Component Interface (PeopleSoft)

PeopleSoft's mechanism for exposing PeopleSoft business logic to external integrators. A Component Interface (CI) wraps a PeopleSoft Component (a UI screen + its underlying business logic) and presents it as a programmatic interface that external systems can invoke. CIs are accessed via PeopleSoft's REST APIs, the PSJOA (PeopleSoft Java Object Adapter) library, or PeopleSoft Integration Broker.

AE Guardian's people-soft connector uses PSJOA to invoke CIs directly. Common CIs the connector consumes: - CI_PERSONAL_DATA — cardholder demographic data - CI_JOB_DATA — job assignment + position history - CI_PERSON_ROLES_USER — role memberships

Each CI must be exposed to the integration user in PeopleSoft Security — the operator's permission list needs to include the CI in its Component access. This is a frequent setup gotcha: the operator can log in but can't invoke the CI because the permission list wasn't extended.