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Module 16: Siebel Data Model

Module Objectives
To identify prominent tables in the Siebel database Get to know the various keys and Indexes for the tables.

Ex: Primary Key, Foreign Keys, User Key

To understand how to configure the data layer as necessary for the

business implementation

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Siebel Data Model

Standard third-party relational database or Oracle database is

used to store the data used by the Siebel applications Is designed to support the data requirements across Siebel applications
Controls/ List Columns

Screen

View

Applet

Defines the UI interface

Business Object

Business Component

Field

Defines the Business Layer

Table

Column

Defines the data storage structure

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Data in Siebel
Is organized and stored in normalized tables in a relational

database
Each table has multiple columns storing atomic data. Single value cannot be logically further sub-divided
Primary Key is a column that uniquely identifies each row in a

table
ROW_ID serves as the primary key for Siebel tables
Table Primary Key ROW_ID BU_ID NAME

S_ORG_EXT EMAIL_ADDR

Columns

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ROW_ID
Is a column in every table that is unique across all tables

and mobile-users Is a Siebel application-generated unique identifier

Is generated even before the data is written to the database
It must not be modified by the users. Its managed by the

Siebel applications
ROW_ID for a particular record

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Tables
Data,Interface and Repository are three major types of tables.

Type of the table is specified by its TYPE property

Nearly 3000 tables are present in the database

Database schema is created during Siebel database server installation

Data Table Interface Table Repository Table

S_ORG_EXT
EMAIL_ADDR ROW_ID

EIM_ACCOUNT
MAIN_PH_NUM ROW_ID ROW_ID

S_TABLE

BU_ID

NAME

ALIAS

NAME

NAME

TYPE

LOC

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Data Tables
Have names prefixed with S_ Store the user data

Administrative Data Seed Data Business Data

Are populated and updated by:

Users through the siebel application Server processes such as Assignment Manager, Enterprise Integration Manager (EIM)
Are documented in Siebel Data Reference

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Prominent Data Tables

There are seven prominent data tables that store data for

the major business entities

Internal Product

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Columns
Columns determine the system and user data that can be stored

in the table
Determine the size (Length) and type (Physical Type) of the data that can be stored in column Limit proposed modifications to a standard application Existing properties should not be edited

Determines Type of data

Determines maximum size of data

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System Columns
Store the System data. They exist for all tables and are

maintained by Siebel applications and tasks

System Columns

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User Keys
Determine the uniqueness of records when importing, integrating or

entering data
Are predefined and cannot be modified All columns in User key may not be Required
Creation of New User Keys will be done by Expert Service Group

Column combination provides a unique value

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Indexes
Used to retrieve and sort data rapidly Separate data structure to store data value for a column

and a pointer to a corresponding row Modifying existing indexes or adding new ones to be done by experienced DBA
_P index based on Primary Key

_U index based on User Key

Position of the column in the index. Sequence affects the sort order

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Table Relationships
To support the as-delivered application, Siebel tables have

many predefined relationships

1:M One-to-Many M:M Many-to-Many

Employees
S_USER PW_LAST_UPD PASSWORD ROW_ID ROW_ID Siebel Data Model S_ORG_EXT EMAIL_ADDR S_ADDR_ORG ADDR_NAME

Address

ROW_ID

M:M Relationship S_EMP_ACCNT is Intersection Table

LOGIN

BU_ID

NAME

ADDR

CITY

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1:M Relationships
On the Many side, Foreign Key columns in the table are

used to capture the relationship

Are columns in a table that refer to the Primary Key column of the related or parent table. Many are named with suffix _ID
FK column on Many side of relationship references the PK

column on the One side

Foreign Key
S_ORG_EXT EMAIL_ADDR S_ADDR_ORG ADDR_NAME

ROW_ID

ROW_ID

OU_ID

BU_ID

NAME

ADDR

CITY

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Foreign Key Columns

Are maintained by Siebel applications and tasks to ensure

referential integrity and should never be updated directly via SQL. Use the Foreign Key Table property in the column definition to determine the column that serves as the foreign key

S_ORG_EXT EMAIL_ADDR ROW_ID ROW_ID

S_ADDR_ORG ADDR_NAME

OU_ID

BU_ID

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ADDR

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M:M Relationships
M:M relationships are captured using the foreign keys

columns in a third table called Intersection table

S_USER
PW_LAST_UPD PASSWORD ROW_ID ROW_ID Siebel Data Model

S_ORG_EXT EMAIL_ADDR

LOGIN S_EMP_ACCNT ROW_ID EMP_ID OU_ID

BU_ID

NAME

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1:1 Extension Table

Is a special table that has 1:1 relationship with the base table

Foreign key for this is located in the Extension table and is known as PAR_ROW_ID A row in an extension table is created only if there is data to store in one of its columns. The ROW_ID for a row in an extension table is same as the ROW_ID of the related row in the base table. This is an exception to the convention that ROW_IDs are unique across all tables
A base and an extension table can be considered as a single logical table.

Provides additional columns for the business components referencing the base table Have the name of the base table with suffix _X Examples of Vanilla 1:1 extension tables: S_CONTACT_X for S_CONTACT,
S_ORG_EXT_X for S_ORG_EXT etc

S_SRV_REQ ASGN_DT

S_SRV_REQ_X PAR_ROW_ID ATTRIB_47 ATTRIB_46

OPTY_ID

ROW_ID

ROW_ID

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1:M Extension Table

Is a special table used to store child data related to an

existing parent table Have the name of the main table suffixed with _XM
Examples of Vanilla 1:M extension tables: S_CONTACT_XM,
S_ORG_EXT_XM
S_SRV_REQ ASGN_DT

S_SRV_REQ_XM
PAR_ROW_ID ATTRIB_01 ROW_ID

OPTY_ID

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ROW_ID

NAME

NAME stores the name of the child entity PAR_ROW_ID stores FK to ROW_ID in the main table TYPE defines data classification

TYPE

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Module Highlights
Siebel data model defines how the data is stored in the third

party relational database Primary key (ROW_ID) uniquely identifies each row in a table User keys are used to uniquely determine the existence of a row while entering, importing or Integrating data Foreign key columns are maintained by Siebel applications and tasks to ensure the referential integrity. They are used to capture 1:M relationships M:M relationships are captured using foreign key columns in Intersection tables 1:1, 1:M extension tables are prebuilt for many major tables in Siebel database

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Lab
In the lab you will:

Examine tables, columns, indexes, and user keys that make up the Siebel Data Model Determine the form of relationships between tables in the Siebel Data Model

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