Siebel Life Sciences Guide


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Overview of Life Sciences

About Siebel Life Sciences

About Siebel Pharma

About Siebel Medical

About Siebel Clinical

Product Modules and Options

Business Functions of Screen Tabs in Siebel Life Sciences


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Getting Started with Life Sciences

About Getting Started with Life Sciences

Administrative Setup Tasks for Life Sciences

About the My Team's Filter

Using Assignment Manager in Siebel Life Sciences

Predefined Assignment Objects

Contact Assignments in Siebel Life Sciences

Contact Denormalization Mode in Siebel Life Sciences

Setting Up Mobile Web Clients for Position Rollup


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Managing Contacts in Life Sciences

About Managing Contacts in Life Sciences

Scenario for Managing Contacts

Process of Managing Contacts

Setting Up Primary Specialties

Removing Contact Records

Administering Bricks

Creating a Contact

Specifying the Best Time to Call

Indicating Affiliations Between Contacts

Indicating Affiliations Between a Contact and an Account

Viewing Pre-Call Information

Tracking Documentation Associated with a Contact

Other Tasks for Managing Contacts


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Administering and Managing Accounts in Life Sciences

About Administering and Managing Accounts in Life Sciences

About Account Hierarchies

About Bricks

Scenario for Accounts

Process of Managing Accounts

Specifying a Competitor

Deleting an Account

Generating Account Hierarchies

Associating a Brick with an Account Address

Entering an Account

Specifying an Account Profile

Viewing Account Hierarchies in Roll-up Views

Creating Category Information for an Account

Indicating an Affiliation Between an Account and a Contact

Indicating Affiliations Between Accounts

Creating Subaccounts

Viewing Pre-Call Information

Viewing Departments and Contacts

Tracking Documentation Associated with Accounts

About Configuring the Generate Hierarchy Button


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Managing Products for Life Sciences

About Managing Products for Life Sciences

How Siebel Life Sciences Stores Product Information

Scenario for Managing Products

Process of Managing Products

Defining External Products

Defining Internal Products

Specifying Additional Product Information

Defining Price Lists

Managing Competitor Information

Defining Decision Issues

Adding Products to Catalogs

Creating the Product Catalog

Creating a Product Category

Adding Products to Catalogs and Categories

Adding Access Groups to Catalogs and Categories

Capturing Product Hierarchies for Medical Handheld

Viewing Product Information

Creating a Product Change Request

Configuring Lot Numbers for Other Products


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Planning Account and Contact Calls in Pharma

About Planning Account and Contact Calls in Pharma

Tools for Planning Account and Contact Calls

Scenario 1: Users Create Target Lists

Scenario 2: Users Define Route Plans

Scenario 3: Users Create Activities

Process of Planning Calls

Creating and Applying Target Lists

About Defining a Route Plan

Creating a Route

Adding Accounts to a Route

Using a Route to Schedule Calls

About Creating Activities

Creating a General Activity

Creating a General Activity in the Calendar

Setting Up a Meeting

Creating a Contact Call

Creating a Contact Call from the Activities Screen

Automatically Scheduling a Contact Call Using Auto Schedule

Manually Scheduling a Contact Call from the Contacts Screen

Scheduling a Contact Call in the Calendar

Creating an Account Call


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Recording Calls in Pharma

About Recording Calls in Pharma

About the Submit Button

About Electronic Signature Capture

Scenario for Recording Calls

Process of Recording Calls

(Optional) Recording Marketing Responses in Contact Calls

Recording and Submitting Contact Calls

Recording a Contact Call for a Different Contact at the Time of Signature Capture

