The webMethods PeopleSoft Adapter is an add-on to the webMethods Integration Server that allows you to exchange data with PeopleSoft systems. The adapter provides seamless and real-time communications to and from PeopleSoft systems without requiring changes to the existing security infrastructure.

Using the PeopleSoft Adapter, Integration Server clients can configure and run services that perform operations to retrieve data from, and insert and update data in, PeopleSoft systems. For example, you can use the PeopleSoft Adapter to add or modify employee records based on data from other resources such as Siebel or Oracle Applications.

The PeopleSoft Adapter provides solutions for both webMethods-to-PeopleSoft (inbound) communications and PeopleSoft-to-webMethods (outbound) communications.

PeopleSoft Server version 8.x introduced PeopleSoft's Pure Internet Architecture (PIA). The PeopleSoft PIA includes PeopleSoft component interfaces (CIs), which enable external applications to access objects created using PeopleSoft's Application Designer.

For webMethods-to-PeopleSoft communications, the PeopleSoft Adapter uses the PeopleSoft CI APIs to exchange data with PeopleSoft systems by invoking operations and methods on PeopleSoft Components via PeopleTools.

For PeopleSoft-to-webMethods communications, the PeopleSoft Adapter offers some pre-defined flow services to make it easier to use PeopleSoft's Application Messaging capabilities.

For detailed installation instructions, see Installing and Uninstalling the PeopleSoft Adapter . For a list of the PeopleSoft versions and platforms that the PeopleSoft Adapter supports, see the webMethods Adapters System Requirements .