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Exposing Business Components as OLEDB Tables

OLEDB is a specification for a set of data access interfaces designed to enable heterogeneous data stores to work together. Components built to the OLEDB standard behave as a table, even though complex computing processes can occur between the data sources and the applications.

The Siebel OLEDB Rowset wizard is a read-only provider that exposes Siebel business components as virtual OLEDB tables. Using the Siebel OLEDB Provider, external OLEDB-enabled applications can access data stored in Siebel by referring to Siebel objects like Contact or Account without the need to understand the internal functioning of the Siebel Data Model. You can configure the Siebel business components that are exposed to the client application as OLEDB tables.

The OLEDB Rowset wizard steps you through the process of creating OLEDB tables.

For more information about the OLEDB Rowset wizard, see Transports and Interfaces: Siebel eBusiness Application Integration Volume III.