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Oracle Siebel CRM 8 Developer's Handbook

Oracle Siebel CRM 8 Developer's Handbook

By : Alexander Hansal
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Oracle Siebel CRM 8 Developer's Handbook

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Table of Contents (33 chapters)
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Oracle Siebel CRM 8 Developer's Handbook
Credits
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Credits
About the Author
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About the Author
About the Reviewer
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About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
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www.PacktPub.com
Preface
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Preface
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Siebel Tools and the Siebel Repository
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Siebel Tools and the Siebel Repository
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Siebel Tools user interface
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Siebel Repository metadata
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Summary
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Developer Tasks
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Developer Tasks
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Initializing the local database
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Getting object definitions from the server database
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Projects and objects
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Siebel Tools Options
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The development process
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Local locking and prototyping
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Archiving object definitions
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Importing archived object definitions
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Comparing object definitions
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Searching the Siebel Repository
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Integrating external source control systems
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Automating developer tasks using command line options
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Keeping the upgrade in mind
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Summary
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Case Study Introduction
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Case Study Introduction
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Background of All Hardware (AHA)
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Description of AHA's business processes
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Requirements for AHA
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Summary
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Symbolic Strings
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Symbolic Strings
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Understanding symbolic strings
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Creating and using symbolic strings
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Using message categories
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Localizing Siebel applications
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Summary
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Creating and Configuring Applets
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Creating and Configuring Applets
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Understanding applets and web templates
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Creating and modifying form applets
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Creating and modifying list applets
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Other applet types
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Summary
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Views and Screens
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Views and Screens
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Understanding views and screens
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Creating and modifying views
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Adding a view to a screen
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Registering a new view
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Summary
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Business Components and Fields
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Business Components and Fields
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Understanding business components
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Creating joins and fields
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Controlling field level behavior
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Controlling business component behavior
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Summary
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The Data Layer
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The Data Layer
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Understanding tables, columns, and indexes
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Considerations for custom schema changes
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Using preconfigured extension tables
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Creating custom columns
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Creating custom indexes
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Creating custom tables
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Applying schema changes to local and server databases
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Summary
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Business Objects and Links
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Business Objects and Links
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Understanding business objects and links
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Creating a child business component on a 1:M extension table
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Case study example: Creating links
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Case study example: Configuring business objects
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Summary
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Pick Lists
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Pick Lists
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Understanding pick lists
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Case study example: Creating a new static pick list for an existing field
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Administering the list of values table
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Case study example: Creating dynamic pick lists
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Case study example: Reusing existing pick lists
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Case study example: Creating pick applets
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Case study example: Testing pick list configurations
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Constrained and hierarchical pick lists
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Summary
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Multi Value Fields
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Multi Value Fields
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Understanding multi value fields
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Creating multi value fields using the MVG wizard
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Case study example: Creating multi value group (MVG) and association list applets
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Summary
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Configuring Access Control
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Configuring Access Control
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Understanding Siebel access control
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Configuring view properties for Siebel access control
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Defining business component view modes
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Configuring additional object types for access control
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Summary
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User Properties
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User Properties
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Understanding user properties
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Business component and field user properties
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Applet, control, and list column user properties
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View user properties
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Summary
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Configuring Navigation
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Configuring Navigation
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Understanding drilldown objects
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Creating static drilldowns
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Creating dynamic drilldowns
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Configuring the thread bar
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Configuring toggle applets
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Summary
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Customizing the Look and Feel of Siebel Applications
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Customizing the Look and Feel of Siebel Applications
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Understanding Siebel web templates
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Considerations for customizing the look and feel of Siebel applications
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Creating custom web templates
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Customizing web pages
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Customizing style sheets
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Configuring bitmaps and icon maps
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Case study example: Using an icon map
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Case study example: Replacing the application logo
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Summary
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Menus and Buttons
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Menus and Buttons
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Understanding the Siebel event framework
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Creating applet buttons
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Configuring command objects
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Case study example: Configuring application menu items
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Case study example: Configuring toolbar buttons
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Case study example: Configuring applet menu items
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Summary
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Business Services
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Business Services
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Understanding business services
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Preconfigured business services
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Testing business services
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Case study example: Invoking a business service method from a runtime event
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Summary
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Supporting Integration Interfaces
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Supporting Integration Interfaces
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Understanding integration objects
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Creating internal integration objects
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Defining integration component keys
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Testing integration objects
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Advanced settings for integration objects
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Summary
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Siebel Workflow
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Siebel Workflow
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Understanding Siebel Workflow
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Designing and creating workflow processes
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Simulating and testing workflow processes
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Publishing, activating, and managing workflow processes
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Invoking workflow processes
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Case study example: Defining runtime events
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Case study example: Decision steps and Siebel operations
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Summary
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Advanced Siebel Workflow Topics
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Advanced Siebel Workflow Topics
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Exception handling in workflow processes
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Subprocesses
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Loops and iterations
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Advanced workflow techniques
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Summary
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Siebel Task User Interface
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Siebel Task User Interface
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Understanding the Siebel Task UI
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Case study example: Supporting a business process with Task UI
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Publishing, activating, and administering tasks
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Testing and debugging tasks
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Using applet messages
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Summary
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Extending Siebel CRM Functionality with eScript
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Extending Siebel CRM Functionality with eScript
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Introduction to Siebel scripting
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When to use Siebel scripting
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Creating a custom business service
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Declaring business service methods and arguments
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Testing and debugging scripts
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Summary
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Advanced Scripting Techniques
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Advanced Scripting Techniques
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Browser scripting
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Using translatable messages
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Tracing
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Performance profiling
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Summary
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Deploying Configuration Changes between Environments
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Deploying Configuration Changes between Environments
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Repository migration
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Exporting and importing repository data
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Exporting and importing administrative data
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Application Deployment Manager (ADM) overview
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Installing a Siebel CRM Self-Study Environment
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Installing a Siebel CRM Self-Study Environment
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Hardware requirements
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Third-party software requirements
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Downloading and extracting Siebel CRM software installers
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Installing Siebel CRM client software
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Importing Code Files
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Importing Code Files
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Importing Siebel Tools archive files (SIF)
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Importing administrative data files
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More Information
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More Information
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Getting trained
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Finding information

Chapter 22. Extending Siebel CRM Functionality with eScript

In the previous chapters of this book, we explored many aspects of configuring Siebel CRM applications in order to adapt the system to our customer's requirements. All the different techniques discussed so far have one thing in common: they are declarative. This means that the developer creates and modifies records in the Siebel Repository and defines objects by editing their properties via the Siebel Tools user interface. At no time is it necessary to modify existing code or write code such as SQL scripts or C++ programs.

In the late nineties, when Siebel CRM was in its early versions and declarative options were limited, for example Siebel Workflow did not exist until Siebel 2000, developers often relied upon the possibility of extending the existing functionality with custom written program code.

Becoming more mature in versions 7 and 8, the preconfigured functionality of Siebel CRM is often sufficient to implement complex requirements...

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