Adding Siebel Data Services 

Use

You can import Siebel business components as data services into your model, in the same manner that you import standard SAP data services. You can create a model that integrates both Siebel components and SAP data services.

Prerequisites

·        Your Storyboard server is connected to SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0 SP2.

·        iWay connectors must be installed on the portal for Siebel connectivity. For information about installing the iWay connector, see the SAP NetWeaver Installation Guide.

Procedure

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       1.      Open iView in the Design workspace

       2.      From the main menu, choose Model ® Select Data Services to display the Data task panel.

       3.      If you have not connected to the portal from which you will import the Siebel data services (business components), do so now:

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                               a.      In the Portal field at the top right (end of the main menu), enter the URL of a portal whose system landscape includes the application on which you will base the iView. Be sure that the Visual Composer Addons have been installed on this server.

Example: http://myportal.sap.com:50000, where myportal is the name of the portal server host, sap.com is the domain, and 5000 is the J2EE port number in use by the portal.

Be sure to use front slashes (//) in the portal address.

                            b.      Click the traffic light to the right of the Portal field.

                            c.      In the portal Welcome screen, enter a User ID and Password to log in to the portal. This user must have the necessary permissions to view the Siebel system defined in the portal, and should also have either direct access to the back-end application or be mapped to a user with that access. Click OK.

                            d.      Once a connection to the portal is established, a list of systems defined in the portal system landscape appears in the System drop-down list.

       4.      From the System list, choose the alias of the system from which you want to retrieve Siebel business components or business services.

       5.      Under SAP System, do one of the following:

¡        Click the Search tab to search for data services by name or group: In the Name field, enter a search string (the * wildcard is supported, and a right-hand wildcard is assumed) and from the For drop-down list, select the type of item (such as Name or Group) to search for. Then click Search. A list of functions that match the search parameter is displayed.

¡        Click the Browse tab to display a hierarchy of folders containing the objects and functions found in the business objects repository (BOR) of the selected system. From the For drop-down list, select the category of the item to browse for.

While browsing the list, you can click any object or function, and then click More Info to get a description of the selected object or function.

       6.      Once the search is complete, import the functions to be used by the iView: Drag the functions one at a time from the list in the task panel to the iView.

When using a Siebel Update business component to build a query, note that the logic is very similar to building SQL queries. Each field input to the update business component is replicated: one field with an s. (set) prefix and the other field with a w. (where) prefix.

For example, to update the phone number and account name in an account details list, you might use the following fields as input to the Update business component:
s.Name, s.Phone, w.party_uid

A user might enter the following data into those fields:

s.Name = Ron
s.Phone = 7777490
w.party_uid = 1-wbx

Remember that each query must have at least one w. prefix field, used for indicating the unique identifier.