Editing PeopleSoft (section)

== Product design ==
The original architecture for the PeopleSoft was a suite of products built on a [[client–server]] (two-tier) approach with a dedicated [[client (computing)|client]].<ref name="CS" /> With the release of version 8, the entire suite was rewritten as an [[n-tier]] [[World Wide Web|web]]-centric design called PeopleSoft Internet Architecture (PIA).<ref name="CS"/> The new format allowed all of a [[company]]'s business functions to be accessed and run from within a [[web browser]].<ref name="CTS">{{cite book
 | last = Anderson
 | first = Lynn
 | author-link = Lynn Anderson
 | title = Understanding PeopleSoft8
 | publisher = Sybex
 | year = 2001
 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/understandingpeo00lynn/page/58 58]
 | isbn = 0-7821-2930-7
 | url = https://archive.org/details/understandingpeo00lynn/page/58
 }}
</ref>

The PeopleSoft application suite functions as an [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]] system, similar to [[SAP ERP|SAP]], or as single modules.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

Implementation focused on PeopleSoft's proprietary [[PeopleTools]] technology. PeopleTools includes many different components used to create web-based applications.