Configuring the Adapter for Siebel

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Configuring the adapter consists of specifying connection and authentication information for each of the connections you want to establish.


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Declaring Connection Attributes

How to:

Reference:

In order to connect to Siebel, the adapter requires connection and authentication information. You supply this information using the SET CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES command. You can:

You can declare connections to more than one Siebel data source by including multiple SET CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES commands. The actual connection to Siebel takes place when the first query that references that connection is issued.

If you issue multiple SET CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES commands:



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Procedure: How to Declare Connection Attributes

You can configure the adapter from either the Web Console or the Data Management Console.

  1. From the Web Console menu bar, click Adapters.

    or

    From the Data Management Console, expand the Adapters folder.

    The Adapters folder opens.

  2. Expand the Available folder, if it is not already expanded.
  3. Expand the appropriate group folder and the specific adapter folder. The group folder is described in the connection attributes reference.
  4. Right-click the adapter name and/or version and select Configure.

    The Add Adapter to Configuration pane opens.

  5. Enter values for the parameters required by the adapter, as described in the connection attributes reference.
  6. Click Configure. The configured adapter is added to the Adapters list in the navigation pane.


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Reference: Connection Attributes for Siebel

The Siebel adapter is under the ERP group folder.

The following list describes the connection attributes for which you can supply values. To complete the attribute declaration, click the Configure button.

Connection name

Logical name used to identify this particular set of connection attributes. The default is CON01.

Gateway server: gateway port #

Siebel Gateway Server name.

For Siebel version 7.7 and higher, you must also supply the Gateway server port #.

Enterprise server

Siebel Enterprise Server name.

Object Manager

Siebel Object Manager name.

Siebel server

Siebel Server name.

Note: This parameter is not required for Siebel version 7.7 and higher.

Siebel repository

Name of the repository from which to read Siebel metadata.

Security

There are two methods by which a user can be authenticated when connecting to a database server:

  • Explicit. The user ID and password are explicitly specified for each connection and passed to the database, at connection time, for authentication.
  • Password Passthru. The user ID and password received from the client application are passed to the database, at connection time, for authentication.
User

Username by which you are known to Siebel. This field only displays when the security mode of the server is non-trusted.

Password

Password associated with the user name. This field only displays when the security mode of the server is non-trusted.

Select profile

Select a profile from the drop-down menu to indicate the level of profile in which to store the CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES command. The global profile, edasprof.prf, is the default.

If you wish to create a new profile, either a user profile (user.prf) or a group profile if available on your platform (using the appropriate naming convention), choose New Profile from the drop-down menu and enter a name in the Profile Name field (the extension is added automatically).

Store the connection attributes in the server profile (edasprof).



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Syntax: How to Declare Connection Attributes Manually

Explicit. The user ID and password are explicitly stated in SET CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES commands. You can include these commands in the Server's global profile, edasprof.prf, for all users.

ENGINE SIBIN SET CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES connection_name 
/userid,password;:'Gateway/Enterprise/Obj Mngr/Siebel'

Password Passthru. The user ID and password received from the client application are passed to the Siebel Server for authentication. When a client connects to the server, the user ID and password are passed to Siebel for authentication and are not authenticated by the server.

ENGINE SIBIN SET CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES connection_name :'Gateway[:gateway
port_#]/Enterprise/Obj Mngr/Siebel' 

where:

SIBIN

Indicates the adapter.

connection_name

Is a logical name used to identify this particular set of connection attributes. In the Access File, it becomes the CONNECTION= attribute.

userid

Is the primary authorization ID by which you are known to Siebel.

password

Is the password associated with the primary authorization ID.

'Gateway/Enterprise/Obj Mngr/Siebel'

Is the Siebel connection string. This information must be supplied.

Gateway[:gateway port #]

Is the Siebel Gateway Server name. For Siebel version 7.7 and higher, you must also supply the Gateway server port #.

Enterprise

Is the Siebel Enterprise Server name.

Obj Mngr

Is the Siebel Object Manager name.

Siebel

Is the Siebel Server name. This parameter is not required for Siebel version 7.7 and higher.



Example: Declaring Connection Attributes

Explicit authentication:

ENGINE SIBIN SET CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES CON1 
/USER_ID,PASSWORD;:'ARIBA01/ARIBA01/SCCObjMgr/SiebelSrv'

Password Passthru authentication:

ENGINE SIBIN SET CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES CON2 
:'devportal2/siebel/EAIObjMgr/devportal2'

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