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Importing a Siebel Business Component

In the Source Analyzer, click Sources > Import Siebel Business Components.

The wizard appears.

Enter the connection parameters.

The following table describes the connection parameters:

Connection Parameter	Description
Protocol	Protocol used to connect to Siebel. The format for the protocol is siebel[[.transport][.[encryption][.[compression]]]]. The parameters in the protocol format are: transport. Enter http or TCPIP. Default is TCPIP. encryption. Enter NONE or RSA. Default is NONE. compression. Enter NONE or zlib. Default is zlib.
Siebel Server Host	Siebel server host name.
SCBroker Port	Siebel Connection Broker port number.
Enterprise Server	Siebel Enterprise Server name.
Application Object Manager	Siebel application business object manager.
Repository Name	Name of the Siebel repository. If multiple Siebel repositories exist, the Repository Name connection parameter appears if you have configured the connection.properties file to display this parameter.
User Name	Siebel user name to connect to Siebel.
Password	Password for user.
Encoding	Encoding used for communication between the Designer and the Siebel server. By default, the Designer uses the UTF-8 encoding.

For more information about the connection parameters, contact your Siebel system administrator.

Click Connect to connect to Siebel.

If the connection is successful, click Next.

Click Load Objects if you want to load all the business objects for the active application object manager.

Optionally, enter a filter condition to view business objects and business components that meet the condition.

Select a business object and drill down through the selected business object to select the business component you want to import. After you select a business component, the details area displays information about the business component.

You can also import custom business components.

To add special fields, click Add Fields.

You can add the following types of special fields:

System fields. In the System Fields tab, select the system fields, and then select Apply > OK.

Custom or calculated fields. In the System Fields tab, click Add, and then enter the required parameters.

The following table describes the parameters used in the System Fields tab:

Field	Description
Name	Custom field name. The field name must begin with a character.
Datatype	Datatype for the field. Default is DTYPE_TEXT.
Length/Precision	Precision for the field. The precision must be between 1 and 104,857,600. Default value is the default precision of the selected Siebel datatype.
Scale	Scale for the field. The scale must be between 0 and 28. Default is 0.
Calculated	Indicates if the field is configured as a calculated field. Default is No.
Business Name	Business name for the field.
Destination Field	Destination field for the Siebel field.
Comments	Description for the field.

Select the custom field, and then click Apply > OK.

Formatted field. In the Formatted Fields tab, select the fields, and then click Apply > OK.

Click Next.

Enter a name for the source in the Source Name field if you want to change the name of the source.

Click Import.

The wizard shows the fields and number of groups that the Designer created, and the number of groups and fields that the Designer failed to create.

The Designer replaces special characters in the group and field names with an underscore (_). Special characters include space, . , / “ + = ~ ` ! % ^ ( ) [ ] { } : ; ? < > & @ * and |.

Click Import Another Source to import another source.

Repeat steps 1 to 12 to import another source definition.

Click Finish.

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