Recording and Submitting Account Calls

Remaking Electronic Signatures

Configuring the New Call Button

Configuring the Submit Button

Configuring the Sign Button


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Managing Pharma Samples

About Managing Pharma Samples

About Samples Transactions

About Samples and Lot Numbers

About Scenarios for Managing Samples

Scenario 1: Administrator Establishes a Master Inventory

Scenario 2: Administrator and End Users Establish a Master Inventory

Scenario 3: Users Transfer Samples to One Another

Prerequisites for Managing Samples

About Samples Transactions

Defining Lot Numbers for Samples

Establishing an Initial Inventory

Managing Inventory Tracking and Reconciliation Without Lot Numbers

Allocating Samples

Creating a Samples Transfer

Monitoring Samples Activities

Adjusting a Past Samples Transaction

Checking Electronic Signatures

Managing Disclaimers

About Establishing an Initial Inventory Count

Creating a Samples Order

Acknowledging Full Receipt of a Samples Transfer

Acknowledging Partial Receipt of a Samples Transfer

Adjusting an Inventory Count

Recording Thefts and Losses

Reconciling an Inventory Period

Submitting a Location Audit Report

Submitting an Interim Count

Submitting a Closeout Count

Viewing Inventory Audit Report

Placing Sample Orders Request

Viewing Sample History

Viewing Sample History by Allocation

Viewing Orderable Items

Viewing My Product Focus

Performing Signature Audit

Setting Compliance Thresholds

Viewing Compliance Reports

Enabling Approval and Signature Processes


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Creating Smart Calls

About Creating Smart Calls

Scenario for Smart Calls

Administering Smart Calls

Creating a Smart Call

About Applying a Smart Call Template to a Call


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Managing Managed Care Accounts

About Managed Care in Siebel Life Sciences

Scenario for Managed Care

Process of Using Siebel Managed Care

Entering Health Plan and Formulary Information

Associating Contact Information with Health Plans

Creating a Business Plan for a Managed Care Organization

Entering Formulary Information for Managed Care Business Plans

Performing Business and SWOT Analysis for a Managed-Care Business Plan

Associating Contacts and Accounts with Managed-Care Business Plans

Setting Objectives for the Managed-Care Business Plan


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Managing Accounts Contacts in Life Sciences

About Japanese Pharmaceutical Market Features

About Accounts Contacts

Configuring Workflows for Accounts Contacts

Activating Workflows for Accounts Contacts

Enabling Server Components for Accounts Contacts

Managing Accounts Contacts

Loading and Distributing Accounts Contacts Targeting Data

Creating a New Targeting Period

Creating Accounts Contacts Targeting Product Data

Generating Column Maps for Display of Product Attribute Fields

Activating the New Accounts Contacts Targeting Data

Creating Account-Contact Target List Records Manually

Creating Accounts Contacts Call Detail Records

Planning Calls in the Weekly Call Planning Screen

Reporting Calls in the Weekly Call Planning Screen


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Analyzing Syndicated Data

About Analyzing Syndicated Data

Scenario for Analysis

Process of Analysis

Defining Payer and Plan Information

Importing Syndicated Data Files

Analyzing Brick-Level Syndicated Data

Working with Sales, Rx, and Call Data

Views in the Analysis Screen


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Tracking Time Off Territory

About Tracking Time Off Territory

Scenario for Time Off Territory

Process of Tracking Time Off Territory

Creating a Time Off Territory Record

Submitting a Time Off Territory Record

Viewing Time Off Territory Charts

Configuring Time Off Territory


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Managing MedEd Events

About Managing MedEd Events

MedEd Terminology

About MedEd Event Types

Scenario for MedEd Events

Process of Managing MedEd Events

Establishing Funds for MedEd Plans

Creating Master MedEd Plans

Creating a MedEd Activity Template

MedEd Lists of Values

Administering MedEd Literature

Designating MedEd Event Speakers

Setting Up a MedEd Plan

Setting Up MedEd Events

Tracking Costs of MedEd Activities

About Designating MedEd Event Speakers

Setting Up Sessions Within a MedEd Event

Inviting and Registering Prospective MedEd Attendees

Generating Correspondence for MedEd Event Invitees

Scheduling Calls to an Invitee


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Setting and Achieving Objectives

About Setting and Achieving Objectives

Scenario for Objectives

Process of Objectives

Creating an Objective

Creating Recommended Activities for an Objective

Targeting Accounts to an Objective

Loading Actual Amount Fields Using EIM

Reviewing Objectives

Charting Objectives


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Importing Data into Life Sciences

