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Customizing Analytics Content on the Siebel Operational Application Home Page

This task is part of the Process of Customizing Analytics Application Home Page and Dashboards.

Siebel Business Analytics applications are integrated with Siebel operational applications using the symbolic URL infrastructure. The following task describes how to use symbolic URLs to link a new report to a Siebel operational application home page and how to add new Analytics Dashboards to the Siebel operational application. The symbolic URL specifies how the HTTP request to the external application should be constructed and to defines any arguments and values to be sent as part of the request.

NOTE:  For more information on the symbolic URL infrastructure, see Siebel Portal Framework Guide. This topic assumes that you have successfully built a symbolic URL to link some external content, using the instructions given in Siebel Portal Framework Guide.

For each Analytical report on a Siebel operational application home page, there is a symbolic URL record defined that links the home page to the Analytics report. If you have not already done so, you need to create a new home page and set it up to use a symbolic URL.

NOTE:  For Siebel Pharma Mobile Analytics settings, See the topic Verifying NQHOST Setup for Pharma Mobile Analytics Client.

To configure a new Home Page to use a symbolic URL

1. Make sure the symbolic URL has been set up.
2. Launch the Siebel operational application and navigate to the Integration Administration > Symbolic URL Administration view.
3. Query for the symbolic URL that has been set up for Analytics.

   The name of this symbolic URL should be exactly the same as the calculated value of the field that was added to the Business Component. For example, you may have a symbolic URL named HomePageAnalytics.

4. In the URL field, enter the Web URL.
   For example:

   http://NQHOST/Analytics/saw.dll

   For the Host Name, choose the Analytics Server Name from the drop-down list. The following table shows the other parameters for reports.

   Parameter	Value
   NQHOST	A virtual name in the URL that points to the Analytics Web machine
   Fixup Name	Inside Applet
   SSO Disposition	Inline
   Analytics Web application name	Select from the drop-down list

5. Create the appropriate symbolic URL Arguments.

   These arguments depend upon the particular Analytics report that you are trying to display. The Argument Values should be the same for any Analytics report you work with, except for the Path Argument Value. Use the procedure in Determining the Analytics Report Path Argument to determine the path to the Analytics report.