Projects

Browse and inspect App Designer project definitions (PSPROJECTDEFN) and their constituent metadata items.
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What It Is

Projects are PeopleSoft’s primary mechanism for grouping metadata objects together for migration between environments (e.g., from Development to Testing to Production). Every project definition is stored in PSPROJECTDEFN, and the items contained within a project are registered in PSPROJECTITEM.

psLens allows you to search and inspect project definitions directly, showing you the exact list of objects included in a project and letting you compare project items across different database environments.

Search Page

URL: /projects?db={database}

The Project Search page lets you locate projects by name (using a prefix match).

  • Basic Search: Type a partial name (e.g., HR or PT) to search. Search matches as starts with. You can use the % wildcard for more complex queries: %UPGRADE% finds any project containing “UPGRADE”, or % alone lists all projects.
  • Advanced Filters:
    • Operator ID: Filter projects last updated by a specific operator (user).
    • Customized Only: Filter to show only projects marked as customized.
    • Date Range: Filter projects based on their last updated date.

Detail Page

URL: /projects/{PROJECTNAME}?db={database}

Project detail page for CHG_LENS_DEMO_WONKY showing project properties and items

Project detail for CHG_LENS_DEMO_WONKY: properties and item list

The Project Detail page shows:

  • Project Properties: Shows metadata about the project itself, such as the description, version, object owner, release, release label, update flags, and the user who last updated it.

  • Project Items: Displays a paginated list of all objects contained within the project, grouped and sorted by object type (e.g., Records, Fields, Pages, Components, PeopleCode).

    Project items flagging non-standard action and take attributes

    Flagging non-standard project items

    Migration & Health Flags: psLens automatically flags non-standard project items in red (as shown above). This highlights things that can cause issues with migrations, such as upgrade flags and actions (e.g., Delete actions or items with Take set to No). This gives you a quick check on the state of your project before migrating.

  • Compare to Database: If you have multiple databases configured in psLens, you can select another database from the card on the page to run a project comparison.

  • Export as Markdown: Export the entire project definition and its items list to a markdown file, which is ideal for change logs, migration documentation, or code reviews.