Scenario for Importing Data

Process of Importing Data

Importing Data with Siebel EIM

Importing, Extracting, and Routing Syndicated Data

About Summary Records

Extracting Data for Mobile Users

Troubleshooting Syndicated Data Loading

Views Requiring Syndicated Data Import

Data Loading Matrix for Syndicated Data

Importing Syndicated Data Files


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Setting Up and Carrying Out a Clinical Trial

About Setting Up and Carrying Out a Clinical Trial

Scenario for Clinical Trials

Process of Managing Clinical Trials

Creating a Clinical Program

Setting Up a Protocol

Tracking and Revising Team Assignment History

Automatically Assign Team Members to a Protocol Using the Position Rolldown Button

Remove Team Members from the Team of a Protocol

Creating and Revising Protocol Versions

Setting Up Regions

Automatically Assign Team Members Using the Position Rollup and Rolldown Buttons

Creating Region Assignment Team History

Defining a Subject Visit Template

Creating an Account and Contacts

Creating a Site

Automatically Assign Team Members to a Site Using the Position Rollup Button

Creating Site Assignment Team History

Removing Team Members from the Team of a Site

Creating a Subject and Setting Up Visits and Visit Activities

Applying Protocol Amendments

Rules for Applying Protocol Amendments

Rules for Deleting Visits Deemed Non-applicable by Early Termination

About Subject Enrollment Information RollUp

Enabling Workflow Policies for LS Clinical Rollup

Monitoring Subject Status and Enrollment Rates


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Managing Clinical Study Sites and Clinical Contacts

About Managing Clinical Study Sites and Clinical Contacts

Scenario for Managing Clinical Study Sites and Clinical Contacts

Process of Managing Site and Contact Information

Creating a Clinical Protocol Site Template

Creating Contact and Account Assessment Templates

Maintaining Contact and Account Information

Associating Contracts with a Clinical Study Site

Creating and Managing Clinical Study Site Visits

Creating and Updating Site, Contact, and Account Records

Capturing Different Types of Addresses for Each Site

Assigning Employees to the Site Team

Creating Site Activity Plans

Applying Protocol Site Activity Templates

Tracking and Adding Documents at Sites

Creating Documentation Tracking Activities

Creating CRF Tracking Activities

Tracking Case Report Forms (CRFs)

Creating Site Correspondence Activities

Tracking Business Partner Correspondence

Adding Notes to a Site

Assessing Investigators and Hospitals or Other Contacts and Accounts


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Setting Up and Making Subject Activity Payments

About Setting Up and Making Subject Activity Payments

Scenario for Payments

Process of Setting Up and Making Payments

Setting Up Standard Payment Amounts in the Subject Visit Template

Setting Payment Exceptions for a Site

Marking Subject Activities Completed

Generating Unplanned Payments for Sites

Adjusting Payment Amounts and Generating Payments for Sites

Generating Final Payments for Sites


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Administering and Using Clinical Trip Reports

About Administering and Using Clinical Trip Reports

Scenario for Managing Clinical Trip Reports

Process of Administering Clinical Trip Reports

Creating a Trip Report Template

Selecting a Trip Report Template Before a Site Visit

Completing a Trip Report After a Site Visit

Approving Trip Reports


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Managing Clinical Projects

About Managing Clinical Projects

Scenario for Managing Clinical Projects

Process of Managing Clinical Projects

Creating a Project Activity Template

About Setting Up Employee Profiles

Setting Up Position Types and Rate Lists for Billing

Creating a Project

Associating People and Accounts with Projects

Creating Activities and Tasks for a Project

Monitoring Project Costs

Managing Risk

About Views in the Projects Screen


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Capturing Adverse Events and Complaints

About Adverse Events and Complaints Management

About Capturing Adverse Events and Complaints

Scenario for Capturing and Escalating Adverse Events and Complaints

Process of Capturing and Escalating Adverse Events and Complaints

Confirming Standard Setup for Service Requests

Setting Up Codes

Setting Up Lot Numbers for Medical Products

Capturing Adverse Events and Complaints as Service Requests

Escalating Adverse Events and Complaints as Product Issues

Adding Complaint-Specific Information to Product Issues

About Configuring Adverse Events and Complaints Capture


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Investigating Adverse Events and Complaints

