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Performing a Database Extract to a CD Directory

By default, a database extract stores the compressed file on the Siebel Remote server. Users log on to the Siebel Remote server to download data to initialize their local databases. However, a database extract can also store the compressed file in a directory that you specify in the database extract parameters. This allows you to copy the compressed database file from the specified directory and then make an image of the files on a CD-ROM or other media device, which you can then distribute to users. Mobile users can initialize their local databases directly from the CD-ROM rather than having to download to the Siebel Remote server.

NOTE:  The user still needs a network connection for this method. Remote clients still need to synchronize before retrieving a database extract from the CD-ROM.

Beginning with Siebel release 7.7, a new parameter in the Mobile Web Client's configuration (.cfg) file specifies the directory that will be used to store files to download for the initialization of the client's local database. You may need to change the value of this parameter if you want a Mobile Web Client to initialize a local database from a CD-ROM or a directory other than the default location on the Siebel Remote Server.

The new parameter is DbinitLocalSource, located in the [Local] section of the client's .cfg file. In previous releases, the FileSystem parameter was used for this purpose. Beginning with release 7.7, any FileSystem parameter in the [Local] section of a Mobile Web Client's .cfg file will be ignored.

NOTE:  It is possible to extract groups of users simultaneously. Therefore, it is possible to use one CD for more than one user. The names of the files contain the client_names.

To perform a database extract to a CD directory

1. Complete Step 1 through Step 4 of To run a database extract for a Mobile Web Client.
2. In the Component Request Parameters list, click New and add the necessary parameters.
   1. The required parameter for Database Extract is Client Name.

      The value for the Client Name parameter is the name of the Mobile Web Client.

   2. The parameter for extracting to a CD is CD Directory. Specify the name of the directory to which you want to extract files

      For example, type D:\temp-extract\username.

   3. Modify the values of other parameters as necessary.

      Table 15 lists the parameters and default values for the database extract component.

3. In the Component Requests form, click the menu button and then click Submit request.

   The Mobile Web Client database is extracted to the directory specified in the CD directory parameter. You can make an image of these files on a CD-ROM or other media device.