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Term Definition Category
DML

computer programming language used for adding, deleting, and modifying data in a database.
 

Development
DMS

Data Mover, you can run DDL, DML, and SQL scripts created with the following tools: PeopleSoft Data Mover (DMS scripts). Build SQL functionality in Application Designer (SQL scripts). Platform-specific SQL utilities (SQL scripts).
 

PeopleSoft
Document

Document: A data structure in Boomi that represents a message or payload being exchanged between systems. Documents can be defined using XML, JSON, or other formats.
 

Integration
DTF

Digital Transformation
 

Common Acronyms
Due Diligence

Due diligence is the requirement that organizations must develop and deploy a protection plan to prevent fraud, abuse, and additional deploy a means to detect them if they occur.
 

Identity Management & Security
Dumpster Diving

Dumpster Diving is obtaining passwords and corporate directories by 
searching through discarded media.

Identity Management & Security
Effort Certification

Certification and compliance for federally funded employees’ financial transactions and reporting.

Release Management & QA
Email/ID lookup

Simple PHP/Webservice page for students to lookup SA Emplid (Student ID) or campus email address
 

Release Management & QA
Emergency Change Controls

Generally defined as changes that need to be completed sooner than allowed for Routine or Normal changes. There are two types of emergency changes; restoration and avoidance. Completed change control documentation must be submitted within one (1) business day after resolution of the emergency.

Change Management
eMill

Email software used for mass mailings 
 

Release Management & QA
EMP

Employee
 

Common Acronyms
Enterprise Web Single Sign-on (SSO)

Web Single Sign-On (Web SSO) is a process that gives users the ability to access multiple Secure Access web applications with a single login (authentication).
 

Identity Management & Security
Entitlement Management

Entitlement Management is a process that grants entitlements to an account enabling the account owner (user) to perform a specific task or function.
 

Identity Management & Security
Environment

A logical grouping of resources in Boomi, such as atoms, processes, connectors, and configurations. Environments help organize and manage integration components.
 

Integration
ER

Expense Report
 

Common Acronyms
Error Handling

Boomi allows you to define error handling logic to handle exceptions, retries, and other error scenarios that may occur during integration process execution.
 

Integration
ES

Eslastic search - is a search and analytics engine for all types of data, including textual, numerical, geospatial, structured, and unstructured, which is based on Apache Lucene. Its built with Java and it is a NoSQL database. That means it stores data in an unstructured way and that you cannot use SQL to query it.
 

Release Management & QA
ETL (Extract, Transform, Load)

The process of extracting data from various sources, transforming it into a suitable format, and loading it into a target system or database.
 

Integration
EX

Expense
 

Common Acronyms
ExcelToCI

The Excel to CI is a utility that's used to import data. It enables you, as the user, to upload data into the PeopleSoft database from an Excel Spreadsheet. 
 

PeopleSoft
External Accounting Lines (GL)

Creates accounting entries and populates the external accounting line table with transactions from outside sources.  (Ex: AMH OCS - office and classroom supplies recharge).
 

Finance System
Finance

Provides access to financial transactions and reporting.

Release Management & QA
Fiscal Year End

It is a procedure that finalizes and closes out all financial activity for a certain fiscal year.
 

Finance System
FSBWTST

Finance Buyways Test Database
 

Common Acronyms
FSDEV

Finance Development Database
 

Common Acronyms
FSLTD

Finance Long-Term Development Database
 

Common Acronyms
FSLTT

Finance Long Term Test Database
 

Common Acronyms
FSPRD

Finance Production Database
 

Common Acronyms
FSTST

Finance Test Database
 

Common Acronyms
Gantt Chart

A Gantt chart is a type of visual project management that displays a project in the form of a timeline. It's an easy way to track a project lifecycle and estimate end dates for certain project activities. Gantt charts enable project managers to easily see what work needs to be done, who is doing it, and when. Tasks are represented by a horizontal bar that represents how long that specific initiative should take.

Project Management Office