Analytics: Application Developer (Siebel 7.

7)

Module 9: Integrating
Intelligence Dashboards into
Siebel Applications
Module Objectives

After completing this module you will be able to:

 Add analytics content to Siebel eBusiness Applications
using Siebel Tools and the symbolic URL infrastructure

Why you need to know:

 Dashboards can be extended into other Siebel
applications

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Integrating Dashboards
 Two types:
 Inline—Adding a Siebel Analytics request within a Siebel applet
 iFrame—Adding a Dashboard as a Siebel view

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Inline

1. Identify the view

2. Add a field to the AnalyticsSSO business component

3. Create a new applet

4. Associate the AnalyticsSSO BC to the view’s BO

5. Add the applet to the view

6. Find the path to the Analytics request

7. Create the symbolic URL

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Identify the View

 Use Help > About View in the Siebel Application to find the view
name

View name

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Add a Field to the AnalyticsSSO Business Component

 Using Tools, copy the existing field

2. Rename to
MyHomePageAnalytics 3. Rename the Calculated value to
MyHomePageAnalytics

1. Copy the HomePageAnalytics field

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Create a New Applet

 Query for the *Home Page Analytics* applet and copy record

Name the new applet Drill down and rename the

MyHomePageAnalytics associated List Column
field and name

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Associate the AnalyticsSSO BC to the View’s BO

 Use the view you determined in step 1 to find the Business
Object

1. Determine the Business Object

2. Add the
AnalyticsSSO
business
component, if
necessary

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Add the Applet to the View

 Click and drag the My Home Page Analytics Applet to a free
applet placeholder in the view

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Find the Path to the Analytics Request

 In Answers, select the request, then the Advanced tab

Click this link

Copy the URL

after the
“Go&Path=“

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Create the Symbolic URL

 Navigate to Integration Administration > Symbolic URL
Administration view

Create new Add all of the

symbolic URL arguments as shown

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Create the Symbolic URL Continued

 Argument values for the Symbolic URL:

Required Argument Sequence

Name Argument Value
Argument Type ID

Cmd Yes Constant Go 1

Path Yes Constant path determined in step 6 2

Syndicate Yes Constant Siebel 3

nqUser Yes Command UseSiebelLoginid 4

nqPassword Yes Command UseSiebelLoginPassword 5

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iFrame

1. Add a field to the AnalyticsSSO business component

2. Create a new applet

3. Create an Analytics Dashboard view

4. Create an Analytics Dashboard screen

5. Add the view to the Siebel application

6. Find the path to the request

7. Create the symbolic URL

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Add a Field to the AnalyticsSSO Business Component

 Using Tools, copy the existing field

2. Rename the Calculated value

1. Copy the HomePageAnalytics field

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Create a New Applet

 Query for the applet SSO Executive Dashboard Applet and
copy.

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Create an Analytics Dashboard View

 Create a new view for each Dashboard to add to the application

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Create an Analytics Dashboard Screen

 Associate the view created in the previous step to an existing
screen or create a new screen and add the view

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Add the View to the Siebel Application

 In the Siebel Application, navigate to Application Administration

1. Create the
view

4. Add users
2. Create a new
responsibility

3. Add the view

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Find the Path to the Request

 In Answers, navigate to the Dashboard

Path

%2F = /
%20 = space

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Create the Symbolic URL

 Navigate to Integration Administration > Symbolic URL
Administration view

Create new Add all of the

symbolic URL arguments as shown

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Create the Symbolic URL Continued

 Argument values for the Symbolic URL:
Required Argument Sequence
Name Argument Value
Argument Type ID

Cmd Yes Constant PortalPages 1

Path Yes Constant path determined in step 6 2

Syndicate Yes Constant Siebel 3

nqUser Yes Command UseSiebelLoginid 4

nqPassword Yes Command UseSiebelLoginPassword 5

PostRequest Yes Command PostRequest 6

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Summary

This module showed you how to:

 Add analytics content to Siebel eBusiness Applications
using Siebel Tools and the symbolic URL infrastructure

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Lab
 In the lab you will:
 Add a Siebel Analytics request within a Siebel applet
 Add a Dashboard as a Siebel view

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