About Investigating Adverse Events and Complaints

Scenario for Complaint Investigation

Process of Adverse Events and Complaints Investigation

Creating Product Issue Assessment Templates

Creating Product Issue Activity Templates

Reviewing and Editing the Product Issues

Creating Multiple Product Issues Related to One Service Request

Creating Product Issue Activity Plans

Assessing if a Product Issue Is Reportable

Completing Adverse Events and Complaints Reviews

About Configuring Create Related PI and Review Complete Buttons

LS Medical Product Issue Create Related PI Workflow

Changing Which Fields Are Copied to the New Product Issue

LS Medical Product Issue Review Complete Workflow

LS Medical User Verification Workflow

About the LS Medical Product Issue Service Business Service


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Recording Product Analysis for AECM

About Recording Product Analysis for AECM

Scenario for Product Analysis Arising From a Complaint

Process of Product Analysis Following a Product Issue

Creating Product Analysis Activity Templates

Setting Up Codes for Product Analysis

Creating Product Analysis Records from a Product Issue

Filling in Product Analysis Records

Completing Product Analysis and Creating CAPAs

Submitting Product Analysis Records

Approving or Rejecting Product Analysis Records

About Configuring Product Analysis Approvals

LS Medical PA Submit Workflow

LS Medical PA Withdraw Workflow


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Managing CAPAs

About Managing CAPAs

Scenario for Managing CAPAs

Process of Managing CAPAs

Creating Corrective Action Activity Templates

Setting Up Codes for CAPAs

Creating a CAPA Record

Managing CAPAs

Tracking Approvals and Other Changes to CAPAs

About Configuring CAPA Approvals


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Regulatory Reporting

About Regulatory Reporting

About Regulatory Reports

Scenario for Regulatory Reporting

Process of Regulatory Reporting

Setting Up Report Numbers

Creating and Populating New Regulatory Reports

Entering and Reviewing Data for 3500A Reports

Entering and Reviewing Data for MDV Reports

Running 3500A and MDV Reports

Which Sections of the MedWatch 3500A Form Get Filled In?

Generating Regulatory Report Numbers and Submitting Reports

Transmitting Electronic Medical Device Reporting Immediately

Managing Batch Electronic Medical Device Reporting

Reopening a Regulatory Report

Creating Supplemental or Follow-Up Regulatory Reports

Field Mapping for the MedWatch Report

Field Mapping for the MDV Report

About Configuring Buttons in Regulatory Reports

LS Medical Product Issue Populate Report Workflow

LS Medical Product Issue RR Submit Workflow

LS Medical Product Issue RR Reopen Workflow


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Closing Adverse Events and Complaints

About Closing Adverse Events and Complaints

Scenario for Closing Adverse Events and Complaints

Process of Closure for AECM

Closing Product Issues

Reopening Product Issues

Reviewing Approvals for Product Issues

Reviewing Lockdown Fields

Reviewing Changes Made to Fields

About Configuring Close and Reopen Buttons for Product Issues

Close Complaint Workflow

Reopen Complaint Workflow


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Communicating with Customers for AECM

About Communicating with Customers for AECM

Scenario for Customer Communication

Process of Customer Communication in AECM

Setting Up Proposals, Correspondence, and Presentations

Communicating about Product Issues Using Proposals

Communicating about Product Issues Using Correspondence

Communicating about Product Issues Using Presentations


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Using Personalized Content Delivery

About Personalized Content Delivery

Defining System Preferences for PCD

Managing Content for PCD

PCD Support for Content File Formats

Loading Content for PCD Usage

Associating Attributes with PCD Content

Adding Component Files to PCD Content

Verifying PCD Content

Providing Access to PCD Content

Working with Messaging Plans

Creating and Editing Messaging Plans

Updating Messaging Plans

Releasing a Messaging Plan

Providing Access to Messaging Plans

Associating Help to Messaging Plans

Revising Messaging Plans

Associating a Messaging Plans with an Objective

Associating a Messaging Plan with Contact Call Offers

Accessing and Delivering Messaging Plans

Decompressing PCD Content

Using the PCD Viewer


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Setting Up and Configuring Clinical Study Site Visit Data Integration

