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About the Workspaces Feature in Siebel Tools

As of Siebel Innovation Pack 2016, Siebel Tools supports a new feature called workspaces, which provides a new way to manage the configuration of repository artifacts in Siebel Tools. This feature allows multiple developers to work against the same repository objects in the Siebel database.

A workspace in Siebel Tools provides a user with a sandbox in which to make changes to repository data. The feature makes sure that a developer's work is isolated from that of other developers making changes to either the same objects or other objects of the application. Repository updates made in the developer's environment can be compiled and tested without affecting other developers, until all updates are coordinated and final SRF files are compiled and distributed to all Siebel Servers and Siebel Mobile Web Clients in test and production environments. For more information about using the workspaces feature in Siebel Tools, see Using Siebel Tools.

NOTE:  Workspaces are an alternative to using local databases to make changes to repository data. All Siebel Tools developers in a given Siebel development environment must either use a local database or use workspaces.

Workspaces is also a feature of Siebel Composer, which is a browser-based alternative to the traditional Siebel Tools client. When Siebel Composer is used, SRF files are not generated or used in the Siebel environment. Siebel Composer is provided as a developer preview in Innovation Pack 2016. For more information, see Siebel CRM Composer Developer Preview Guide.

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