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Using Formatted Values in Integration Objects

The UseFormattedValues integration object user property allows you to configure the EAI Siebel Adapter to use formatted values.

The Siebel application stores a phone number's format as well as the phone number itself in the Siebel Database to display the phone number in the GUI. How a phone number displays is dependent on the preconfigured format for a specific country.

For example, a +55 555 5555 phone number in an English - ENU database is stored as +555555555 000 0000, where 000 0000 is the formatting mask.

By default, the value of the UseFormattedValues user property is set to N, indicating no formatted values are used. However, you can use scripting or a workflow to configure the EAI Siebel Adapter to force the use of formatted values by setting an integration object's UseFormattedValues user property to Y. In the previous example, the EAI Siebel Adapter will then return the phone number as +55 555 5555, ignoring the zeroes.

NOTE:  UseFormattedValues is set at the integration object level and applies to all formattable fields in the integration object.