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Overview

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The Siebel Financial Services Connector for VCML (Value Chain Markup Language) implements integration between Siebel Financial Services Applications and external applications.

VCML is a set of XML-based, industry-specific vocabularies and documents required for communication over the Internet. The VCML transaction sets provide an XML representation of industry-specific EDI transactions. Siebel Financial Services application uses a subset of VCML dedicated to the healthcare industry.

The Siebel Financial Services Connector for VCML receives, parses, and processes the business operations specified in the XML message. It handles both outbound and inbound messages.

This solution allows you to integrate Siebel Financial Services front-office applications and VCML-based applications.

To use the Siebel Financial Services Connector for VCML you need to:

Use the FINS VCML Wizard Service to create integration objects to map data between the Siebel Financial Services application and VCML-based external applications.
Create integration workflows based on the mapped objects.

NOTE:  For additional information on integration with Siebel eBusiness Applications in general, see Overview: Siebel eBusiness Application Integration Volume I and Siebel Financial Services eBusiness Application Integration Guide.

Required Components

The Siebel Financial Services Connector for VCML requires the following components in order to implement message exchanges between Siebel Financial Services Applications and VCML-compliant applications:

Siebel Financial Services Applications
A license to use the Siebel Financial Services Connector for VCML

The Siebel Financial Services Connector for VCML license key can be obtained from Siebel Manufacturing Operations. Log a service request on Siebel SupportWeb if you need to obtain a license key.

NOTE:  Siebel Financial Services Connector for VCML is not automatically available as part of Siebel Financial Services, but must be acquired separately.

Siebel Event Manager to initiate a workflow process through a Siebel workflow manager (optional). In the absence of the event manager, an eScript can initiate a workflow process. Siebel Workflow is delivered as a part of Siebel Financial Services Applications.

NOTE:  You should also be familiar with VCML models. Additional information about these models can be obtained by visiting http://www.vcml.net.

This guide assumes that these products have been successfully installed and tested for completeness by trained personnel before starting to use the Siebel Financial Services Connector for VCML for integration.

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