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Making Extension Tables Available for Population by EIM

To understand how to modify your data schema to use EIM, see Data Objects Layer. Work with your database administrator to populate the interface table with the extension column data and matching user keys. Run EIM to import the data from the interface table into the target tables.

To make an extension table available for population by EIM

  1. Lock the EIM Interface Table project.
  2. Navigate to the EIM Interface Table object, create a new record, and then complete its properties, for example Name and Target Table Name.
  3. Click Activate in the EIM Tables list.

    4. The temporary columns required to populate the extension table are created.

  4. Navigate to the Table object, and then select the EIM interface table created in Step 2.
  5. Click Apply in the Tables list, complete the fields in the Apply Schema dialog as shown in To update your local environment.

    6. The generated temporary columns are applied to the database.

  6. Click Activate in the Tables list.

    7. The extension table is available to be populated by EIM.


 Siebel Tools Reference, Version 7.5, Rev. A 
 Published: 18 April 2003