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Configuring the Business Component

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

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

• The Data Source business component property should be specified when configuring an EBC. The value specified for this property should correspond with the name of the corresponding Table Data Source.
• The Log Changes property should be set to false (unchecked, the default is true). This will prevent Siebel Remote or Replication transactions from being created.
• When configuring a many-to-many relationship, the intersection table must reside in the same database instance as the child table.
• It is recommended that all external business components use the CSSBusComp class.

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