Installing PeopleTools 8.54

We have already seen how to install PeopleSoft on your laptop and set up an Oracle client in previous posts.

If you are a technical guy, you know that there’s no fun without PeopleTools. Right?

In this post I will show you how to get the final bit up and running so that you can fully utilise your local PeopleSoft installation.

All right, let’s get started.

1. Navigate to \\192.168.56.101 (This is the same IP that you used to access the PIA in the previous post step 11. It may be different for you.)



2. Open the folder client-854/Disk1
   You will find a setup batch file here.



3. Right-click on this file and Run as Administrator.
   This will launch the installation wizard.





4. Click next to proceed.



5. Accept the agreement and click next.



6. Open this link and copy the PeopleTools license code for Oracle database.



7. Paste the license code into the below screen.



8. Select Non-Unicode database and click next.



9. Choose a directory to install PeopleTools.



10. Select Yes and click Next.



11. You may change the Program Group name on this screen.
    Click Next.



12. This page shows the environment management details.
    Click Next.



13. Choose the product features and click Next.



14. This page shows the installation summary.
    Click Install.





15. This screen shows that the installation was successful.
    Click Done.



16. Three shortcuts would have been created on your desktop. Click the Configuration Manager shortcut to launch it.



17. On the Startup tab, enter all details as shown below.

    The Connect Password is peop1e (remember we had set this during installation here Step 13)

    Click OK.



18. Click on the Application Designer shortcut to launch it and enter the credentials. Your credentials could be different depending on the application. For FSCM the credentials are VP1 / VP1 and for HCM it’s PS / PS.



19. Application Designer opens.

Try opening some definitions now!