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Specifying Data Sources

The Check In/Out tab in the Development Tools Options dialog box provides options for setting up server and client data sources.

NOTE:  For purposes of development, you should maintain only one local database for use with Tools and with your Mobile Web Client, so that changes implemented in Siebel Tools can be viewed with the Mobile Web Client. Edit the tools.cfg file and client application .cfg files (such as uagent.cfg) to point to the same local database.

To specify data sources

1. Choose View > Options.

   The Development Tools Options dialog box appears.

2. Click the Check In/Out tab.
3. Change the ODBC data source of the server repository by doing the following:
   1. Under Data sources, in the Server field, click the Change button to change the ODBC data source of the server repository.
   2. Use the information in the following table to define the ODBC data source parameters.

      Field	Description
      ODBC data source	Full ODBC data source string that provides communication with the server repository database.
      User name	User logon ID (in all uppercase) used to access the server database.
      Password	User password (in all uppercase) used to access the server database.
      Table owner	Table owner name used to access the repository on the server database.

   3. Click OK.
4. Change the ODBC data source of the local repository by doing the following:
   1. Under Data sources, in the Client field, click the Change button to change the ODBC data source of the local repository.
   2. Use the information in the following table to define the ODBC data source parameters.

      Field	Description
      ODBC data source	Full ODBC data source string that provides communication with the local repository database.
      User name	User logon ID (in all uppercase) used to access the local database.
      Password	User password (in all uppercase) used to access the local database.
      Table owner	Table owner name used to access the repository on the local database.

   3. Click OK.
5. Click OK.

   NOTE:  When exiting Siebel Tools, changes to the ODBC data source settings are written to preference (SPF) files in the SIEBEL_TOOLS_ROOT\BIN directory. These are cached: when you relaunch Siebel Tools, the ODBC settings in tools.cfg are not read. Therefore, it is not possible to run multiple Siebel Tools applications using a single user ID: only one local data source can be open at one time.