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Siebel BizTalk Interface Architecture

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Communication between Siebel applications and Microsoft's BizTalk Server is based on the Siebel eBusiness Application Integration (Siebel eAI) framework. The BizTalk Server provides the technology for application integration and data transformation. As illustrated in Figure 4, when you use Microsoft's BizTalk Server to exchange documents, the Siebel application constructs an XML document that is sent to BizTalk for data transformation and subsequently sent on to your trading partners. Your trading partners then communicate back to you in a similar manner.

Figure 4.  Siebel BizTalk Interface Architecture

As shown in Figure 4, interfacing between a Siebel application and BizTalk Server is a three-step process:

First, expose any Siebel integration object to BizTalk Server using the Schema Generator Wizard in Siebel Tools.
Next, import the schema into BizTalk to create document specifications.
Finally, exchange integration messages over any O/S, using the appropriate choice from the supported transports, using BizTalk Server for mapping and message transfer.

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