Components

Browse PeopleSoft component definitions with pages, menus, portal paths, CIs, records, and PeopleCode in one view.
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What It Is

Components (called panel groups in older PeopleTools versions) are the user-facing transactions of a PeopleSoft application: a search page plus an ordered set of detail pages that share a single save action. psLens reads PSPNLGROUP / PSPNLGRPDEFN and links the component up to its menus, portal navigation paths, exposing component interfaces, the underlying record hierarchy, and the full PeopleCode event tree.

Search Page

URL: /components?db={database}

Component search results for USER% showing USERMAINT, USERMAINT_SELF, USEROPTN_CAT and others

Component search results for USER%

Wildcard % search supported. Each result card shows the component market and use type (Classic, Fluid, Both). The Advanced Filters panel filters by market or component type.

Detail Page

URL: /components/{COMPONENT}?db={database}

Detail page for USERMAINT showing component properties and item list

Component detail page for USERMAINT

The main pane shows Component Properties (market, search record, add search record, item description, add/update modes, search PeopleCode flags) and the Component Item List with every page in the component, its labeling, and the hide/display-only flags. The sidebar has 7 related-data toggles.

Pages in Component

Pages in Component panel for USERMAINT

The ordered list of pages that make up this component

The page list with each page deep-linked into its own detail page.

Menus Using Component panel

Classic menus that link to this component

Every classic menu (PSMENUITEM) that contains a navigation entry for this component. Important for security work since menu/component pairs drive Permission List authorizations.

Portal Navigation Paths

Portal Navigation Paths panel

Every breadcrumb path that leads a user to this component in the portal registry

The full set of portal registry paths (PSPRSMDEFN ancestor walk) that lead a user to this component. Useful for “where is this transaction in the menu?” questions.

Component Interfaces

Component Interfaces panel

Component Interfaces that expose this component as an integration surface

The CIs (PSBCDEFN) that wrap this component as an integration surface. If you have CIs here, programmatic access exists.

Record Level Hierarchy

Record Level Hierarchy panel

The component’s scroll/record hierarchy across its pages

The scroll/record hierarchy across the pages. Shows the parent-child relationships of records as the component sees them at runtime.

PeopleCode

PeopleCode panel

Component-level PeopleCode events

Component-level PeopleCode events (SearchInit, SearchSave, PreBuild, PostBuild, SavePreChange, SavePostChange, Workflow, etc.) and Component Record/Component Record Field PeopleCode.

Included in Projects

Included in Projects panel for the component

App Designer projects that include this component

App Designer projects containing this component as a project item.

What This Consolidates

In App Designer / PIA, building this view requires:

  • Open the component in App Designer for properties and item list
  • Walk each page tab to confirm record bindings
  • Run Find In Menus to find classic menu links
  • Use the Portal Registry browser to find every CREF tied to the component
  • Search for CIs whose component property matches this name
  • Open PeopleCode for each event type one tab at a time
  • Open each owning project for migration history

psLens collapses all of that into one page.