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Application Integration Network

Siebel provides a library of business services that allow Siebel applications to share information with other applications through integration servers. This library is called the Universal Application Network, and its business services are called Application Service Interfaces (ASI's).

There are two ASI's for managing products: External Simple Product and Siebel Simple Product. These are briefly described below. For a full technical description of these ASI's, see Application Services Interface Reference: Siebel eBusiness Application Integration Volume VI.

External Simple Product

This ASI sends information about simple products created in the Siebel system to an external, third-party system. This ASI allows you to create, update, query, and delete a product in the third-party system. This ASI is intended for inclusion in Siebel work flows that automate exporting products. This ASI does not support sending information about customizable products or bundles.

The export feature included in the Siebel Product Administration interface exports basic product information to an XML file and is intended for Siebel-to-Siebel transfers of product records. The External Simple Product ASI exports a much larger set of information about the product.

This information sent includes almost all of the fields in the product record, except those relating to customizable products.

This ASI receives the following information:

Siebel Simple Product

This ASI receives information about simple products created in third-party systems This ASI allows users to create, update, query, and delete a products in the Siebel system. This ASI is intended for use in automated business processes in third-party systems that need to synchronize the Siebel system to external product masters. This ASI does not support receiving information about customizable products or bundles. The information accepted by this ASI includes the following:

This ASI sends the following information:


 Product Administration Guide, Version 7.5 
 Published: 18 April 2003