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Loading D&B Data

After you have obtained the three D&B data files, you can start to load the data into the Siebel database. You can load the files in any order, but you must load all three files before running the Siebel update server component.

When creating your data loading scripts, refer to the documentation provided by D&B and to Siebel Data Model Reference.

The scripts and processes differ according to your database platform.

NOTE:  When you integrate D&B data for the first time, you may want to contact Siebel Professional Services to obtain sample loading scripts for use as templates. See Loading D&B Data Using Sample Scripts.

The scripts load D&B data into staging tables in the Siebel database, as shown in Table 82.

NOTE:  Definitions of these tables can be found in Siebel Data Model Reference.

Because SIC and MRC files change only rarely, updating D&B data usually requires deleting and reloading the D&B marketing data in the S_DNB_UPDATE table alone.

If you need to load new versions of the SIC and MRC files, you must delete the previously used staging tables.

Table 83 lists what D&B data to delete and what to load.

After loading files, you must run the D&B Update Manager (D&B) and the D&B Update Manager (Siebel) as described in About Siebel Update Server Components.