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About Interface Tables

Interface tables are intermediate database tables that act as a staging area between the Siebel application database and other databases. Interface tables are typically populated by a DBA using third-party tools, such as SQL Loader. A Siebel Administrator uses Siebel Enterprise Integration Manger (EIM) to perform bulk imports, exports, updates, and deletes.

Interface tables names begin with the prefix EIM_ and they have the Type property set to Interface.

To use EIM to populate custom extension tables and extension columns, use the EIM Table Mapping Wizard to create mappings between the new columns and EIM interface tables. For more information, see EIM Table Mapping Wizard.

For detailed information about interface tables and EIM, see Siebel Enterprise Integration Manager Administration Guide.