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Using ASIs

Siebel ASIs are prebuilt and ready to use for integration between Siebel applications and external applications. ASIs require no change to the actual interface to be deployed and include prebuilt data maps that require no customization. You can deactivate fields and components within ASIs with no loss of their release-independence or upgradeability.

You can customize ASIs by adding new components and fields. For more information about customizing, see Customizing an Application Services Interface.

NOTE:  For other, customized interfaces (that is, not prebuilt ASIs) that you build, upgradeability across releases is not guaranteed.

The key activities when using ASIs include:

• Configuring ASIs
• Deactivating ASI Components and Fields
• Real Time and Asynchronous Processing with ASIs