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Defining External Products

Use the External Products view to manage information about competitive and complementary products and to associate those products with the companies that produce them.

Siebel Life Sciences stores the information you enter in the External Products view in the external product table (S_PROD_EXT). In addition, it also displays this information in the Competitor Comparison Administration view. For more information on the internal and external product tables, see How Siebel Life Sciences Stores Product Information.

NOTE:  Make sure that the product information you specify in the External Products view matches exactly the information specified for the same product in the Products view. For more information, see Defining Internal Products.

To add an external product

  1. From the application-level menu, choose View > Site Map > Application Administration > External Products.
  2. In the External Products list, add a record and complete the necessary fields.

    3. Some of the fields in an External Products record are described in the following table.

    Field
    Comments
    Competitor
    Indicates whether or not the company specified in the Vendor field is a competitor. For more information on how to create account records, see Specifying a Competitor.
    Product
    If the product is also entered in the internal product table, the name entered here must match the name entered in the Product Administration view. For more information, see Defining Internal Products.
    Product Type
    Specifies whether the product is competitive or complementary.
    Vendor
    The manufacturer of this product.


 Siebel Life Sciences Guide 
 Published: 18 April 2003