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Distributing Different CFG Files to Different Users

It is possible to distribute different CFG files to different sets of users. For example, you might have two groups of users, Sales users and Engineering users, each group using a different CFG file with their respective Siebel Applications. The following procedure describes how to use Siebel Anywhere to send a new CFG file to each group.

To distribute different CFG files to different groups of users

  1. Prepare all of the CFG files your various groups will use.
  2. Launch the Siebel Application.
  3. From the application-level menu, select View > Site Map > Siebel Anywhere Administration.
  4. From the Show drop-down list, click Upgrade Components.

    5. The Upgrade Components list appears.

  5. Create a component for each language, such as Sales CFG_ENU, similar to the Siebel Call Center CFG component. Use the Copy Record option. Set the values for the columns for each record as shown in the following tables.

    6. Example values for Record 1:

    Field
    Comment
    Name
    Sales CFG
    Component Type
    Siebel CFG_ENU File
    Min Version
    100
    Max Version
    Should be blank for a new component
    Locate Method
    CFG
    Locate Information
    Siebel,ClientRootDir,bin\enu\sales.cfg
    Version Method
    CFG
    Version Information
    Siebel,Version

    Example values for Record 2:

    Field
    Comment
    Name
    Engineering CFG
    Component Type
    Siebel CFG_ENU File
    Min Version
    100
    Max Version
    Should be blank for a new component
    Locate Method
    CFG
    Locate Information
    Siebel,ClientRootDir,bin\enu\eng.cfg
    Version Method
    CFG
    Version Information
    Siebel,Version

  6. Create a configuration for each language combination for each group of users (such as Sales and Engineering), and add the appropriate CFG components you just created as related components.

    7. See Upgrade Planning and Preliminary Tasks for details.

  7. Go to Siebel Anywhere Administration > Upgrade Kits and use Auto Create to create one kit for each group of users.

    8. For example, you might create one kit for Sales users, using the Sales CFG component and the Sales.cfg file, and another for Engineering users, using the Engineering CFG component and Eng.cfg file.

  8. Apply the kits, and be sure to click on the Require Upgrade Kit button in the Apply Upgrade Kit Version Information dialog box.

The following procedure describes how to test the distribution of different CFG files to different groups of users.

To test distributing CFG files to different groups of users

  1. From the application-level menu, select View > Site Map > Siebel Anywhere Administration > Configuration.
  2. Add the new CFG components (such as Sales CFG and Engineering CFG) to the Siebel Test Client configuration.
  3. Add two or more users to the Employee list for Siebel Test Client.
  4. Distribute the Siebel Test Client to verify that you can retrieve the kit successfully.
  5. Make sure that your test users' CFG files reflect the correct ComponentName in their CFG files.

    6. For example, Sales users should have this parameter set to Sales Configuration while Engineering users should have this parameter set to Engineering Configuration. Also, users should verify an exact match between the ComponentName in the CFG file and Configuration name in the Anywhere Administration > Configuration view.

  6. Distribute the final configurations (such as Sales Configuration and Engineering Configuration) to send the kit to all users.

 Siebel Anywhere Administration Guide 
 Published: 22 August 2003