Hey, Connected Campus Groupies! 👋
Can you believe our Spotlight Month is already wrapping up? We’ve shared, learned, chatted, and hopefully had a little fun along the way!
Thank you for making the month special by engaging with our content and conversations. 💙
But before we turn off the Spotlight... ENCORE! 🎤✨
We’ve gathered everything right here so you can catch what you missed, revisit a favorite, or save this post for a rainy day.
All the content. All the fun. One handy post.
👇 Click the links below and enjoy!
Top Discussions
Our CoP champs may have started these, but community members definitely built upon them! Special shoutouts go to @Iman Essaghir, @Mohammad Sheikh, @Patrick Beatty, @Kevin Shalla, @Mital Naik, @Janelle Baugh for the super engagers that they are!
For Technical
Contributor who posted the most messages: @Anna Kourouniotis
Title of thread with the most replies & most recommends: How Are You Using AI for PeopleSoft Development? (n = 7 + 3) wirtten by @Sagaya Alphonse.
For Reporting
Contributor who posted the most messages: @Anna Kourouniotis
Title of thread with the most replies & most recommends: Demystifying the Agg checkbox on PS Query! by @Paula McDaniel
For Integration Community of Practice
Contributor who posted the most messages: @Anna Kourouniotis
Title of thread with the most replies & most recommends: PeopleTools 8.63: What Should PeopleSoft Developers Be Looking At? by @Sagaya Alphonse
For Security & Authentication
Contributor who posted the most messages: @Anna Kourouniotis
Title of thread with the most replies & most recommends: Welcome Newest Members of Connected Campus!
Community Members Who Joined Us in September
A total of 14 new members joined Technical, 13 joined Reporting, 4 joined Security & Authentication, and 6 Integration Community of Practice.
So Many Blogs!
Our top bloggers this month were @Paula McDaniel with 4 and @Jacqueline Ang with 3!
Index Says Success, Search Says Nothing
Gaurav Ohri published something that anyone running Global Search on OpenSearch might find useful. Check out this five-minute triage sequence, the six usual causes with the exact PeopleTools 8.62 navigation paths, the errors you're likely to meet, and where the logs actually live.
AI Personal Assistant Using OpenClaw
Jacqueline Ang built a simple personal AI assistant and illustrates her end-end process in a helpful video embedded in this blog post!
Markdown and Advanced Prompting Techniques
Jacqueline Ang explains how to write clearer AI prompts by treating them like recipes, and how to save the ones that work as reusable team templates. It covers structure, techniques like few-shot examples and prompt chaining, and building in human review.
PeopleSoft and Accessibility: A Practical Starting Point
Padmaja Kurumaddali talks all about accessibility in PeopleSoft in her latest article that focuses on a tried and tested framework at Syracuse University.
Using n8n for a simple workflow
Jacqueline Ang breaks down an AI workflow using n8n and highlights that feedback/survey form automation is about identifying the process and pattern first and selecting the tool later.
From Elastic to OpenSearch: A Migration Playbook
Gaurav Ohri shares a practical playbook for migrating from Elasticsearch to OpenSearch - covering the planning considerations, the migration approach, and the lessons learned along the way.
PeopleTools 8.63: What Should PeopleSoft Developers Be Looking At?
Sagaya Alphonse covers the highlights of PeopleTools 8.63, highlighting the features that stood out to her, including App Design AI Assist and Natural Language Search.
Query Prompt Series Session 1 - Wildcard Prompts
Paula McDaniel shares her expert knowledge of PS Query prompting in the first of many blog posts that provide step-by-step instructions into features such as wildcard and optional prompting.
Query Prompt Series Session 2 - Optional Prompts
Paula McDaniel shares her expert knowledge of PS Query prompting in this second post about optional prompts—because sometimes users want to filter by a field, and sometimes they really don't!
Query Prompt Series Session 3 - Comma-Delimited Prompts
Paula McDaniel shows us how to create comma-delimited prompts that let users enter one or many values in the same prompt.
Query Prompt Series Session 4 - One Prompt to Rule Them All! The Flex Prompt!
Paula McDaniel finishes this series with a prompt to rule all of query land! Introducing the Flex prompt which combines wildcard, optional, and comma delimited in one!
Oracle Fusion AI: Capabilities, Architecture, and Adoption Considerations
Piyush Patel covers an in-depth analysis of Oracle Fusion AI and the generative, predictive, conversational, and agent-based capabilities into parts of Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications across ERP, HCM, SCM, and CX.
How I used AI to pick a solid visual for a one-slide story
Anna Kourouniotis illustrates an AI-assisted workflow with Microsoft Copilot for prototyping a visualization and refining it multiple times before compiling the final product in PowerPoint.
Examples from Colleagues why they are important
Sandra Asebedo reminds us that communities like HEUG help turn technical challenges into learning opportunities.
Connecting SLATE and Campus Solutions – Integrations lessons Learned
Sagaya Alphonse shares how Boston University implemented Technolutions Slate for graduate admissions and how successful integration architecture is less about moving fields and more about managing ownership, state, and failure.
Training Webinars & Coffee Chats
Brewing Solutions: A Coffee Hour with the Connected Campus
Anna Kourouniotis from Duke University shows us how we can use Excel’s Power Query to clean and transform our data the easy way!
The Analytic Function Checkbox Explained
Watch Paula McDaniel from work some magic with the Analytic Function Checkbox in PS Query. You are sure to leave the webinar with more than a handful of tips that will surely help you understand what PS query is doing behind the scenes.
Data Stories by Design: Narrative Foundations for Clear Presentation (Part 1)
Curious about how you might develop a narrative, apply techniques that engage your audience, weave in data-driven stories, and ultimately present those stories with greater confidence and clarity? Then join Anna Kourouniotis from Duke University in this first of a two-part webinar series.
Data Stories by Design: Narrative Foundations for Clear Presentation (Part 2)
Learn how to apply core design and narrative principles to your data visualizations, creating an impactful experience for your audience in this second and final part presented by Anna Kourouniotis from Duke University.
PS Query Live! Let's Build Together
Scott Nishizaki from Azusa Pacific took folks on a fun PS Query building exercise where collaboration was met with enthusiasm! View the recording now!