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Import New and Revised Data into Siebel Base Tables

The EIM import function can be used in several different ways:

• When initially implementing a Siebel application, load the Siebel database tables with data and file attachments created by external applications. For example, you can import information about product lines and products from an inventory control database into the Products entity in the Siebel database.
• As part of maintaining the Siebel database, you can use EIM for data archival. This not only provides customers with a Siebel database that is optimally using the resources available to it, but also streamlines the implementation of a corporate data archival strategy.
• As part of maintaining a non-Siebel database, you can update it with information from the Siebel database. For example, you might add new customers to an accounting database from the Siebel database.

Refer to Importing Data for a detailed discussion of the import function.