Creating an Integration Component for the Channel Partner MVG

This task is a step in Process of Making Siebel CRM Data Available to Add an MVG.

In this topic, you add a channel partner integration component as a child of the integration object that Siebel CRM Desktop uses for opportunities. This allows Siebel CRM Desktop to query the channel partners that are associated with the opportunities for a user.

To create an integration component for the channel partner MVG

1. In Siebel Tools, display the object type named Integration Object.

   For more information, see Displaying Object Types in Siebel Tools.

2. In the Object Explorer, click Integration Object.

3. In the Integration Objects list, query the Name property for CRMDesktopOpportunityIO and then make sure the Object Locked property contains a check mark.

   Siebel CRM Desktop adds the CRMDesktopOpportunityIO integration object to the Siebel Runtime Repository when you install Siebel CRM Desktop on the Siebel Server. You must install it before you can complete this task.

4. In the Object Explorer, expand the Integration Object tree and then click Integration Component.

5. In the Integration Components list, add a new record with the following values.

   Property	Value
   Business Component	Channel Partner
   Name	Opportunity_ChannelPartner
   External Name	Channel Partner
   External Sequence	2 For more information, see Requirements for the Sequence Property.
   XML Sequence	10002 For more information, see Requirements for the Sequence Property.
   XML Container Element	ListOfOpportunity_ChannelPartner
   XML Tag	Opportunity_ChannelPartner

6. In the Object Explorer, expand the Integration Component tree and then click Integration Component Field.

7. In the Integration Component Fields list, add new records with the following values.

   Name	Data Type	Length
   IsPrimaryMVG	DTYPE_TEXT	1
   Location	DTYPE_TEXT	50
   Organization BU Name	DTYPE_TEXT	50
   Partner	DTYPE_TEXT	100
   Partner Id	DTYPE_Id	30
   Partner Status	DTYPE_TEXT	30
   operation	DTYPE_TEXT	30
   searchspec	DTYPE_TEXT	250

8. In the Object Explorer, click Integration Component Key.

9. In the Integration Component Keys list, add new records with the following values.

   Name	Key Sequence Number	Key Type
   Modification Key	1	Modification Key
   Primary Key	1	User Key
   Status Key	1	Status Key

10. In the Object Explorer, click Integration Component User Prop.

11. In the Integration Component User Props list, add new records with the following values.

    Name	Value
    MVGAssociation	Y
    MVGLink	Channel Partner

12. Compile your changes.

    For more information, see Using Siebel Tools.

13. In the Object Explorer, click Integration Component and then note the following properties of the integration component that you added in step 5. You use these values when you modify the metadata for the customization package.

    Property	Value
    Parent Name	CRMDesktopOpportunityIO You will use this property as a value for the IntObjName attribute.
    XML Tag	Opportunity_ChannelPartner You will use this property as a value for the SiebMsgXmlElemName attribute.
    XML Container Element	ListOfOpportunity_ChannelPartner You will use this property as a value for the SiebMsgXmlCollectionElemName attribute.