Overview of Managing Repositories

A Siebel Repository is a set of tables that includes Siebel objects and server scripts. These objects and scripts define a Siebel application, such as Siebel Field Service. This repository provides the metadata that Siebel CRM requires to interact with enterprise data and to interact with the people who use the Siebel application. The Siebel application stores these tables in the Siebel runtime repository, and then reads the repository at run time. You view and modify the information that this repository contains – for more information, see Configuring Siebel Business Applications.

Siebel CRM includes Incremental Repository Merge, which is a feature that allows you to merge multiple repositories to a single repository during an incremental upgrade. It automatically does some of this upgrade work for you, such as importing SIF files and seed data, applying schema modifications, and deliver. For more information, see Siebel Database Upgrade Guide.

This topic includes the following information:

• Files That You Use to Manage Repositories

• Viewing Information About the Current Repository

• Renaming Repositories

• Configuring Siebel CRM to Read Data from a Single Repository

• Restricting the Objects That Developers Can Modify