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Using the Siebel Configuration Wizard to Configure SSSE


This topic briefly describes choices you must make when you install and configure a Siebel Server in order to include the installation and configuration of SSSE components.

This task is a step in Roadmap for Configuring SSSE. For additional information on installing the Siebel Server, see Installing Siebel Server for SSSE.

When you run the Siebel Configuration Wizard to configure the Siebel Server, you are presented with prompts for many Siebel Server configuration settings. Table 10 lists the SSSE-related configuration settings presented by the wizard and outlines the information you must provide.

Table 10. Siebel Server Configuration Wizard Settings for SSSE
Wizard Prompt
Action to Take

Enable Component Groups

Select the PIMSI check box, along with any other component groups required for your Siebel implementation.

Additional Server Task Selection

Select the Exchange Server Synchronization check box, along with any other configuration tasks required for your Siebel implementation.

Create local share for the Exchange Server Synchronization Connector

Select the check box if you want to run the DCOM Exchange Connector on the current computer.

Do not select the check box if you are using the Web service Exchange Connector with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.

Exchange Server Synchronization Connector Share Name

Enter the computer name and path to a shared directory that the DCOM Exchange Connector will use on this computer.

Not applicable if you are using the Web service Exchange Connector with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.

Employee Login for External Meeting Organizer

Enter a previously created employee login for your Siebel application. Use a login that is dedicated to owning activity records that are created by individuals who are not employees listed in the Siebel database. Do not enable synchronization for this login.

Corresponds to the GenericOrganizerLogin parameter. For additional information on this parameter, see PIMSI Engine Server Component Parameters.

Extract Start Date

Enter the date of the oldest appointments and tasks that you want SSSE to synchronize.

Corresponds to the ExtractStartDate parameter. For additional information on this parameter, see PIMSI Engine Server Component Parameters and Setting Extract Start Dates for Users.

Format of Extract Start Date

Enter the format of the value you specified for the Extract Start Date, such as MM/DD/YYYY.

Default account for new contacts for Exchange Server Synchronization

(Optional) Enter the name of an account that already exists in your Siebel application. When SSSE synchronizes a new contact from Microsoft Exchange to the Siebel database, this account is assigned to the new Siebel contact record.

Default account location for new contacts

Enter an account location that already exists in your Siebel application. When SSSE synchronizes a new contact from Microsoft Exchange to the Siebel database, this account location is assigned to the new Siebel contact record.

Enable Exchange Server Synchronization Dispatcher Component

Select the check box if the current computer is the one Siebel Server in your Enterprise that will run the PIMSI Dispatcher.

Enable Exchange Server Synchronization Engine

Select the check box if the current computer will run the PIMSI Engine.

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