Tools on psLens

Global Search

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Global Search

Global Search is a cross-object navigation tool in psLens. Rather than navigating to individual object search pages (like Fields, Components, or Users), Global Search allows you to search across all PeopleSoft metadata and security definitions simultaneously from a single search modal.

How to Access Global Search

Global Search Icon: Click the search magnifying glass icon in the top navigation bar from any page within the psLens interface.
Keyboard Shortcut: Press Ctrl + K (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + K (Mac OS) to trigger the search modal instantly.

Search Coverage

Global Search queries the selected database in real time to return matches across multiple object categories:

Deep Linking

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Shareable URLs

Every PeopleSoft object in psLens has a permanent, shareable URL. Copy the address bar, paste it into a ticket or Slack, and anyone with psLens access lands on the same object in the same database.

PeopleSoft’s native URLs are session-bound and cannot be shared or bookmarked reliably. psLens URLs can.

URL Structure

All object URLs follow the same pattern:

/resource/{identifier}?db={database}

resource — the object type (e.g., records, fields, permissionlists)
identifier — the object name as it appears in PeopleSoft (e.g., JOB, EMPLID, HCDPALL0100)
db — the configured database name, so the link is unambiguous about which environment it points to

Linkable Object Types

psLens provides direct URLs for over 25 PeopleSoft object types:

DMS Viewer

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What It Is

PeopleSoft Data Mover is commonly used to export data from tables to proprietary .dat binary files for backup, migration, or archiving.

The DMS Viewer in psLens allows you to upload and inspect these binary Data Mover .dat files directly in your web browser. You can inspect table counts, view schema columns, browse exported rows, and generate SQL INSERT statements for individual rows without launching Data Mover or running an import.