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Files That You Use to Manage Repositories

A Siebel ArchIve File (SIF) is a type of file that you can use to import object definitions into or export objects from an SRF. You can use Siebel Tools to create an SIF file, and you can use SIF files to move your modifications from a source environment to a destination environment. Siebel Tools writes SIF files in XML format. A SIF file uses the following hierarchy, and it can include property values and scripts:

1. Repository
2. Project
3. Object
4. Child Objects

For example, the following code is part of an SIF file that Siebel Tools creates when it adds objects to a hotfix. It includes a definition for the Account Assoc Applet:

<REPOSITORY
NAME="Siebel Repository"
... >
<PROJECT
...
NAME="Account (SSE)"... >
<APPLET
ASSOCIATE_APPLET="Account Assoc Applet"
BUSINESS_COMPONENT="Account"
CLASS="CSSFrameListBase"
...
NAME="Account List Applet"
... >
<APPLET_METHOD_MENU_ITEM... >
</APPLET_METHOD_MENU_ITEM>...
</APPLET>
<BUSINESS_COMPONENT
CACHE_DATA="N"
CLASS="CSSBusComp"
... >
</BUSINESS_COMPONENT>
...
</PROJECT>
</REPOSITORY>

For more information about:

• This example, see Using a Hotfix to Deploy Fixes to the Production Environment
• Using Siebel Tools to import or export an SIF file as an archive file, see Archiving Objects.