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How This Guide Is Organized

This guide is organized according to the sequence of events necessary to complete the installation for an enterprise.

Siebel Data Warehouse is a multiple-component product. The first two chapters explain what software components (especially third-party components) need to be installed on which computers.

Setting System Preferences and Using Exception Reports explains how to use the application System Preferences and Exception Reports views to make sure your Siebel Data Warehouse installation is configured correctly.

Administering and Troubleshooting the Siebel Data Warehouse covers the ongoing tasks administrators need to perform, such as the process of importing data into a data warehouse, as well as some troubleshooting hints.

Extending the Siebel Data Warehouse provides the optional steps of adding additional fields to the Siebel Data Warehouse.

The Siebel ePharma 6.3 to 7.5 Analytics Bridge discusses the installation of the Siebel ePharma 6.3 to 7.5 Analytics Bridge. If you are using Siebel ePharma 6.3 and have also licensed version 7.5 of Siebel Analytics, you will need to install the Siebel ePharma 6.3 to 7.5 Analytics Bridge in order to use the newer functionality of Siebel Analytics 7.5 with your Siebel ePharma 6.3 transactional database data. The Siebel ePharma 6.3 to 7.5 Analytics Bridge provides a way to map your Siebel ePharma 6.3 transactional database data to the Siebel Data Warehouse repository.

NOTE: You should review Appendix A before you begin the Siebel ePharma 6.3 to 7.5 Analytics Bridge installation process.

The Siebel eBusiness 6.3 to 7.5 Analytics Bridge discusses the installation of the Siebel eBusiness 6.3 to 7.5 Analytics Bridge. If you are using a Siebel eBusiness 6.3 application and have also licensed version 7.5 of Siebel Analytics, you will need to install the Siebel eBusiness 6.3 to 7.5 Analytics Bridge in order to use the newer functionality of Siebel Analytics 7.5 with a Siebel eBusiness 6.3 application. The Siebel eBusiness 6.3 to 7.5 Analytics Bridge provides a way to map your Siebel 6.3 application's transactional database data to the Siebel Data Warehouse repository.

NOTE: You should review Appendix B before you begin the Siebel eBusiness 6.3 to 7.5 Analytics Bridge installation process.

If you are using IBM DB2 UDB running under OS/390, the repository and the star schema must be installed in separate databases. Installing and Configuring the Siebel Data Warehouse in DB2 for OS/390 provides the installation settings for installing the Siebel Data Warehouse in this case.