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Configuring System Publish and Subscribe for Siebel Master Data Applications

The Publish and Subscribe infrastructure provides workflow policies, workflow processes, and Siebel Universal Customer Master Application messages to publish data records that have been inserted or updated in the Siebel Universal Customer Master Application. The workflow policies track changes to records within the Siebel Universal Customer Master Application and flag them for production; Siebel workflows process the information collected by the workflow policies and guarantee appropriate publication of the changes to subscribed systems. The messages are predefined and used for the publication of records flagged by the workflow policies.

The following procedures describe:

• Configuring real-time publish and subscribe for a system
• Configuring batch-time publish and subscribe for a system

To configure real-time publish and subscribe for a system

1. From the application-level menu, choose Navigate > Site Map > Administration - Universal Customer Master screen.
2. From the link bar, select System Registrations.
3. In the System Registrations list, select the system of interest, and drill down on the hyper link in the System ID field.
4. From the System Detail view, select the Publish/Subscribe tab.
5. In the Publish/Subscribe view, select an existing record to configure or click New.
6. Enter the appropriate information in the available fields to define the publish and subscribe privileges for each object in the system.

   Use the following table for information on each of the fields. Make sure to set the Publish Frequency field to real-time.

   Field	Description
   Object Name	An object stored in Siebel Master Data Applications like Contact, Account, Household, and so on.
   Publish Frequency	How often the Siebel Master Data Applications update the system's information for the selected object. Select the real-time value for real-time publish and subscribe functionality. For the batch-time procedure, see To configure batch-time publish and subscribe for a system.
   Last Published	The last time the Siebel Master Data Applications published record changes for the selected object to this selected system.
   Event	Signifies if the object subscribes to event publishing.
   Start Date	Start date of the publish and subscribe functionality.
   End Date	End date of the publish and subscribe functionality.
   Comment	Comments on the publish and subscribe definition for the selected object of the selected system.

7. From the application-level menu, choose Navigate > Site Map > Administration - Business Process screen.
8. From the link bar, select Workflow Processes.
9. Query for UCM Server Party Package Workflow or a prepared customized workflow.

   For further information on the UCM Server Party Package Workflow, see About Siebel Master Data Application Workflows.

10. Make sure that decision point in the workflow process is set to true, which routes incoming messages to the UCM Publish/Subscribe Service.

    For detailed information on the Siebel Business Process Designer and configuring workflow processes, see Siebel Business Process Designer Administration Guide.

Figure 9 displays the definition of real-time publish and subscribe capabilities for the example system.

Figure 9. Defining System Real-time Publish and Subscribe Capabilities

To configure batch-time publish and subscribe for a system

1. From the application-level menu, choose Navigate > Site Map > Administration - Universal Customer Master screen.
2. From the link bar, select System Registrations.
3. In the System Registrations list, select the system of interest, and drill down on the hyper link in the System ID field.
4. From the System Detail view, select the Publish/Subscribe tab.
5. In the Publish/Subscribe view, select an existing record to configure or click New.
6. Enter the appropriate information in the available fields to define the publish and subscribe privileges for each object in the system.

   Use the following table for information on each of the fields. Make sure to set the Publish Frequency field to Daily Batch.

   Field	Description
   Object Name	An object stored in Siebel Master Data Applications like Contact, Account, Household, and so on.
   Publish Frequency	How often the Siebel Master Data Applications update the system's information for the selected object. Select the daily batch value for batch-time publish and subscribe functionality. For the real-time publish and subscribe procedure, see To configure real-time publish and subscribe for a system.
   Publish Time	Selects at which time the update occurs. Only applicable when Publish frequency is Daily Batch.
   Event	Signifies if the object subscribes to event publishing.
   Last Published	The last time the Siebel Master Data Applications published record changes for the selected object to this selected system.
   Start Date	Start date of the publish and subscribe functionality.
   End Date	End date of the publish and subscribe functionality.
   Comment	Comments on the publish and subscribe definition for the selected object of the selected system.

7. Step off the record to save the system publish and subscribe functionality.

Figure 10 displays the definition of batch-time publish and subscribe capabilities for the example system.

Figure 10. Defining System Batch-time Publish and Subscribe Capabilities