-2020
Using Web-based Joomla Content Management System as Landing Page Business case : Application URLs become increasingly difficult to track and manage especially when supporting multiple applications having multiple instances and multiple versions. Things quickly become cumbersome to bookmark the URLs and update as and when things change and to educate end-users when the application gets upgraded, switches to maintenance or disaster recovery mode Overall, from the support perspective we wanted the end-user experience to be seamless by having a landing page where application users are less concerned about bookmarking the application URLs and always ...