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Siebel Briefings Administration Guide > Integrating External Content > Configuring a Business Component to Allow External Data for BriefingsExternal content appears in Siebel Briefings application in applets. Applets contain list columns or controls that are mapped to fields in specialized business components. These fields do not represent structured data like records from an RDBMS. Rather, each field represents the HTML results that are sent by an external content provider and displayed in an applet. The first step in integrating external content is to add a new field that represents HTML results to a business component. Adding a New Field to a Business ComponentThe following procedure describes how an organization can include the Top News section to Account Briefings. The administrator starts by adding a field to the SI Account External business component. This is a custom field that represents the HTML results sent by TopNews. NOTE: To minimize configuration work, copy an existing field that is already configured to handle external data, and then modify its properties. To add a field to a business component and define field properties
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