Siebel table relationships and referential integrity
User, primary, and foreign keys
Party and denormalized data
ROW_IDs
Temporary, required, and extension columns
EIM Architecture
EIM (interface) tables
Base, target, or destination tables
EIM to base table mappings
EIM jobs
Configuration (.ifb) files
Parameters
EIM imports and updates
Processing steps
.IFB options
Resolution of foreign keys and list of values
ROW_ID values
Primaries
Populating the EIM table
Data mappings
Source to base
Determining the interface table
Determining required columns and values
Controlling processing and logging
Only base tables/columns
Insert rows/update rows
Net change
Session SQL
Default/fixed columns
Filter Query
Skip BU_ID
Tracing
Updating User Keys
EIM_PARTY_UK
EIM_ORG_EXT_UK
Setting Primaries
Explicit
Implicit
MISC SQL
Populating Extension Columns
EIM/Interface Table Mapping Wizard
Apply, Activate, and Validate
Exporting Data
Clear Interface Table
Export Matches
Export All Rows
Populating BU columns
Deleting Data
Cascade deletes
Delete Exact
Delete Matches
Delete All Rows
Commit Options
Description:
Students get hands-on practice: mapping external data to Siebel tables and columns; using EIM table reports to
determine how to populate EIM tables and columns to load base tables; running EIM import, export, and delete jobs;
and dealing with party data, user keys, primaries, and extensions. It is appropriate for Siebel 15.x and 8.x customers.
Practices are performed using Open UI.
Learn To:
Import legacy data into the Siebel database
Export Siebel data to an external system
Mass delete Siebel data
