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About System Architecture for Reporting in the Dedicated Web Client

When a report is generated in the Siebel Web client, the Reports Server encyclopedia and the Client consist of the report executables. These report executables correspond to the available reports among all the views.

When a report is run interactively in the Dedicated Web Client (connected or disconnected mode), the corresponding report executable is started in the Client. The data for the report is obtained from the local Object Manager (see Figure 6), and the report is displayed in the ActiveX viewer in the Client.

In the connected mode of Dedicated Web Client, users can submit report requests to be run in batch mode in the Reports Server. These requests are submitted to the Reports Server in the form of a parameter (ROV) file. At report execution time, the report executable obtains data from the Siebel Object Manager and generates the report output file (ROI). The report output (ROI) file will be stored in the user folder in the reports encyclopedia and can be accessed from the Reports Server views in Siebel eBusiness applications.

Figure 6 illustrates the report execution in the Dedicated Web Client.

Figure 6.  Server-Based Reporting for the Siebel Dedicated Web Client

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The following is the sequence of report generation steps (corresponding to Figure 6) in batch mode in the connected Dedicated Web Client:

  1. The report request is submitted to the Reports Server through the SES (Siebel Enterprise Server).
  2. The Reports Server runs the report executable and requests data from the SES through Siebel Reports Server Access.
  3. Data is retrieved by the Siebel Object Manager from the database and provided to the Reports Server.
  4. The Siebel Object Manager provides data to the Reports Server. The report is generated and saved in the Reports Server encyclopedia to be retrieved by the user on demand.
  5. The Dedicated Web Client connects to Actuate Active Portal, which authenticates the user on the Reports Server.
  6. The report, in ActiveX, is displayed in the Dedicated Web Client.

NOTE:  The user need not be logged into a Siebel eBusiness application for the scheduled reports to be generated since report generation by the Reports Server is asynchronous and data for report generation is obtained from the Siebel Object Manager.


 Siebel Reports Administration Guide 
 Published: 18 July 2003