Specifying the Field That Contains the Encryption Key

The Encrypt Key Field field user property specifies the name of the business component field that contains the encryption key index. The keyfile.bin file in the following directory contains indexed encryption keys:

\Siebel_Root\Admin

The Encrypt Key Field user property specifies the business component field that contains the numbered encryption key index that Siebel CRM uses to decrypt the parent field.

For example, the Credit Card Number field that resides in the Quote business component is an encrypted field that contains credit card numbers. The Credit Card Number Key Index field contains the index of the encryption key that Siebel CRM uses to decrypt the Credit Card Number field. Siebel CRM sets the Credit Card Number field in the Encrypt Key Field user property to a value that the Credit Card Number Key Index contains.