Setting Up Siebel 8 Sources

The Siebel 8 connector uses the Oracle SES XML connector framework, where searching is based on Siebel data available as XML feeds.

See Also:

"Overview of XML Connector Framework"
Appendix A in the Siebel Search Administration Guide for searchable business components:

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B40099_01/80Siebel_HTML/books/Search/SearchTOC.html
Siebel documentation on Oracle Technology Network (OTN) for information about supported Siebel modules:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html

To activate an identity plug-in for Siebel 8 sources:

On the Global Settings page, select Identity Management Setup.
Select Siebel 8 and click Activate to display the Activate Identity Plug-in page.
Enter values for the parameters as described in Table 8-16. Obtain these values from the Siebel administrator.
Click Finish.

Table 8-16 Siebel 8 Identity Management Parameters

Parameter	Value
Siebel 8 Authentication Web Service Endpoint	HTTP endpoint of the Siebel Web service that provides the authentication service
Siebel 8 Validation Web Service Endpoint	HTTP endpoint of the Siebel Web service that provides the user validation service
User ID	Administrator ID for accessing the user validation service
Password	User password.

To create a Siebel 8 source:

Activate an identity plug-in as described in the previous procedure.
On the Home page, select the Sources secondary tab.
Select Siebel 8 from the Source Types list, and click Create.
Enter the source parameters as described in Table 8-17.
Click Next.
Click Get Parameters to obtain a list of parameters for the authorization manager plug-in.
Enter the values for the authorization manager plug-in parameters as described in Table 8-18.
Click Create.

Table 8-17 Siebel 8 Source Parameters

Parameter	Value
Configuration URL	FILE protocol address of the XML configuration file providing details about the source, such as the data feed type, location, security attributes, and so on. Obtain this file from Siebel administrator and save it on the same computer as Oracle SES. Enter the configuration URL in the form: `file://localhost/config_path` where `config_path` is the absolute path to the configuration file. For example: `file://localhost/private/oracle/config.xml/`
Authentication Type	Standard Java authentication type used by the application serving the control and data feed. Leave this parameter blank as the feeds are accessed over file or FTP protocols.
User ID	User ID to login to the FTP server and access the data feeds. The access details of the data feed are specified in the configuration file. The user id can be obtained from Siebel administrator.
Password	Password for User ID.
Realm	The realm of the application serving the feeds. Leave this parameter blank since the feeds are accessed over file or FTP.
Oracle SSO Login URL	URL that protects all OracleAS Single Sign-on applications. Leave this parameter blank.
Oracle SSO Action URL	URL that authenticates OracleAS Single Sign-on user credentials. Leave the parameter blank.
Scratch Directory	A directory on the same computer as Oracle SES, where the status logs are created temporarily.
Maximum number of connection attempts	Maximum number of attempts to connect to the target server to access the data feed.
Number of data feeds to pre-fetch	Number of data feeds to pre-fetch. Its value can be any number greater than or equal to 0. If its value is set to 0, then no data feed is pre-fetched. The value specified must be such that there is sufficient memory to cache the pre-fetched feeds. The default value is 0.
Enable Resume Crawl	Set it to `true` to enable resuming crawl when the crawl fails or stops. The default value is `true`.

Table 8-18 Siebel 8 Authorization Parameters

Parameter	Value
Siebel 8 authorization Web service endpoint	Webs service endpoint of the Siebel Web service that provides the authorization service.
User ID	Administrator ID for accessing the authorization service.
Password	Password for User ID.