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About Siebel Master Data Applications Functions and Services

The database tables and Siebel Connector for Master Data Applications support insert, delete, update, and query functionality. When these functions are available in Siebel eBusiness Applications and back-office systems, they can be used to make modifications to an organization's data, which is then stored and reconciled in Siebel Master Data Applications. See Siebel Master Data Applications Messages for details about prebuilt UCM services interfaces for accessing these functions.

Siebel Master Data Applications also provide the following services through configuration:

• Publish. Publish data records from Siebel Master Data Applications.
• Request and Reply. Request data from Siebel Master Data Applications and return data.

Services can be configured to operate in real time or batch mode.

Siebel Master Data Applications use a variety of integration techniques to allow the operation of functions and services between other applications and themselves. See About Siebel Master Data Applications Architecture for further information.

Administering Siebel Master Data Applications

Siebel Master Data Applications are administered through Siebel eBusiness Application user interface screens. However, only those screens necessary for viewing and administering the information contained within Siebel Master Data Applications are included. See Siebel Master Data Applications Administration for further information on administration. Only administrative users have access to these screens. An example of the Contacts screen appears in Figure 5.

Figure 5.  Siebel eBusiness Applications Contacts Screen

The administration screens are used to look up small subsets of data.

Access Control is enforced at the user interface level for Siebel Master Data Applications administration screens. Siebel Universal Customer Master Application messages have full visibility of the data, that is no access control mechanism is applied to the messages but they will be subject to system privilege checks when accessing the Universal Customer Master Application. For further information and procedures, see Configuring Siebel eBusiness Applications and Security Guide for Siebel eBusiness Applications.