About Siebel ADM Configurations for New Data Types

Siebel Application Deployment Manager (ADM) can be extended to support additional database and file data types for deployment. Creating a new database data type for deployment requires a new integration object and a new content object.

The following topics describe ADM system administration or configuration tasks that are sometimes necessary when preparing for ADM deployments of new data types:

• "Creating Integration Objects for ADM"

• "Creating Content Objects for ADM"

• "Configuring Integration Objects for ADM Deployment"

For information about specific data type attributes used for creating new data types, see Appendix B, "Siebel ADM Support for Additional Data Types." For other deployment and activation details for ADM data types, see Appendix A, "Siebel ADM Supported Data Types."

Creating Integration Objects for ADM

This topic is part of "About Siebel ADM Configurations for New Data Types".

Creating an integration object for Application Deployment Manager (ADM) allows you to migrate a new database data type using ADM.

Note: The preconfigured data types do not require any configuration in Siebel Tools.

The integration object specifies the format and structure of the set of data that you want to migrate.

Use the EAI Object Wizard in Siebel Tools to create integration objects. For more information about the integration objects and on using the EAI Object Wizard, see Integration Platform Technologies: Siebel Enterprise Application Integration.

Note: Intermediate-level knowledge of the Siebel EAI architecture and integration is a prerequisite before performing these tasks. For more information about Siebel EAI, see Overview: Siebel Enterprise Application Integration.

To create an ADM integration object

1. Identify the business object that corresponds to the data type that you want to migrate using ADM.

   This business object must have only one primary business component.

2. In Siebel Tools, choose File, then New Object.

3. From the New Object screen, select Integration Object.

   The EAI Object Wizard guides you through the process of setting up an integration object.

4. Remove any unwanted fields or integration components from the new integration object.

5. Adjust the user keys of the integration object.

   For more information about user keys for integration objects, see Integration Platform Technologies: Siebel Enterprise Application Integration.

6. Validate the integration object by selecting the integration object and clicking Validate.

7. Review the report, and modify your integration object as needed.

Creating Content Objects for ADM

This topic is part of "About Siebel ADM Configurations for New Data Types".

Creating a content object for Application Deployment Manager (ADM) allows you to migrate new database data types using ADM.

Note: The preconfigured data types do not require any configuration in Siebel Tools.

Before creating a content object, make sure that you have created an integration object for the data that you want to migrate. See "Creating Integration Objects for ADM".

The content object specifies the data to be migrated from one Siebel application to another. Each content object is composed of a business object and an integration object.

Content objects are also used by Content Center. The following procedure references properties that are necessary for ADM functionality. For Content Center functionality, additional properties must be set for the content object. For more information about Content Center, see Siebel Applications Administration Guide.

Note: One content object can be used by both Content Center and ADM at the same time.

To create a content object for ADM

1. In Siebel Tools, navigate to Content Objects type.

2. Create a new record.

3. Add the data type business object to the content object record.

4. Add the data type integration object to the content object record.

5. Create child records. On the child record, enter the name of a view that does not have any visibility setting (admin view) by selecting from the picklist.

   The child record determines which view is used during the preview functionality in the ADM GUI. This view must correspond to the business object of the data area.

Configuring Integration Objects for ADM Deployment

This topic is part of "About Siebel ADM Configurations for New Data Types".

Many Application Deployment Manager (ADM) data types have hierarchical structures of different objects that consist of parent-child relationships. In some cases, you might want to control how these hierarchies are deployed by removing the child entities from ADM deployments.

For example, the responsibility data type also migrates users as well as responsibilities, because responsibilities are associated with users and these users would need to be included with the responsibility. However, in this example, you might not want to migrate users between environments, because this migration deploys development users to a production environment.

To deploy only parent records of hierarchical relationships, you must disable the child integration component of the respective data type integration object. Perform the following procedure to configure this behavior.

Intermediate-level knowledge of the Siebel EAI architecture and integration is a prerequisite before performing these tasks. For more information about Siebel EAI, see Overview: Siebel Enterprise Application Integration.

For more information about using the synchronization wizard and configuring integration objects, see Integration Platform Technologies: Siebel Enterprise Application Integration.

To configure an integration object for ADM deployment

1. In the source environment, select the integration object that you want to update in Siebel Tools.

   
   

   Note: The project to which the integration object belongs must be locked.

   
   

2. Click Synchronize in the Integration Objects list.

   The Integration Object Synchronize wizard appears.

3. Click the plus sign (+) to list all related integration components.

4. Select the checkboxes next to the integration components that you want to include in the integration object. Clear the checkboxes next to the integration components that you do not want to include (such as to disable a child integration component that you do not want to migrate).

5. Complete the wizard, and click Finish to synchronize the Siebel integration object and the Siebel business object.

6. Right-click the integration object, and select Validate to validate the integration object.