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Adding the EIM Configuration File

This task is a step in Process of Loading CRM Data in the Test Environment.

EIM reads a configuration file that specifies which process it must perform and defines the parameters EIM uses to run the process. This file is an ASCII text file that contains an IFB extension in the file name. Before you start an EIM process, you must edit the contents of this EIM configuration file. If you do not specify a configuration file, then EIM uses the default.ifb file.

In this example, EIM sets the process locale as specified in the configuration file at start up. For information on the following topics, see Siebel Enterprise Integration Manager Administration Guide:

• Other process and header parameters
• Alternative sources from which EIM accepts parameter values
• How to define multiple processes in the configuration file

To add the EIM configuration file

1. Using a text editor, such as Notepad, create a file named NRECimp.ifb, and then save it to the following directory on the Siebel Server:

   siebsrvr_root\admin

   In a Unicode environment, you must save the EIM configuration file as a Unicode text file.

2. Copy the text from the example to the NRECimp.ifb file you created in Step 1, and then save your work.

   For more information, see Example Text for the Configuration File.

Example Text for the Configuration File

You can use the following text for the example NRECimp.ifb file. It includes only the entries that EIM requires to support import operations for accounts:

/* These are header parameters. */
[Siebel Interface Manager]
   LOGIN USER = "SADMIN"
   LOGIN PASSWORD = "SADMIN"
   RUN PROCESS = Import Accounts

/* These are generic process parameters. */
[Import Accounts]
   TYPE = IMPORT
   TABLE = EIM_ACCOUNT
   ONLY BASE TABLES = S_ORG_EXT, S_ADDR_ORG, S_PARTY

ONLY BASE COLUMNS = S_ORG_EXT.NAME, S_ORG_EXT.LOC, S_ADDR_ORG.ADDR, S_ADDR_ORG.OU_ID, S_ADDR_ORG.CITY, S_ADDR_ORG.STATE, S_ADDR_ORG.ZIPCODE, S_PARTY.PARTY_UID, S_PARTY.PARTY_TYPE_CD

/* There are no process-specific parameters required in this example. */

Header Section Parameters

Table 11 describes the required header section parameters in the NRECimp.ifb file to configure EIM for an import process. The header section specifies global parameters that apply to the process sections defined later in the file.

Process Section Parameters

Table 12 describes the required process section parameters in the NRECimp.ifb file to configure EIM for an import process. The configuration file must include at least one process section. Note that process section parameters can be one of the following:

• Generic to all EIM processes.
• Specific to a particular EIM process. Each parameter applies only to the particular process you specify. It overrides any corresponding value in the header section.