Siebel Symbolic URL: How to configure Displaying External Content Inside of an Applet

How to configure Displaying External Content Inside of an Applet

Abstract

Symbolic URL’s could be used to show you an open external application inside/outside Siebel Applets. This doc provides configuration steps to display external content inside of the Applet.

Two sections will be shown:

1. Configuration in Siebel Application

2. Configuration in Siebel Tools

Configuration in Siebel Application

Now, we will define a Symbolic URL pointing to the website that will be shown outside our Applet.

1. Go to Administration Integration > WI Symbolic URL List

2. After enter the view, click Dropdown list and select ‘Host Administration’

3. Create a new host record and enter the parameters following detail:

Name: 10.182.116.158

Virtual Name: RA Host

Note:

‘Name’ is a name of the external host that will be used in Step 5.

‘Virtual Name’ is a user-defined name for your remote website.

4. Click Dropdown list again and select ‘Symbolic URL Administration’

5. Create a new Symbolic URL Record and enter following details.

Name: RA URL Demo

URL: http://10.182.116.158/index.asp

[The URL which you want to display it outside out Applet]

Host Name: 10.182.116.158

[The Name of the host defined in the Host Administration view that you had given in Step3]

Fixup Name: Default [It determines how you URL will appear in application]

SSO Disposition: IFrame [It determines the Displaying Type. For example, ‘IFrame’ means that the external App will be shown inside an applet.]

6. You can provide some arguments for our URL.(Optional)

Go to ‘Symbolic URL Argument List’ Applet to define some parameter.

Now our Symbolic URL is ready.

Configuration in Siebel Tools

Next, we need to do some configuration in Siebel Tools in order to define that which Applet could be used to display external App. We need configure an Applet and a Business Component. The Applet is used for embed our external App. And the Business Component is based your applet upon.

(Now, let’s configure the BC first.)

1. Open Siebel Tools, select the Business Component in Object Explorer. (I choose ‘Account’ for example.)

2. Expand the Business Component Section and select the ‘Field’ Section.

3. Create a new Field that associate to BC and set its parameter as following:

Name: RA URL Demo

Calculated: True

Calculated Value: "RA URL Demo" [Name of the Symbolic URL we just created in the Administration Integration > WI Symbolic URL List > Symbolic URL Administration and don’t forget to put quotes around it.]

(Next, we will configure an applet which is used for embed an External App.)

4. Go to Applet View and select an applet. (I take ‘SIS Account Entry Applet’ for example) Then, expand the Control Section and create a new control as following:

Name: RA Symbolic URL [Any String is OK.]

Caption: Symbolic URL [Predefined Value]

HTML Type: Field [That determines which format you want to display our External App]

Field: RA URL Demo [This Value is associated with BC Field that we created in Step-3.]

Field Retrieval Type: Symbolic URL

Field Type: BC Field

5. Right-click ‘SIS Account Entry Applet’ then select ‘Edit Web Layout’ to enter Web Layout Editor. Drag the Control ‘RA Symbolic URL’ and its label from ‘Controls/Columns’ List.

Then drop them to the available location.

6. Compile SRF and open Siebel App to check outcome.

Reference:

Symbolic URL – Integrating Siebel ( From:http://siebelunleashed.com)
Symbolic URL (From: SiebelGuide.com)
How to Invoke Popup Applet on button click (From:Siebel Unleashed)
Siebel Portal Framework Guide Version 8.0 December 2006 (From: BookShelf)
Configuring Siebel Business Applications Version 8.0, Rev. A June 2007 (From: BookShelf)

 

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