Overview of Clinical Study Site Visit Data Integration

Customizing Clinical Study Site Visit Data Integration Web Services

Process of Setting Up Clinical Study Site Visit Data Integration for Siebel Clinical

Activating Workflows for Clinical Study Site Visit Data Integration

Configuring Web Services for Clinical Study Site Visit Data Integration

Enabling Siebel Server Component Groups for Clinical Study Site Visit Data Integration

Exporting Clinical Study Site Visit Data from Siebel Clinical

Exporting Clinical Study Site Geographical Location Details to Siebel Clinical

Viewing Clinical Study Site Visit Geographical Location Details in the Trip Report


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Setting Up and Configuring Clinical Study Integration

Overview of Integrating Siebel Clinical with a Clinical Data Management System

Customizing Clinical Study Integration Web Service

Process of Setting Up Study Integration for Siebel Clinical

Configuring Siebel Tools for Clinical Study Integration

Activating Workflows for Clinical Study Integration

Configuring Web Services for Clinical Study Integration

Creating the Directory Structure on the Siebel Server for Clinical Study Integration

Creating the Oracle WebLogic Full Client JAR for Clinical Study Integration

Creating the JNDI Properties File for Clinical Study Integration

Configuring the JVM Subsystem for Clinical Study Integration

Configuring Java Message Service Parameters for Clinical Study Integration

Populating Domain Value Maps

Siebel Clinical and Oracle Clinical Integration Entities

Integrating an Oracle Clinical Study with a Siebel Clinical Protocol

Integrating Investigator Data

Integrating Clinical Visit Data with Activity Data

Activating the Synchronization of Protocol Site Data

Viewing Protocols Enabled for Synchronization

About Synchronizing Sites

How Subject Data Is Integrated

About the Integration of Activity Completion Data


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Setting Up and Configuring Clinical Trial Payments Integration

Overview of Integrating Clinical Trial Payments

Customizing Clinical Trial Payments Integration Web Service

Process of Setting Up Clinical Trial Payments Integration for Siebel Clinical

Configuring Siebel Tools for Clinical Trial Payments Integration

Activating Workflows for Clinical Trial Payments Integration

Configuring the Clinical Trial Payments Inbound Web Service

Configuring Java Message Service Parameters

Sending a Payment Request from Siebel Clinical to a Third-Party Application

Withdrawing a Payment Request

Viewing Feedback for Payment Requests

Verifying Processed Payments


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Setting Up and Configuring Safety System Integration

Overview of Safety System Integration

Customizing Safety System Integration Web Services

Process of Setting Up Safety System Integration for Siebel Medical

Activating Workflows for Safety System Integration

Configuring Web Services for Safety System Integration

Enabling Siebel Server Component Groups for Safety System Integration

Creating the Directory Structure on the Siebel Server for Safety System Integration

Creating the Oracle WebLogic Full Client JAR for Safety System Integration

Creating the JNDI Properties File for Safety System Integration

Creating the JVM Subsystem for Safety System Integration

Configuring Java Message Service Parameters for Safety System Integration

Configuring Siebel Medical for Safety System Integration

Logging a Product Issue for Safety System Integration

Reviewing a Product Issue for Safety System Integration

Sending a Product Issue to the Safety System

Sending Product Issue Follow-Up Information to the Safety System

Verifying Case Acceptance by the Safety System

Verifying Case Rejection by the Safety System

Voiding a Product Issue in Siebel Medical


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Configuring Siebel Life Sciences

