Creating a Siebel Connection using the Siebel Connection Resource

After creating a project, you have to add a Siebel Connection shared resource to create a connection between the plug-in and the Siebel server.

Prerequisites

The Siebel Connection shared resource is available at the Resources level. Ensure that you have created a project, as described in the topic Creating a Project.

See the topic User Interface Elements in the Siebel Connection Resource to know more about the fields and their descriptions.

Procedure

  1. Expand the created project in the Project Explorer view.
  2. Right-click the Resources folder and click New > Siebel Connection to open the Siebel Connection wizard.
  3. The Resource Folder, Package Name, and the Resource Name fields are provided by default. If you do not want to use the default configurations, change them accordingly. Click the Finish button to open the Siebel Connection resource.
  4. Provide values for the following fields in the General section of the Client tab.
    • Description
  5. Provide values for the following fields in the Siebel Connection Configuration section of the Client tab.
    • Host - Mandatory field
    • Enterprise Server - Mandatory field
    • Object Manager - Mandatory field
    • Language
    • Transport
    • Encryption
    • Compression
    • User Name - Mandatory field
    • Password - Mandatory field
    • Maximum Number of Reconnect Attempts
    • Interval between Reconnect Attempts(ms)
    • Connection Pool Size
  6. Provide values for the following fields in the Siebel Connection section of the Server tab. Fields from this tab are used for the outbound functionality.
    • Transport
    • Siebel Port - Mandatory field
    • Http Encoding - Mandatory field
    • Number of Connections to Siebel
    • Use SSL
  7. If you want to enable SQL Trace, perform the following steps:
    1. Click the Advanced tab.
    2. Select the Enable SQL Siebel Trace check box.
    3. In the SQL Trace File field enter the name of the Log file for storing the SQL trace.
  8. Click the Advanced tab to specify the Number of Threads in the thread pool provided by Siebel Connection Shared Resource.
  9. Click the Advanced tab to specify DataBean Expiration in DataBean Configuration to configure expiration time for each connection created in the connection pool.
  10. Click Test Connection to check whether the connection has been successfully established or not. If the connection is unsuccessful, make the necessary changes and test the connection again.