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Supported Activities in Siebel Management Console

Siebel Management Console supports several different activities or actions, most of which are summarized here, organized by the user interface features where these activities are initiated. This topic is part of Running the Siebel Management Console.

• Siebel Deployment selection in navigation menu (in left panel), then overview area:
  • Reviewing overall deployment (overview area)
  • Adding a new deployment item (Add icon (+) at top of overview area)
  • Deploying a profile into your Siebel environment (Deploy selection in Action field, then Submit button)
  • Staging a profile for later deployment into your Siebel environment (Stage selection in Action field, then Submit button)
  • Deleting configuration data for a deployed entity (Delete icon at top of overview area). You might need to delete and redeploy a deployment item in order to modify its configuration in Siebel Management Console. Note that deleting a deployment item corresponding to a Siebel Server stops the system service.
  • Refreshing configuration data displayed in Siebel Management Console (Refresh icon at top of overview area)
  • Reviewing the deployment status of items and nodes in your Siebel deployment (using the Legend link at top of overview area)
• Profiles selection in navigation menu (in left panel), then overview area:
  • Comparing two or more profiles (Compare icon at top of overview area)
  • Cloning a profile (Clone icon at top of overview area)
  • Creating a profile for a configurable entity (Add icon (+) at top of overview area)
  • Deleting a profile (Delete icon at top of overview area)
  • Querying profile data (Query icon at top of in overview area)
  • Refreshing profile data (Refresh icon at top of overview area). For example, you can use this option to retrieve the stored profile data in case another user had been editing profiles at the same time.
  • Editing a profile (Edit icon at top of form view overview area)
• Configuration selection in navigation menu (in left panel). For more information, see Configuring the Siebel Deployment.
• Management selection in navigation menu (in left panel). For more information, see Managing the Siebel Deployment.
• Enterprise Cache selection in navigation menu (in left panel):
  • Clearing a deployed cache, or all caches
• Settings selection in navigation menu (in left panel), then overview area:
  • Invoking introspection of the Siebel deployment in order to refresh the deployment data in Siebel Management Console (Refresh Configuration button). You can use this option to bring deployment data into Siebel Management Console from configuration activities that had been done outside of Siebel Management Console, such as using Server Manager or the server administration views in the Siebel application.
  • Viewing the introspection log data (View Log button)
  • Removing the configuration for the Siebel Gateway (removes all profiles and deployment data)
  • Modifying the search synchronization interval (in minutes, between 5 and 30), which specifies how often searchable configuration data is synchronized with the server. This setting affects searches for the current user and browser only.
• Toolbar area (above overview area):
  • Searching the configuration data for available profiles or deployed entities
  • Viewing the current user of Siebel Management Console
  • Logging out of Siebel Management Console (Logout option for current user)

Related Topics

About Configuring Siebel CRM

Starting the Siebel Management Console

Overview of Siebel Management Console

Configuring the Siebel Deployment

Managing the Siebel Deployment

Accessibility for Siebel Management Console