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Configuring Siebel Business Applications > About Business Components, Fields, Joins, and Links > About Business Components > How a Business Component Obtains Data from an External DatabaseA virtual business component is a type of business component that references external data. This data is typically real-time information from an external database, although a virtual business component can reference any source that can supply data in response to a structured query. You can use a virtual business component if you must obtain data from a location other than a table in the Siebel database. You can also use an external business component (EBC), which is type of business component that uses ODBC and SQL to supply data. The EBC allows for efficient development of federated data. For more information, see Integration Platform Technologies: Siebel Enterprise Application Integration. A virtual business component allows you to do the following:
A virtual business component includes the following qualities:
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