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Configuring the External Business Component

When a Table object definition corresponding to the external table exists in the repository, you can configure a business component to use the new Table object definition.

In general, configuring an EBC is similar to configuring a standard business component with the following exceptions:

• Data Source business component property. Specify the Data Source business component property. Set the value for this property to the name of the corresponding Table Data Source.
• Log Changes property. Set the Log Changes property to False (unchecked). This will prevent Siebel Remote or Replication transactions from being created. (The default is true.)
• Intersection table. When configuring a many-to-many relationship, the intersection table resides in the same database instance as the child table.
• CSSBusComp class. It is recommended that all EBCs use the CSSBusComp class.

NOTE:  Substituting a Siebel-provided table with an external table can result in significant downstream configuration work, and in some cases can restrict or prevent the use of standard functionality provided for the Siebel Business Applications.

This task is a step in Process of Configuring External Business Components.