This section offers guidelines for partitioning large tables in Siebel eBusiness Applications. Partitioning a DB2 table is not a complicated procedure, but in order to optimally partition Siebel tables, it is critical that you understand how partitioning works in DB2. You should understand the contents of columns used to partition tables, and you should understand how ROW_IDs are used in partitioning.

This chapter consists of the following topics:

• About Siebel Partitioning
• Partitioning Strategy for Storage Control Files
• About Configuring Siebel Templates for Partitioning
• About Partitioning Tables
• About Methods Used for Partitioning
• Strategies for Special Types of Tables
• About Prepartitioned Siebel Tables