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Universal Connector Architecture

The Siebel Data Quality Universal Connector uses prebuilt Siebel business services for data cleansing and deduplication. These business services include a generalized adapter that can communicate to an external data quality application by way of a set of dynamic-link library (DLL) files. For Windows, the DLL files are stored in the \bin\<language> directory in the Siebel Server installation directory, where you replace <language> with the appropriate language code (for instance, ENU for American English). For UNIX, the DLL files are stored in the /lib/<language> directory in the Siebel Server installation directory, where you replace <language> with the appropriate language code (for instance, ENU for American English).

NOTE:  If the third-party software does not have multiple-language support, such as is the case with Firstlogic, the DLL is put directly under the \bin directory (for Windows) or /lib directory (for UNIX).

The DLL files for Firstlogic are as follows:

The DLLs for each vendor may be specific to certain platforms or external product versions, so it is important that you confirm with your vendor that you have the correct files installed on your server.

NOTE:  For customers using the Siebel Data Quality Universal Connector to integrate with Firstlogic applications, the DLLs for the certified link from Firstlogic are specific to each supported middle-tier OS platform for Siebel applications. It is recommended that you copy the correct DLL versions from the installation CD for the middle-tier platform you are using to the SDQConnector directory in the Siebel Server installation directory.

The Siebel Data Quality Universal Connector requires that the third-party application reside on the same machine as any Siebel Server where the data quality business services are enabled.


 Siebel Data Quality Administration Guide 
 Published: 15 May 2003