# SWS - Unlock Your PeopleSoft Data

> SWS unlocks your PeopleSoft data for AI integrations, modern applications, and rapid digital transformation. Configuration-driven REST APIs in under 5 minutes.

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<p class="lead mt-5">SWS is a PeopleSoft module that understands your metadata and turns PeopleSoft data into clean REST APIs, ready for AI, modern applications, and partner integrations. <strong>Deploy production web services in under 5 minutes through configuration alone.</strong></p>




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<p>Your PeopleSoft data is the foundation AI needs. SWS exposes it as clean REST APIs for RAG pipelines, LLM integrations, and AI-powered chatbots.</p>

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<p>Build React, Vue, or mobile frontends powered by PeopleSoft data. SWS provides the JSON APIs that modern frameworks expect.</p>

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<p>Traditional PeopleSoft web services cost <a href="/docs/introduction/alternatives/">$3,600-$13,000 each</a> to develop. SWS deploys production APIs in under 5 minutes through configuration alone.</p>

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## PeopleSoft Institutions Face a Modernization Imperative

**AI is here, but your data is locked.** Every institution is evaluating AI, from intelligent advising to automated workflows. But AI systems need access to clean, structured data through APIs. If your PeopleSoft data is trapped behind legacy integration patterns, you are falling behind.

**Your users expect modern digital experiences.** Students, employees, and partners expect mobile-friendly, responsive applications. PeopleSoft Classic and Fluid pages are not meeting those expectations. Modern frontends need REST APIs to function, and traditional PeopleSoft web service development cannot keep pace with demand.

**Integration demands are accelerating.** Salesforce, LMS platforms, student success tools, iPaaS connectors, data warehouses -- every new system needs PeopleSoft data. The integration backlog keeps growing, and each traditional web service takes weeks to months to build.

SWS solves all three challenges with a single platform.

- One install
- Unlimited potential
- Scale from 10 to unlimited web services as your needs grow

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config:
  theme: redux
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graph TD
    ai["AI / LLM<br/>Integration"]:::client
    webapp["Modern Web App<br/>(React, Vue, Mobile)"]:::client
    lms["LMS Integration<br/>Partner"]:::client
    student["Student Success<br/>Partner"]:::client
    salesforce["Salesforce /<br/>iPaaS Platform"]:::client

    subgraph PeopleSoft
        sws["SWS"]:::sws
        data["PeopleSoft Data<br/><br/>- Transactional Data<br/>- Setup Data<br/>- Log Data<br/>- Custom Tables<br/>- Views<br/>- Anything"]:::psdata
        meta["PeopleSoft Object<br/>meta-data"]:::psdata
        sws <-.-> meta
        sws <--> data
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    ai <-->|HTTP GET| sws
    webapp <-->|HTTP GET| sws
    lms <-->|HTTP GET| sws
    student <-->|HTTP GET| sws
    salesforce <-->|HTTP GET| sws

    classDef client fill:#A6D0DD,stroke:#333,color:#000
    classDef sws fill:#FF6969,stroke:#333,color:#fff
    classDef psdata fill:#FFD3B0,stroke:#333,color:#000
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## The Hidden Cost of PeopleSoft Integration

Most PeopleSoft institutions face a growing integration backlog:

- **Vendor implementations are stalled** because the PeopleSoft data feeds they need take weeks to build.
- **Digital transformation initiatives are delayed** by the complexity of exposing PeopleSoft data through traditional Integration Broker development.
- **Skilled developers are scarce.** Finding staff who understand PeopleSoft Integration Broker -- SOAP vs. REST, Documents, Messages, PeopleCode, Routings, and Handlers -- is increasingly difficult.
- **Each integration is expensive.** A single traditional PeopleSoft web service costs [$3,600-$13,000 to develop](/docs/introduction/alternatives/). If your institution needs 10 integrations this year, that is $36,000-$130,000 in development costs -- more than the cost of an SWS Enterprise license.

SWS eliminates this bottleneck. You provide the SQL or use [PsoftQL syntax](/docs/psoftql/), and SWS handles the rest: security, encoding, pagination, metadata, and delivery.

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## Traditional Development vs. SWS

|                             |   Traditional PeopleSoft Web Service    |            With SWS             |
| --------------------------- | --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| **Time to first API**       | 2-6 weeks                               | Under 5 minutes                 |
| **Cost per integration**    | $3,600 - $13,000                        | Included in license             |
| **Skills required**         | PeopleCode developer with IB experience | Power user with SQL knowledge   |
| **Iteration cycle**         | Days (code, test, migrate)              | Minutes (change config, test)   |
| **PeopleSoft upgrade risk** | Custom code in delivered objects        | Zero delivered objects modified |

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## SWS Features

### Built for PeopleSoft

SWS understands PeopleSoft metadata and handles the technical complexity automatically.

- <i class="fa-solid fa-check"></i> Automatic Effective Date, Status, and Sequence handling
- <i class="fa-solid fa-check"></i> Automatic XLAT and prompt table description lookups
- <i class="fa-solid fa-check"></i> Automatic SQL joins on PeopleSoft field names and keys
- <i class="fa-solid fa-check"></i> PsoftQL -- a purpose-built query language that understands PeopleSoft record structures

### Enterprise-Grade Output

- <i class="fa-solid fa-check"></i> JSON, XML, and CSV support
- <i class="fa-solid fa-check"></i> Parent-child nested data structures
- <i class="fa-solid fa-check"></i> Built-in pagination for large data volumes
- <i class="fa-solid fa-check"></i> Response caching for performance

### Zero Development Overhead

- <i class="fa-solid fa-check"></i> Install once, create web services through configuration
- <i class="fa-solid fa-check"></i> No PeopleCode development required for standard use cases
- <i class="fa-solid fa-check"></i> Configuration-only deployment -- no code migration between environments
- <i class="fa-solid fa-check"></i> Native PeopleSoft security model
- <i class="fa-solid fa-check"></i> Works across all PeopleSoft pillars: Campus Solutions, HCM, and Finance

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<p>Power RAG pipelines, AI advisors, intelligent search, and chatbots with clean PeopleSoft data. SWS provides the structured API layer that AI systems require.</p>

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<p>Build modern student, employee, and partner portals with React, Vue, or mobile frameworks &ndash; all backed by real-time PeopleSoft data through SWS APIs.</p>

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<p>Accelerate Salesforce, LMS, student success, and payment platform integrations. Give vendors the data feeds they need in days, not months.</p>

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### More Use Cases

- **Executive Dashboards** -- Extract PeopleSoft metrics for financial, HR, and student success dashboards
- **Data Warehouse Connectors** -- Built-in pagination and metadata for efficient large-volume data extraction
- **iPaaS Platforms** -- SWS serves as a PeopleSoft connector for MuleSoft, SnapLogic, Boomi, and Apigee
- **System Monitoring** -- Extract process scheduler failures, Integration Broker errors, and workflow issues for alerting dashboards
- **LMS Integration** -- Simplify Blackboard, Brightspace, and Canvas integrations with Campus Solutions
- **ChatOps** -- Integrate PeopleSoft data with Slack, Microsoft Teams, and other collaboration platforms
- **SSO Provisioning** -- Support identity and access management integrations

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Built on 25+ years of PeopleSoft integration expertise. SWS is trusted by institutions across higher education, government, and enterprise. Created by the author of [Integration Broker -- The Missing Manual](https://ib.books.cedarhillsgroup.com).

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<p>Follow along as we create a production web service in under 5 minutes.</p>

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