Creating an Integration Object 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 create a new integration object that makes the channel partner data available to the EAI Siebel Adapter. The work you do in this topic allows the PIM Client Sync Service business service to access channel partner data. For more information, see Siebel Enterprise Components That Siebel CRM Desktop Uses.

To create an integration object for the channel partner MVG

1. In Siebel Tools, choose the File Menu and then click New Object.

2. Click the EAI tab, click Integration Object and then click OK.

3. In the Integration Object Builder Dialog box, choose values for the following items and then click Next.

   Property	Value
   Project	Choose a project. It is recommended that you create a separate project for any customizations you make to Siebel CRM Desktop. For example, use a project named Siebel CRM Desktop.
   Business Service	EAI Siebel Wizard

4. Choose values for the following items and then click Next.

   Property	Value
   Source Object	Channel Partner
   Source Root	Channel Partner
   Integration Object Name	CRMDesktopChannelPartnerIO

5. Expand the Channel Partner tree, choose the integration components you must include with this integration object, and then click Next.

   As the default, Siebel Tools includes a check mark for each integration component. For this example, accept the default.

6. Click Next and then click Finish.

7. Examine the properties of the integration object you created in step 6:

   1. In the Object Explorer, click Integration Object, query the Name property for CRMDesktopChannelPartnerIO, and then note the following property.

      Property	Value
      External Name	Channel Partner You will use this property as a value for the IntObjName attribute.

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

   3. In the Integration Object Components list, query the Name property for Channel Partner and then note the following properties.

      Property	Value
      XML Tag	ChannelPartner You will use this property as a value for the SiebMsgXmlElemName attribute.
      XML Container Element	ListOfChannelPartner You will use this property as a value for the SiebMsgXmlCollectionElemName attribute.