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Other Integration Strategies


Some of the other integration strategies that can be used include:

  • Multiple Application Process Integration. A successful business requires business processes that span multiple applications. For example, a quote to cash business process spans credit check, inventory management, billing, shipping, and other application services. Siebel EAI facilitates multiple application business processes.
  • Master Data Partitioning. Master data refers to the set of data that is required by a community of applications. Master data is partitioned between applications. Although each piece of data is owned by one application, the community imposes rules for the creation and update of master data.
  • Data Sharing. Siebel EAI allows Siebel Business Applications to access external data in real time without having to maintain a local, duplicate copy. This is a common requirement in the financial services industry, where the file for customer information typically resides on a mainframe.
  • Presentation Layer Integration. Siebel EAI supports client integration in a Web client environment. Client integration includes integrating applications at the user interface level, either by juxtaposing the screens within a portal and coordinating the content, or by screen scraping the content of one screen into the content of another screen.
  • Data Mapping and Transformation. Data that is shared between applications might not be structured or encoded in the same way. To facilitate integration of data structures that are not identical, Siebel EAI specifies mapping and transformation rules, including filtering and structural changes.
  • Centralized Application Administration. Siebel Business Applications participate in an application management framework, which facilitates overall administration of applications.
  • Upgradeable Integration. The Siebel Business platform is designed so that integration points are migrated to a new release of Siebel Business Applications and adapted to new releases of external application packages. This capability means an organization can use a prior investment in their integration when upgrading to a new version of a Siebel application, or to a third-party application.
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