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Overview of Analytics Bridge Applications

Siebel Analytics Bridge applications allow you to use the newer functionality of Siebel Analytics with previous versions of Siebel Business and Industry operational applications. Bridge applications are installed, based on the license file, when you install Siebel Analytics Applications.

After you install a Bridge application, you then need to set up the Siebel transactional database for use with the Bridge application. For instructions, see Setting Up the Siebel Transactional Database for Analytics Bridge Applications.

Versions of Analytics Bridge Applications and SIF Files

Table 61 shows which Siebel Analytics Bridge application should be used for the different versions of Siebel Business Applications.

Analytics Bridge Application Architecture

Figure 20 shows the architecture of Siebel Analytics Bridge applications.

Figure 20. Siebel Analytics Bridge Application Architecture

Siebel Data Warehouse Data Model

The Siebel Analytics Bridge applications use the data warehouse as defined in Siebel Data Warehouse Data Model Reference, Version 7.8.2.

CAUTION:  Because of inherent differences in the underlying application schemas, the Siebel Analytics Bridge applications do not perform a complete mapping of all Presentation layer columns in the Siebel Analytics repository. This may also affect those dashboard reports built from the columns that are not mapped. See Technical Note 429, located on Siebel SupportWeb, for a list of Presentation layer columns and reports known to be affected.