Targeting Configuration

Configuring Buttons For Specific Visit Type Activities

Configuring Sequential Priority

Enabling Inventory Reconciliation Without Lot Numbers

Configuring the Visit Generation Buttons

Editing the Labels of the LS Pharma HI Activity Calendar View Buttons

Special MedEd Classes—User Properties

Submitting Contact Details from Third-Party Applications

Invoking the Submit Functionality from Third-Party Applications

Accounts Contacts Configuration

Configuring Personalized Content Delivery

Setting System Preferences for PCD

Availability of Messages in PCD Planner

Availability of Messaging Plans in the PCD Viewer

PCD Business Component Calculated Fields

About Recommended Messaging Plans

Optimize Detailing Plan Method

Identifying Recommended Messaging Plans

Scenario for Identifying Recommended Messaging Plans

Using Skins

Modifying a Tooltip in the PCD Viewer

User Properties of the PCD Applets

User Properties of LS PCD Business Service

API for Using Multi-file Content

API for Recording Section Data

Service User Properties

LS Pharma Validation Service User Properties

LS Pharma Validation Service CE User Properties

LS Pharma Call Utility Service User Properties

LS Pharma Smart Call Template User Properties

LS Pharma Sample Transaction Admin Service User Properties

LS Pharma Inventory Period Service User Properties

LS Pharma Inventory Administration Service User Properties

Siebel Clinical Business Component User Properties

CSSBCBCClinicalSubject Class User Properties

CSSBCVRecLSPopup Class User Properties

Siebel Pharma Business Component User Properties

CSSBCActivity Class Business Component User Properties

CSSBCPharmaCall Class Business Component User Properties

LS Pharma Audit Signature BC User Properties

LS Pharma Call Products Detailed Alloc VBC User Properties

LS Pharma Call Products Detailed VBC - CE User Properties

LS Pharma Call Promotional Items Dropped VBC - CE User Properties

LS Pharma Call Samples Dropped Alloc VBC User Properties

LS Pharma Call Samples Dropped VBC - CE User Properties

LS Pharma Call Samples Requested VBC - CE User Properties

LS Pharma Call Signature Audit BC User Properties

LS Pharma Contact Assessment Attribute - CE BC User Properties

LS Pharma Contact Assessment Template - CE BC User Properties

LS Pharma Disclaimer Rule Set BC User Properties

LS Pharma Inventory Audit Report BC User Properties

LS Pharma Inventory Period User Properties

LS Pharma Inventory Period Reconciliation BC User Properties

LS Pharma Location Audit Report BC User Properties

LS Pharma Promotional Items Dropped Alloc VBC User Properties

LS Pharma Samples Request BC User Properties

LS Pharma Samples Request VBC User Properties

LS Pharma Personal Inventory BC User Properties

LS Pharma Sample Received History Item BC User Properties

LS Pharma Sample Transaction History Item BC User Properties

LS Pharma Sample Transactions BC User Properties

LS Pharma Sample Transactions Attachment BC User Properties

LS Pharma Sample Transfer In Item BC User Properties

LS Pharma Samples Attachment BC User Properties

LS Pharma Sample Txn Signature BC User Properties

Pharma Account Call BC User Properties

Pharma Call Products Detailed - CE BC User Properties

Pharma Call Products Detailed - CE User Properties

Pharma Call Sample Dropped - CE User Properties

Pharma Call Samples Requested - CE User Properties

Pharma GA Call Products Detailed User Properties

Pharma Professional Call BC User Properties

Pharma Professional Call - CE BC User Properties

Pharma Promotional Items Dropped - CE User Properties


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Configuring Data for Oracle Pharma Sales Analytics

Transactional Data Requirements

Configuring Product Hierarchies and Product Costs

Configuring Product Catalog and Category Hierarchies

Setting Up Sales Objectives

Entering Call Activity Data

Configuring Sales Territories for Pharma Sales Analytics

Creating Primary Sales Force Hierarchies

Creating Sales Territories

Creating Alternate Sales Force Hierarchies

Creating Target Lists Using Oracle Business Intelligence

About Target List Creator

Creating a Siebel Target List Using Oracle Pharma Sales Disconnected Analytics Answers

Configuring Oracle Pharma Sales Disconnected Analytics Integration with Siebel Pharma Mobile Web Client

Using Target List Creator with Siebel Pharma Applications in Connected Mode

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