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Running EIM


This section describes how to start an import process from the Siebel Client. For information about starting the import process from the command line, see the Siebel Enterprise Integration Manager Administration Guide.

To start EIM using the GUI

  1. Navigate to the Enterprise Operations screen.
  2. Click the Component Requests view tab.
  3. In the Component Requests form, click the menu button and then New Record.
  4. In the Component/Job field, click the select button.
  5. The Component/Jobs dialog box appears.

  6. In the Component/Jobs dialog box, select the Enterprise Integration Mgr component and click OK.

If you want to use a component job based on EIM for your component request, you must first define the component job. For information on defining component jobs, see Siebel Server Administration Guide.

  1. Complete the rest of the fields and click Save.
  2. In the Component Request Parameters list, add or change any component parameters for the EIM process and click Save.
  3. Figure 38 shows an example of setting parameters in the Component Request Parameters list.

    1. In the Component Request Parameters list, click the menu button and then New Record.
    2. In the Name field, click the select button.
    3. The Job Parameters dialog box appears.

    4. To select the EIM configuration file to use, select Configuration file and click OK.
    5. In the Value field, type the name of the EIM configuration file and click Save. The default value is default.ifb.
    6. NOTE:  You can use the Uniform Naming Convention (UNC) filename when specifying the EIM configuration file if you have read permission to the path.

    7. To set the batch number for the EIM process, repeat Step a through Step b. Select Batch Number and click OK. In the Value field, type the batch number and click Save. The default value is 0.
    8. To select the EIM process from the configuration file, repeat Step a through Step b. Select Process and click OK. In the Value field, type the process name and click Save.
    9. Optionally, to activate error flags, repeat Step a through Step b. Select Error Flags and click OK. In the Value field, type 1 and click Save. The default value is 0.
    10. For information on error flags, see Siebel Enterprise Integration Manager Administration Guide.

    11. Optionally, to activate SQL trace flags, repeat Step a through Step b. Select SQL Trace Flags and click OK. In the Value field, type 8 and click Save. The default value is 0.
    12. For information on SQL trace flags, see Siebel Enterprise Integration Manager Administration Guide.

    13. Optionally, to activate trace flags, repeat Step a through Step b. Select Trace Flags and click OK. In the Value field, type in the appropriate value and click Save.
    14. For information on trace files, see Siebel Enterprise Integration Manager Administration Guide.

      NOTE:  You will need to identify at least a batch number, process name, and configuration file for the task. If the batch number component parameter is set to 0, the batch number in the EIM configuration file (if any) will be used.

  4. In the Component Requests form, click the menu button, and then click Submit request.
  5. Caution:  EIM is a multistep process. After the EIM process is running, do not stop or pause the task. Otherwise, some steps may not roll back correctly.

Figure 38 shows an example of running an EIM process as described.

Figure 38. Running an EIM Process

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To reactivate Docking Transaction Logging

  1. Navigate to the System Preferences screen.
  2. Select Docking: Transaction Logging.
  3. In the System Preference Value field, type TRUE.
  4. Click outside the row to save changes.

 Developing and Deploying Siebel eBusiness Applications 
 Published: 18 April 2003