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Development Process

Your development process should follow the outline below. Information on each step in the outline is provided. An example of creating a new integration touch point is provided in Creating Integration Touch Points.

  1. Modifying the standard integrations (read Modifying Standard Integration Interfaces).
    1. Understanding the standard integrations.
    2. Modifying business service data maps.
  2. Defining your business interface (read Defining Your Business Interface).
    1. Determine the appropriate SAP interface and identify appropriate BAPIs, RFCs, or IDOCs to use.
    2. Identify the appropriate Siebel business object.
    3. Determine the data mapping between the Siebel business object and the SAP data object.
  3. Making necessary Siebel application and SAP customizations (read Making Necessary Siebel Application and SAP R/3 Customizations).
    1. Extend the Siebel Database, business objects, and user interface if necessary.
    2. Customize SAP as necessary.
  4. Building the interface (read Building the Interfaces).
    1. Create an integration object for the SAP data object.
    2. Create a Siebel integration object for the Siebel business object.
    3. Create a business service to perform the data mapping.
    4. Create a workflow to contain the data mapping flow.
  5. Testing the interface (read Testing the Interface).

 Siebel Connector for SAP R/3 
 Published: 22 August 2003