4
Sep
2009
Siebel – Installer hangs midway
In my website statistics, I see somebody trying to find a solution to the above problem. The Siebel Installer starts, when you start an installation. However, it doesn’t complete and it hangs somewhere in the midway. I write this just when I was having the exact same problem today (I hope that explains the smiley which opens this post!).
17
Aug
2009
Siebel – Run Case Insensitive queries
This is a nice tip I ran across. All the Siebel Developers use Siebel Tools and Siebel Web Client extensively. And, each one of us run over a hundred queries daily. However, when querying for some data, for eg. a Business Service Name in Tools, Siebel generally demands we enter the correct case. To streamline the process and improve productivity, I continuously keep making minor modifications in my environment settings.
11
Aug
2009
Siebel – Vanilla Functionality
What is Siebel Vanilla functionality?
Somebody recently asked me this question. Though trivial, it could be quite foxing for somebody new to the Siebel Development community. It is a part of the normal Siebel jargon.
6
Aug
2009
Siebel EIM – USING SYNONYMS
Performance is always a major issue in most of the Siebel Intallations. In a project where large scale EIM Processing is needed, rest assured, Performance would be the from amongst the most discussed topics, at least from the Acceptance Testing phase, if not before!
EIM Data loads can turn out to be for millions of records, and many tens of GBs of Data being imported is a common sight (talking in terms of the Oracle Database Data File footprint). The customer has to be around that size, if he is actually going in for a Siebel CRM implementation I guess!
5
Aug
2009
Siebel – Automatic User Logout
Logging out a user automatically, when the user does not explicitly logoff.
This one came up as a request from NP on GeeksBlogging@dotCOM. I believe this would possibly be a very frequent issue and a common problem in almost all the Siebel Installations. The users generally come from a Sales background. They hardly care how they actually close the Siebel Application. In most cases, they just press the (X) button on top of the Browser window, rather than explicitly selecting File -> Logout.
25
Jun
2009
Siebel – Popup Update Only
Hi all,
I was working with Siebel Multi Valued Links (MVLs) for some of the configuration requirements in our project. Siebel Configuration is a vast world in itself. I always feel I am learning something new everyday!
We generally use MVLs to fetch data through typical “Links” that we configure in Siebel BCs. We once across an interesting requirement which I am sharing with all of you.
Requirement: To suppress the opening of the MVG Pop up Applet for a particular Multi Valued Field (MVF).
8
Jun
2009
Siebel – EAI Siebel Adapter Search Spec
Hi,
I can bet that for anybody who has worked on Siebel EAI, ‘EAI Siebel Adapter’ is not an Alien term. This post is about EAI Siebel Adapter’s Query method.
How to restrict the number of Child records returned in Siebel adapter’s Query.
Scenario – Order and related Order Line Items
7
Jun
2009
Siebel EIM – Nomenclature of Custom Column
Previous post regarding new custom columns mapping in EIM table seems very useful for Siebel developers. Especially, the ones that are planning a new move to this territory of Siebel. Brijesh has written it beautifully which you can read from the link below:
SIEBEL EIM – CUSTOM COLUMN MAPPING
I have also applied the same tips given in SIEBEL EIM – CUSTOM COLUMN MAPPING. In one of our implementations, we have number of custom columns in S_ORDER table and have the requirement to update two of the existing custom fields X_TEST_DUMMY_COLS_VALUE and X_TEST_VAL.
22
May
2009
Siebel- Close Browser window when logging off
In case of standard interactivity applications like eSales , eService, when user logs off, he is directed to the page through which he logged in the application. But there is a requirement to close the IE when user logs off. Here we are doing this for eSales Application. This can be done in following manner:
• Create a new .swt file say “LogOffDestination “ which contains following HTML script:
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
</body>
20
May
2009
Siebel – Remove About SRF Window
In my previous post, I had discussed as to how we can control how we can control the data being displayed in the Siebel Client, About SRF window. You can read the article here.
One impromptu question came up from the audience, “What if I want to limit opening of the About SRF window itself in the first place?”. I said, “Nice question!”.
Try out the following steps to disable the About SRF window itself from Siebel Web Client.
