# Use Cases

> See how different PeopleSoft team members use psLens: developers, security administrators, system administrators, and business analysts.

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<p class="lead mt-4">Look up a record without opening App Designer. Catch a stuck IB message before users do. Audit who can run a web service from one screen.</p>
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<h4 class="h3">Developers</h4>
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<p>Search records, fields, pages, components, SQL objects, and application packages from a browser. No App Designer VM, no menu navigation.</p>

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<p><a href="/docs/use-cases/developers/">Learn More</a></p>
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<p>Reports surface permission lists granting access to hundreds of components, nodes without passwords, and web service endpoints anyone with PTPT1000 can call. Trace access from users through roles to permission lists in one screen.</p>

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<p><a href="/docs/use-cases/security-admins/">Learn More</a></p>
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<p>Know about problems before users report them. Real-time alerts for process failures, long-running jobs, and stalled Integration Broker messages.</p>

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<p><a href="/docs/use-cases/sysadmins/">Learn More</a></p>
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<p>Understand PeopleSoft configuration without needing App Designer or database access. Research components, security setup, and page structure independently.</p>

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<p><a href="/docs/use-cases/business-analysts/">Learn More</a></p>
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<h4 class="h3">Reducing App Designer Access</h4>
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<p>Stop granting developer tools for research tasks. psLens gives your team read-only metadata access without the security risk of App Designer.</p>

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<p><a href="/docs/use-cases/reducing-app-designer-access/">Learn More</a></p>
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<p>Export PeopleSoft objects to Markdown and feed them to ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot for code review, documentation, impact analysis, and knowledge transfer.</p>

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<p><a href="/docs/use-cases/ai-enablement/">Learn More</a></p>
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Section pages:

- [psLens for Developers](/docs/use-cases/developers/): How PeopleSoft developers use psLens to research objects, understand code, and work faster without App Designer.
- [psLens for Security Administrators](/docs/use-cases/security-admins/): How PeopleSoft security administrators use psLens to audit access, run security reports, and manage permission lists, roles, and users.
- [psLens for System Administrators](/docs/use-cases/sysadmins/): How PeopleSoft system administrators use psLens to monitor processes, Integration Broker, and get real-time alerts on problems.
- [psLens for Business Analysts](/docs/use-cases/business-analysts/): How business analysts use psLens to understand PeopleSoft configuration, research components, and make informed decisions without developer tools.
- [Reducing App Designer Access](/docs/use-cases/reducing-app-designer-access/): Why granting App Designer access for metadata research creates unnecessary risk, and how psLens provides a safer alternative with read-only browsing.
- [AI Enablement for PeopleSoft](/docs/use-cases/ai-enablement/): How psLens exports PeopleSoft metadata as Markdown so AI and LLM tools like ChatGPT and Claude can read objects, code, and projects.