Bookshelf v7.5: Competitor Briefing

The Competitor Briefing helps employees stay informed by gathering information about competitors. It provides them with current market information, product information, company information, a list of corporate affiliations, and access to related literature from the Siebel Encyclopedia.

My Tracked Competitors. Lists the competitors that users have selected in their tracking profiles.

All Competitors. Lists all competitors to which the user has access based on visibility rules.

Competitor Briefing Sections That Display Siebel Data

Table 6 describes the Competitor Briefing sections that display data from the Siebel database. The search and sort specifications for internal sections are defined in the predefined query named Competitor. For more information about predefined queries, see Modifying Predefined Queries.

Table 6. Competitor Briefing Siebel Data Sections
Section	Description
Products	Displays a list of competitor products sorted by name.
Competitive Literature	Displays literature from the Siebel Encyclopedia that has been associated with the competitor. Competitive Literature is sorted by sales tool type, and then by name.
Recommended Literature	Displays links to literature items in the Siebel Encyclopedia related to the competitor. The current date must be between the literature item's release and expiration dates. Literature is sorted by sales tool type, and then by name.
Recommended Links	Displays links to recommended Web pages. Recommended links are defined as literature items in the Siebel Encyclopedia. The literature type is Recommended Link, and the Web display method is not In-Line.
Web Clips	Displays a Web page related to this competitor in-line with other sections. Web clips are recommended links defined in the Siebel Encyclopedia with a Web display method of In-Line.

Competitor Briefing Sections That Display External Data

Table 7 describes the Competitor Briefing data sections that display external data from Siebel eContent Services.

Table 7. Competitor Briefing External Data Sections
Section	Description
Profile	Summary of company data provided by a Siebel eContent Services content provider.
News	Displays recent news related to the competitor from Siebel eContent Services news providers.
Corporate Relationships	Displays affiliated companies sorted by name. Users can view Company Briefings for these companies.
Market Information	Displays stock information such as the current price, last trade, the net change for the day, trading volume, 52-week high and low, and other market-related data.
Additional Information	Links to stock charts, SEC filings, and Internet search engines. When users click these links, the search arguments are passed to the target site and a search is automatically performed.