Driver Features

The driver contains some significant changes designed to make it easier to deploy in customer environments. The primary changes include:

• An enhanced PeopleSoft Service Agent (PSA) that provides sample integration components and objects using the best practices of PeopleSoft integration.
• The PSA components now support Subscriber channel Add and Delete commands. This enables full bidirectional driver functionality.
• The PSA now includes utilities for managing the transaction record database. This allows easier archive, delete, reset, etc. of transactions.
• The driver shim is written in Java. This allows the driver to be deployed on any supported PeopleTools platform.
• The driver shim can be either a Local or Remote Loader driver.
• The driver can handle queries using any Level-0 fields as search criteria.
• The driver uses a default "explicit" search value criterion. The driver supports a "starts with" search value matching option if the search value is contained within single quotes (such as 'P00000').
• The driver can coexist with prior releases in PeopleTools 8.1x and 8.4x environments, so it provides the benefit of parallel testing. After you have implemented this version of the driver in production, you can delete all older objects within PeopleSoft that are attached to previous versions of the driver.

The driver delivers XSLT templates to facilitate upgrades in 4.0.x driver deployments.

The new architecture and driver configuration enable you to quickly implement the driver into your testing environment. After you have configured and tested the driver in you lab environment, you can then customize the implementation to meet your business needs, work with your application data, and then move it into production.

As is the case with any implementation, when the level of complexity in your business processes increases, so does the amount of time and effort required to implement your solution. For highly complex implementations, you might need to obtain external consulting assistance.

Identity Manager Features

Identity Manager includes new features. For more information, refer to the "What's New in Identity Manager 2?" in the Nsure Identity Manager 2 Administration Guide.