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bUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

Enterprise Reporting Team


Client System Requirements

End User Workstation Requirements
The Business Intelligence Enterprise Reporting system at the
Maricopa County Community Colleges uses Business Objects
Enterprise software. In order for you to use the BOE system,
your personal computer must meet minimum hardware and
software requirements. The requirements presented here are
condensed from People Tools 8.46 Hardware and Software
Requirements:

Technical Guidelines for Success with PeopleSoft Products.
See MCCD Notes at the end of this document. Your local
technical support staff should be able to assist you with
these requirements.

Web Browser and Client Operating System Certifications
Based on internal testing, Internet Explorer 6 is the clear
leader in performance and user interface quality. For the
functional user, where performance and reliability are key,
Internet Explorer 5, 5.5, or 6 are the recommended web
browsers running on Windows NT, 2000,or XP. This com-
bination provides what we feel is an optimal experience.
The following are the combinations of web browser and
client operating systems PeopleSoft is certifying for all
PeopleSoft 8.9 applications on PeopleTools 8.46:

  • Internet Explorer 6 on Windows 98, Windows NT 4,
    Windows 2000 and Windows XP
  • Internet Explorer 5 and 5.5 on Windows NT 4, Windows
    9x, and Windows 2000
  • Internet Explorer 5 on Mac OS 7.6.1 and above
  • Netscape Communicator 4.7x on Windows NT 4, Windows
    9x, Windows 2000, Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS 7.6.1 and
    above (PeopleSoft states they will fix problems related
    to business functionality, but not user interface.)
  • Netscape 7.1 on Windows NT 4, Windows 2000, Windows
    XP, Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS 9/X
  • Note: Mozilla and Apple Safari work well with the re-
    porting portal although they are not supported by People
    Soft at this time.

Hardware Requirements
The following end-user workstation requirements are based
on power user type operations such as intensive data-entry,
navigating between many pages, and so on. Since these re-
quirements stem from real-world scenarios, they are higher
than the manufacturer’s minimum for a given web browser
and operating system combination. However, PeopleSoft
products will function on platforms meeting the manufact-
urer’s minimum requirements for a given web browser and
operating system combination, but will not deliver the optimal
user experience.

General end user workstation hardware requirements are as
follows:

  • 256 MB RAM recommended (64 MB RAM minimum)
  • 800 MHz Pentium or equivalent processor
    (Pentium 166 MHz minimum)
  • VGA controller and display of 800x600 resolution or
    higher and High Color (16 bit) mode for the best display
    results.

In the PeopleSoft Internet Architecture (PIA), the web
browser renders the user interface. The web browser receives
the HTML generated by the application server and displays
the graphic representation of the HTML. The CPU speed of
the client has a great influence on how fast these HTML
pages are rendered. HTML pages for some PeopleSoft
applications can be quite complicated. The web browser
should be configured to take advantage of the HTTP 1.1
Protocol and should also allow adequate disk space for HTML
object caching.

MCCD Notes

  • Recommended screen resolution is 1024x768 or higher.
  • Mozilla, Safari, Opera, and AOL are not supported
    browsers.
  • Cookies must be turned on.
  • Support for international browsers is not yet known. This
    document will be updated when we learn more about
    support for international browsers.
  • PeopleSoft certifies browsers based on the version of
    PeopleTools used to construct the application. The
    current version of PeopleTools is 8.46. Hardware and
    software requirements may change with future versions
    of PeopleTools.