1. Anywhere Administration Guide
  2. Creating a Custom Component

Creating a Custom Component

Siebel Anywhere functionality allows you to define your own custom components, if necessary.

This topic is part of Setting Up Custom Siebel Anywhere Upgrade Components.

The Siebel administrator must define how Siebel Anywhere will monitor and verify the version number for a custom upgrade component. Siebel Anywhere maintains an individual version number for each upgrade component. The version number must be maintained on a Siebel Anywhere subscriber to compare it to the version number in the database. The Siebel administrator can maintain the version number in the application, in a file, or in the Windows registry. For more information, see About Monitoring and Verifying Siebel Anywhere Version Numbers.
Caution: It is strongly recommended that you use the Copy Record functionality to copy existing upgrade components and simply rename the new upgrade component so that the correct parameters are used for the new upgrade component. This method is described in the following procedure. Make sure that you also update the Locate and Version columns appropriately.

To create a custom component

  1. Navigate to the Administration - Siebel Anywhere screen, then the Upgrade Component List view.

  2. In the Upgrade Components list, select an existing component that is similar to the component you want to create, and then click the menu button and select Copy Record.

    A highlighted copy of the record that you selected appears.

  3. Modify the fields in the copied record to meet your requirements.

    Use a meaningful name to describe the function of the component. Make sure that the Min Version and Max Version fields are blank. This information is filled in when the upgrade kits are applied.
    Caution: Limit the value of the Name field to 91 characters or fewer. Exceeding this limit causes synchronization to fail.
  4. For any configuration that you will upgrade using your new custom component, you must specify that the component is a related component for the configuration.

    For more information, see Adding Components to a Configuration.