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Overview of Analytics Bridge Applications

Siebel Business Analytics Bridge applications contain pre-built components that are specific to the different versions of source Siebel Business Applications. The Bridge applications allow you to use the newer functionality of Siebel Business Analytics with previous versions of Siebel Business and Industry operational applications. Bridge applications are installed, based on the license file, when you install Siebel Business 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

Table 66 shows which Siebel Business 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 Business Analytics Bridge applications.

Figure 20. Siebel Business Analytics Bridge Application Architecture

Siebel Data Warehouse Data Model

The Siebel Business 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 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.