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Customizing the Analytics Content on the Siebel Operational Application Home Page

Siebel Analytics applications are integrated with Siebel eBusiness applications using the symbolic URL infrastructure. The following section explains how to use symbolic URLs to link a new report to a Siebel operational application home page and how to add new Analytics Dashboards to the Siebel operational application.

NOTE:  For more information on the symbolic URL infrastructure, refer to Siebel Portal Framework Guide. This section assumes that you have successfully built a symbolic URL to link some external content, using the instructions given in Siebel Portal Framework Guide.

For each Analytical report on a Siebel operational application home page, there is a symbolic URL record defined that links the applet to the Analytics report. If you have not already done so, you need to create a new Homepage applet and set it up to use a symbolic URL.

To configure a new Home Page applet to use a symbolic URL

  1. Make sure the symbolic URL has been set up.
  2. Launch the Siebel operational application and navigate to the Integration Administration > Symbolic URL Administration view.
  3. Query for the symbolic URL that has been set up for Analytics.

    The name of this symbolic URL should be exactly the same as the calculated value of the field that was added to the Business Component. For example, you may have a symbolic URL named HomePageAnalytics.

  4. In the URL field, enter the Web URL:

    http://NQHOST/Analytics/saw.dll

    For the Host Name, choose the Analytics Server Name with the pick applet from the list. NQHOST in the URL is a virtual name that points to the Analytics Web machine. The other parameters are:

    • Fixup Name: Inside Applet
    • SSO Disposition: Inline
    • Analytics Web application name: Select from the pick list
  5. Create the appropriate symbolic URL Arguments.

    These arguments depend upon the particular Analytics report that you are trying to display. The symbolic URL arguments should be as shown in Table 41.

    Table 41.  Symbolic URL Arguments for Reports
    Name
    Registered
    Type
    Path Argument Value
    Append
    Sequence #
    Cmd
    Y
    Constant
    Go
    Y
    1
    Path
    Y
    Constant
    /shared/Sales/Pipeline/Overview/Top 10 Deals
    Y
    2
    Syndicate
    Y
    Constant
    Siebel
    Y
    3
    nQUser
    Y
    Command
    UseSiebelLoginId
    Y
    4
    nQPassword
    Y
    Command
    UseSiebelLoginPassword
    Y
    5

    The Argument Values should be the same for any Analytics report you work with, except for the Path Argument Value. The Path argument tells the symbolic URL the path to the report on the Analytics Web. To determine the path to the report, log on to your Analytics Web as an Administrator. In Siebel eBusiness Applications, you can access this view through Answers > Siebel Analytics Web Administration. Select Manage Analytics Catalog, then navigate to your report. The full path for the report in our example is /shared/Sales/Pipeline/Overview/Top 10 Deals. Add this path name to the Symbolic URL argument.


 Siebel Analytics Installation and Configuration Guide
 Published: 09 September 2004