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Loading a Siebel Analytics Presentation Folder for Use as an External Table

An external business component is a tool that derives its data from an external relational data source. In Siebel Tools, the structure of the external table is imported using the External Table Schema Import wizard.

External business components, in conjunction with the Analytics database connector, allow the ability to construct business components that derive their data from Siebel Analytics. External business components support Siebel Analytics as a source for having Siebel Tools import the structure of a Siebel Analytics Presentation Folder by reading sources such as an XML file.

NOTE:  Analytics integration is read-only, and any business components that utilize Analytics as a data source must be configured to support read-only access.

The following instructions generate the Siebel Analytics Presentation folder as an XML file from Siebel Analytics.

To load a Siebel Analytics presentation folder for use as an external table

1. Start the Siebel Analytics Administration Tool.
2. Select File > New and create a new repository file.
3. Select File > Import from Repository.
   1. Choose the appropriate repository and click Next.
   2. When requested, type the log in and password.
   3. Select the object Catalog from the drop-down list.
   4. Choose the catalog you wish to import into Siebel Tools and click Add With Children.
   5. Click Next.
   6. Click Finish.
4. Select Tools > Utilities, choose Repository Documentation and click Execute....
5. In the Save as Type field, select XML as the file extension.
6. Give a new name to the file and click Save.

Follow these instructions to avoid the Repository Documentation wizard exporting the full repository definition into an XML file, and not only the selected object.

If you import an XML file that contains several presentation folders, Siebel Tools creates one external table per presentation folder.