Using the Siebel Execute Business Service activity

The Siebel execute business service activity is used to run a Siebel business service on the Siebel Business Applications server.

Before you begin

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About this task

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. The business service can be a standard business service like Siebel Contact or a custom business service where the integration object needs to be selected.

Procedure

  1. In an active orchestration, open the Activities tab and expand the Siebel folder contents.
  2. Drag the Execute Business Service activity icon onto the orchestration.
  3. When the activity shows in the orchestration, the Siebel Execute Business Service Checklist is displayed.
  4. In the Checklist, click Summary.
  5. Review the contents of the Activity Name field, and make the required changes.
  6. In the Checklist, click Pick Endpoint.
  7. Click Browse and use the Project Explorer dialog box to select the relevant Siebel endpoint.
  8. You can create the endpoint by clicking New and enter the required connection details. Click OK to save and use the endpoint for this configuration.
    Note: For more information, see Creating or editing a Siebel endpoint.
  9. To make any 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.
  10. In the Checklist, click Configure.
  11. Type the repository name in the Repository Name text box. The repository name is populated with a default value, which represents the Siebel Repository. Specify 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.
  12. Select the business service.
    1. Click Browse to display the list of Business Services.
    2. Use the Business Service Filter to filter the business services during selection.
    3. Optional: Click Refresh to update the current object list from the Siebel server.
    4. Select a Business Service from the business service list and click Next. The list of business operations for the selected business service is displayed.
    • If the business service has a fixed integration object associated with it then after selecting the business operation, click Finish to generate the schemas for the map input/output.
    • If the business service has no fixed integration object associated with it then after selecting the business operation click Next and select the integration objects for the input/output message.
  13. Select Map Inputs from the Checklist. The XML Schemas generated from the selected service of the Execute Business Service activity are displayed as nodes under the request input parameter in the To Activity panel.
  14. Create a map between orchestration variables and the input parameter of the activity.

    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 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. If a value is not provided at run time for an optional input parameter, no exception is thrown during run time.

  15. Select the Map Outputs from 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.
  16. Create a map between the output parameters and the orchestration variables.

Results

You have configured the Siebel Execute Business Service activity.



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Timestamp icon Last updated: Thursday, December 17, 2015


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