Customer Reviews

The Expert Guide to PeopleSoft Security

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I'm disappointed with this book. PeopleSoft PeopleBooks and Red Papers provide better explanation. The author, for the most part, did not add any value. I wasted $20 on this book.

As a PeopleSoft programmer and administrator for the past many years, needless to say, I've struggled with the variety of components of PeopleSoft security. This book does an admirable job of putting it all in one place. The bright points of the book is that it is written in a concise and straight forward manner. It does cover all the key points of PeopleSoft Security. A weakness of the book, in my opinion, is it's lack of suggestions for how to use the tool set. Oracles "PeopleBooks" also provides guidance on the tools. This book does do a better job of tools guidance than PeopleBooks, but it'd be a big feature if tactics or strategies for use of the tools were offered.

All in all, this book is worth the investment and is a good reference source.

I found this to be a good and concise summary of PeopleSoft security. While this information is totally found in white papers and PeopleTools documentation, it is presented in a clear and concise manner. What it does not include though are the links between primary security sets and application specific requirements (i.e. H/R Globalization and H/R defaults). It also does not go into specifics on Portal Synchronization and some of the "undocumented features" that go along with it. On the whole though, I recommend it for those who want a concise, easy to read PS security manual.

This is a cheap and quick book to pick up. No fluff, little cost.

It won't make you into a security expert overnight, but it provides a welcome insight into the PS security architecture, especially when it explains which metadata tables are involved in it. And I appreciate not being forced to read more pages than necessary.

In fact, I will cite another, one star, reviewer to explain exactly why I think it is worthwhile:

"I'm disappointed with this book. PeopleSoft PeopleBooks and Red Papers provide better explanation. The author, for the most part, did not add any value. I wasted $20 on this book. "

Sure, Peoplebooks is free. But how often does PeopleSoft literature warn of pitfalls in the products? And, given most consultants' hourly billing rates, they can more easily afford $20 than to wade through dozens of pages of sparsely informative vendor docs.

For the record, I have been working with PS for 15 yrs and know most of the common PeopleTools tables like the back of my hand though I wasn't as familiar with security. I don't find this to be dumbed down at all. If you fully know the stuff already, great. If not, this can be a useful addition to your bookshelf.

This book offers a very high level overview of Peoplesoft Security. You won't become a security architect overnight (or even in a few weeks) after reading this book. That said, it does do a good job of what it sets out to do.

Like a navigators chart to a new world this book helps you avoid the shoals and rocks often hidden from view. With stark simplicity and a little forced humor, you are shown all of the paths one might take to reach your security destination. Sounding at times like PS's own introduction to security Mr. Carter leads you through possible routes and why they should be taken. Well worth the $, good to have for a quick reference, especially for those of us who are starting to deal with Senior Moments.

The title may have expert in the name but this book is far from it. The author rehashs the same information ,what little there is, in most of the chapters. All of the data can be found in the 101 PeopleSoft manuals.

I found it very disappointing.