Use the Siebel Query Objects activity to work with either Siebel
Business Objects, Business Components, or Siebel Integration Objects.
Before you begin
Ensure that you have:
About this task
Use this task to query either a Business Component hierarchy
or an Integration Object on the Siebel server. The call to this activity
is a synchronous call where the input data is sent to the activity
for processing and the response is sent back to the orchestration.
Procedure
- In an active orchestration, open the Activities tab
and expand the Siebel folder contents.
- Drag the Query Objects activity
icon onto the orchestration. The Siebel Query Objects Checklist is
displayed.
- In the Checklist, click Summary.
- Review the contents of the Activity Name field,
and make the required changes.
- In the Checklist, click Pick
Endpoint.
- Click Browse and use the Project
Explorer dialog box to select the relevant Siebel endpoint.
- Optional: You can create the endpoint by clicking New and
specifying the required connection details. Click OK to
save and use the endpoint for this configuration.
- To make required changes to the selected endpoint configuration,
click Edit to access the options in a separate
window. Any changes you make globally affects all uses of the endpoint
in active orchestrations.
- In the Checklist, click Configure.
- Enter the repository name in the Repository
Name text box. Repository name is populated with a default
value, which represents the Siebel Repository. Enter the repository
name if it is not same as the default value. All the metadata needed
for discovering the objects are retrieved from this repository.
- Select one of the following objects for integration.
To work with Business Object/Business Component:
- Select the Object Type as Business
Object / Business Component.
- Click Browse to display the list of Business
Objects.
- Use the Business Object Filter to
filter the business objects during selection.
- Optional: Click Refresh to
update the current object list from the Siebel server.
- Select a Business Object from the
business object list and click Next.
- The list of business components for the selected business
object is displayed. Select a business component and click Finish to
generate schemas for the map input and map output.
The
Query activity retrieves the Siebel business component for the specified
key in the map input. The following occurs during the Query activity:
To work with Integration Object:
- For Siebel Integration Object, select the Object
Type as Integration Object.
- Click Browse to display the list of integration objects.
- Use Integration Object Filter to
filter the integration objects during selection.
- Optional: Click Refresh to
update the current object list from the Siebel server.
- Select an integration object and click Finish to
generate schemas for the map input and map output. During
processing, the selected business service is executed and the output
is sent back to the orchestration.
- In the Checklist, click Retry. Review
the default settings and make the required changes. For more information,
see Specifying Retry and Delivery Options for Siebel Activities.
- Select the Map Inputs in the Checklist.
The XML Schemas generated from the selected object of the Query
Objects activity are displayed as nodes under the request
input parameter in the To Activity panel.
- Create a map between the orchestration variables and the
input parameter of the activity.
Note: Values must be
provided at run time for any mandatory elements of the input structure.
A value can be provided by specifying a default value for element
or by linking the element with an input node. During run time if no
value is provided for a mandatory element, the activity throws an
exception, which is reported by the Web Management Console (WMC).
If a value is not provided at run time for an optional input parameter,
no exception is thrown during run time.
- Select the Map Outputs in the checklist.
The XML Schema generated to hold the response of the activity is displayed
as nodes under the response output parameter in the From Activity
panel.
- Create a map between the output parameters and orchestration
variables.
Results
You have configured the Siebel Query Objects activity.