Siebel Interactive Selling Transact Server Interface Reference > Installing Transact Server > Prepare the Application to Connect with Transact Server >

Setting the Transact Properties


After you install Transact, use the property editor to set the following:

Use the property editor to set any additional Transact Server properties you want to change.

To open the property editor

  1. Start WebLogic/WebSphere.
  2. Open a browser and enter the URL:
  3. http://<localhost:7001>/PropertiesEditor

You can modify the URL as needed by your installation.

Table 2 provides a description of all Transact properties you can set in the property editor.

Table 2. Transact Properties to Set in the Property Editor
Property
What It Does
Example
Transact Log Debug
Sets the Transact log to debug on or off. When off, errors are logged; when on, all activities are logged.
on
Transact Log Filename
The filename of the Transact log file. This property requires an absolute path.
e:\\WebLogic\\ol_transact.log
Transact URL
The URL of Transact: the URL of the WebLogic server + "/SiebelTransact"
http://www.company.com/
SiebelTransact
eAdvisor URL
The URL of the Siebel eAdvisor application.
http://www.company.com/eAdvisor
Use Third Party Cart
Determines whether or not Transact is using a third-party shopping cart.
true
OMS URL
Sets the URL of the Order Management System that will accept XML from Transact. Transact posts the XML when the AddToCart function is called if the Transact Third Party Cart variable in app_config.js is set to "true."
See Redirecting a Page Set to a New OMS for information on using multiple Order Management Systems.
http://www.companyName.com/servlet/showXML
Transact Cart XSLT
The URL or absolute filepath of the XSLT stylesheet Transact will use to convert data to the desired XML format.
http://www.company.com/olcq2cXML.xsl
Form Post JSP Page
If you are using a third-party cart and want to use a form post, enter the name of the JSP page you are using to dynamically create the form.
TransactServer/form_post.jsp
SMTP Server
Sets the name of your email server from which configuration emails will be sent.
Post
Configuration Time-Out Period
Sets the number of days after which configurations will be removed from the Configuration list.
14
Use Multiple OMS
Determines whether or not you are using multiple Order Management Systems. When you set this property to true, you will need to implement the InitAltOMSUrl function.
See Redirecting a Page Set to a New OMS for additional information.
false
Multi-OMS Redirect
If you are using multiple Order Management Systems, use this property to specify the URL to be displayed after the user clicks Add to Cart.
http://www.company.com/index.htm
Email enable flag
You can turn the email flag off if you do not wish to use the email function.
on
Display shopping cart flag
You can turn the display shopping cart flag off to avoid shopping cart being displayed after you have executed AddToCart function.
true
Shopping cart opener
If you customized your shopping cart and it needs to refer to previous frame context, modify this parameter to refer to your previous frame context.
Top.opener
Login required action
You can specify login required actions from mar_guest_ok parameter.
AddToCart, SubmitCart, ShoppingCart.jsp, OpenPackage, ViewQuote.jsp, EmailQuote.jsp, EmailConfig.jsp, SavePackage, SaveQuote, ConfigList.jsp, QuoteList.jsp, ShoppingCart_orig.jsp, ShoppingCart_Header.jsp, ShoppingCart_Bottom.jsp, ShoppingCart_Middle.jsp
List quote database table name
The database table name for list quote action.
Ejb.olquotebeantbl
List package database table name
The database table name for list package action.
Ejb.olpackagebeantbl
List quote/package database user id
The database user ID for list quote/package action.
Dbuser
List quote/package database user password
The database user password for list quote/package action.
Dbpassword
List package/quote database source name
The data source name for list package/quote action.
DbSource. For WebLogic, you will need to add a line in WebLogic.property file to indicate the data source name (WebLogic.jdbc.DataSource.SiebelDataSource=onlinkPool). For WebSphere, the data source name will be the data source name you used when you set up for Transact Server EJBs. You need to append jdbc/ in front of the data source name—for example, jdbc/SiebelDB.

NOTE:  The property editor does not check for invalid values, so be precise when you enter a property value.


 Siebel Interactive Selling Transact Server Interface Reference 
 Published: 18 April 2003