Messages
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What It Is
A Message definition is the payload schema that a Service Operation carries. It defines the structure of the XML or JSON document exchanged between systems. Messages can be rowset-based (mapped to PeopleSoft records), nonrowset-based (free-form XML/JSON), container, or document. psLens reads PSMSGDEFN and the version-specific details from PSMSGSCHEMA, then surfaces the service operations that reference each message and the projects that own them.
Search Page
URL: /msgdefns?db={database}
Message search results for PT_%
Wildcard % search supported. Each card shows the message type and version.
Detail Page
URL: /msgdefns/{MESSAGE}?db={database}
Message detail page for PTCS_ACCESSIN
The main pane shows Message Properties (alias, owner, description, audit metadata) and a per-version card listing each message version with its type (Nonrowset-Based, Rowset-Based, Container, Document) and the schema details. The sidebar has 2 related-data toggles.
Full message detail page with both panels expanded
Related Data Panels
Service Operations Using This Message
Service operations that reference this message as request or response payload
Service operations that reference this message as a request or response payload.
Projects Containing This Message
App Designer projects that include this message
App Designer projects containing this message as a project item.
What This Consolidates
In PIA you’d open PeopleTools → Integration Broker → Integration Setup → Messages, switch to the appropriate version, and then separately walk the service operation registry to find references. psLens shows the message and the operations that use it side by side, so you can confirm callers before changing the schema.