Integration Objects

Integration objects are logical representations of Siebel business objects or external application data, such as externally defined XML documents. An integration object is metadata stored in the Siebel Repository. One integration object can be mapped to another integration object. Instances of integration objects are used in integration processes for data exchange. For more information on integration objects, see Integration Platform Technologies: Siebel Enterprise Application Integration.

In this image, in the beginning of the image, Integration Object is connected to Integration Component and Integration Object User Prop. Integration Component is connected to Integration Object Component Field. Integration Object Component Field is connected to Integration Component Field User Prop.

Integration objects are made up of three distinct data sections: the canonical, the external, and the XML, as shown in the following.

XML Integration Object Definition. This image is described in surrounding text.

The integration object schema in the Siebel Repository is composed of the three data sections shown in the following table.

Name	Purpose
Canonical section	Stores information about an object in a common representation. The names used for objects, components, and fields are the names that the designer wishes to be visible. The data types are the Siebel business component field types that are used by the Object Manager.
External section	Stores information about how the object, component, or field is represented in the external system. For integration objects based on business objects, this can include the business object names, component names, and field names and data types.
XML section	Stores the mapping between an integration object definition and its XML representation. This allows any integration object to be represented as XML.