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About Siebel Master Data Applications Integration

The following sections discuss the means for Siebel Master Data Applications integration.

Siebel Universal Application Network

Siebel Systems' Universal Application Network (UAN) 1.0 uses a library of business processes to integrate external applications and Siebel Business Applications, including the Siebel Master Data Applications. This library consists of business process flows, common objects, and transformation maps that execute on third-party integration servers, such as Tibco and webMethods. For further information on UAN, see the following references:

• Universal Application Network Architecture Guide
• Siebel Business Integration Applications Implementation and Configuration Guide
• Siebel Business Integration Processes Guide
• Siebel Business Integration Common Objects Guide

Siebel Enterprise Application Integration

Siebel Enterprise Application Integration (Siebel EAI) provides components for integrating Siebel Business Applications with external applications and technologies, including Siebel Master Data Applications, and is designed to work with third-party solutions such as those from IBM, CrossWorlds, TIBCO, Vitria, SeeBeyond, webMethods, and others. Siebel EAI provides bidirectional real-time and batch solutions for integrating Siebel Business Applications with other applications, and is designed as a set of interfaces that interact with each other and with other components within Siebel Business Applications. For further information on Siebel EAI, see the following references:

• Overview: Siebel Enterprise Application Integration
• Integration Platform Technologies: Siebel Enterprise Application Integration
• Transports and Interfaces: Siebel Enterprise Application Integration
• Business Processes and Rules: Siebel Enterprise Application Integration

Siebel Enterprise Integration Manager

Siebel Enterprise Integration Manager (Siebel EIM) is an important component of Siebel Master Data Applications. It bulk imports and exports data residing in other back-office systems into Siebel Master Data Applications and consolidates and replicates information from these sources. Siebel EIM provides a schema abstraction and has high throughput. Some features of Siebel EIM include:

• Denormalized interface tables
• Declarative mapping defined in Siebel Tools
• Automated SQL generation
• Support for parallelized import

For further information about Siebel EIM, see Siebel Enterprise Integration Manager Administration Guide.

Transport Adapters

Transport Adapters are prebuilt business services providing an interface between Siebel Business Applications and external applications. Transports allow Siebel Master Data Applications to exchange data with external applications using standard technologies for both synchronous and asynchronous communication protocols. Transports provide connectivity to virtually any communication protocol that can represent data as text or binary messages, including MQSeries from IBM, and HTTP.

For details on transport adapters, see Transports and Interfaces: Siebel Enterprise Application Integration.