This chapter describes how to use Siebel Briefings Content Broker to integrate external content. The chapter also describes the process for configuring Briefings to display data and information from other external sources. This chapter assumes that you are familiar with Siebel Tools and with configuring Siebel applications.

For more information about Siebel Tools and Siebel configuration concepts, see Using Siebel Tools. For more information about configuring Siebel applications, see Siebel eSales Administration Guide.

This chapter includes the following topics:

• About Content Broker
• Content Agents for Company Vocabulary
• Content Agents and Requests to External Content Sources
• Process of Integrating External Content
• Overview of Configuration for Briefings External Data Integration
• Briefings Configuration Scenarios
• Briefings Configuration Example
• Configuring a Business Component to Allow External Data for Briefings
• Configuring an Applet to Display External Data for Briefings
• Mapping an Applet and Web Template to a Briefings View
• Defining Content Agents for Briefings