Siebel General Interview Questions & Answers

by Navya » Mon May 12, 2008 11:44 am

How do you import List of Values?

Depends on any Hierarchies, but using EIM_LST_OF_VAL(for EIM load) import

parents first then children, otherwise you will receive failure message.

What is the difference between EIM and EAI?

EIM : It is batch mode Integration. When data valume is large then we have to go to EIM

EAI : It is real time Integration. When data valume is small then we have to go to EAI

What is the difference between Join and Link?

Join:

(i)It defines M:1 relation between a field in BC to the Column in table.

(ii)Source Field is the Foreign key field in BC while Destination column is the Primary
Key column in Table.

Link:

(i)It defines 1:M relation between a field in parent BC to the field in the child BC.

(ii)Source Field is the Primary Key field in Parent BC while Destination Field is the
Foreign Key field in child BC.

How do you set up employees in Siebel?

The Employee is also a USER who must be assigned with a valid position. Since the
Position maps to the Division which in turn maps to a Organistion the Data visibility is
maintained through this position and the Responsibility of the user.

How do you assign responsibilities to employees in Siebel

In Administration Group > Employee there is a field called Responsibility there add your
new Responsibility, make as Primary and remove the old one.

What are Pre defined Queries?

Pre Defined queries are some thing which helps us to navigate directly to particular
screens or views. it helps in accessing the screens or views in faster manners
What is an extension table and how is it related to base table?

Extension table may be 1:1 realation table to the base table or a 1:M relation to the base
table.

1:1 extension table and the base table are logically considered as a single table.

Par_row_id will be the foriegn key.

What is the difference between "PickList Generic" and "PickList Hierarchical"

Business components?

"PickList Generic" BC is used for Static Picklists. "PickList Hierarchical" is used for
Hierarchical PickLists

what is the link specification

Link spec uses parent type default values & gets the value for the child record

What does Business Component User Mode indicate

Business Component User Mode specifies the Visibility setting for the BC. Like "All",
"Personal", "Manager", "Organisation".

What is All Mode Sort?

This property determines whether or not siebel will override the sort specification and if
so determines the sort that will be applied to the BC for All or Manager's view. The
values are TRUE, FALSE or NORMAL

NORMAL --uses BC defined sort specification

True --Overrides the BC osrt and Uses the U1 index
False - Removes all sorting.

When you have Pre Default Value and Post Default value for a Field, which one will
be stored in the Database.

Pre Default Value will be defaulted when new record is created. Post Default Value will
be defaulted if there is no value specified for the field. so, Pre Default Value will be
stored in the Database. harsha: you can add quistions by clicking the hyperlink on the
above bar "Ask Quistion".

How do you specify a view to be displayed as aggregate view in Siebel 7.7

when adding view to screen specify the type as aggregate view.But Before that you
should create the parent category.then add this parent category to aggregate view.
or

Parent category for Aggregate view is not required. If there is a parent category for an
aggregate view, then aggregate view will appears as a link in the view drop-down list in
applet headers, or it will appears as a link in the link bar below screen tabs.

Why do we use Symbolic Strings in Siebel 7.7

In Siebel the text that is displayed on the screens and views are stored in the repository
and compiled to an SRF file. This includes the names of every screen, views and fields.
When you display a page the server uses the SRF file to determine which fields to show
and what test (strings) are associated with each fied. This model of keepijng the strings
from the view definition is called symbolic strings.

uses
Reduces the redundancy
Simplifies maintenance because only you have to maintain one string for a given Term
Reduces the localization costs, Time and inconsistences.

what is horizontal and vertical in siebel?

Siebel Hrozontal application is general to every industry. where as Vertical is specific to

a industry. such as eAutomobile, eInsurance, eBanking etc.

What is the "Parent Category" property for a Screen View?

This Parent Category specifies the view heading for a bunch of views related. the views
belongs to this Parent Category will be shown as View Tabs below the master applet.

What is the function of SWSE on the Web Server? what is it?

SWSE(Siebel Web Server Extension)'s function is to accept the siebel requests and pass
it on to Gateway server where the server manager decides, to which siebel server
component should this request go.

Is it possible to have multiple database servers for one gateway server.

YES, But it needs multiple enterprise servers, for multiple database. As not more than
one database, could be added to an enterprise server, these inturn could be connected to a
single Gateway Server

What is eapps.cfg file. and what is its significance.

Eapps.cfg file means swse.

This significance is which application should point to which object manager.

Pick Applet, Dynamic Picklist: which will be better if performance issue is

considered.

Pick applet and dynamic picklist both are one

(Or)
DPL Contains the pick applet . So both are the one and same

Navya

Top

Re: Siebel General Interview Questions & Answers

by Navya » Mon May 12, 2008 11:48 am

suppose i write a script on the browser side and get some output. Can this same
output be tranferred to / called from the Server side script ? If YES, how and if NO,
why not ?

We can interchange the output using the Business Servises. Send this output to a
Business Service. and access the BS from a Server Script.

What is the spooling? what is the process to run the spopling?

According to my knowledge,
When ever we are doing some action like create a new record or update a new record in
siebel clients siebel internally run some sql scripts on the database.
If there is any error occured in the transaction then using spool we can get the sql script to
a file.
Then we determine why this happend.
Sppoling means spooling the queries generated internally by siebel to nalyse the
performance issues.

What is seed data in Siebel?

Data which is loaded during Siebel installation is called Seed data.

What does install.ksh and imprep.ksh files do?

Imprep.ksh : This is a database unix shell script provided by siebel for importing all your
sif files in siebel repository.It is automatically run while installing siebel and it prepares
Repository file in tools.
Install.ksh : contains all manually applied installation files.

Is it required to install gateway server before installing a Siebel server?

Yes, Because one Gateway Server can have multiple Siebel Servers
How is load balancing maintained in Siebel?
Load balancing is maitained by the Gateway server using the third party software
Resonate Central Dispatch.

What is Virtual BC?what is the use of vbc?

Virtual Business Component is used to display the data from another Legacy database
table, in the Siebel screen.
It is a staging area used to display Non Siebel data(Data from other sources) in Siebel
application without actually storing the data in Siebel Database.

What happens if you create an employee in Siebel application and forget to create
The employees would not be able to log in as you have to create a database login and
password for the employee to login into the client application.

What does position represents in Siebel?

Position determines which records can be accessed by which users. This is in contrast to
Responsibility, which gives View Access.

What is the difference between Master- detail view and MVG.

Following are the main advantages:-
1) MVG Makes effective use of the space.
2) Mutliple set of detail records can be viewed from a single vie

How do you configure a MVG.

To Configure MVG Both join and link are necessary.Expand BC Where u have the
joined field. Go to multi value link create a new record give any name as it should not be
null. In Destination BC property choose the BC where the joined field is originating
(Child BC).In Destination link press F2 and pick the appropriate link.Go to field of parent
BC create a field as ssa primary and give a join if BC has extensions like S_org_ext for
account BC and give the column name (foreign key). Thengo to Multivalue link again
and under primary ID field press F2 and select this ssa primary field. Go to Multivalue
Field - create new record - give the same name of joined field but in different case just to
differentiate( Ex: EMAIL for actual email field) under MVL property press F2 and select
MVL name displayed. Under Field property press F2 and select 'email'.Open Wizard -
select MVG applet - select child BC- Select all the fields along with SSA PRIMARY
FIELD - select popup list as web template. Copy this MVG applet name and paste it in
MVG applet property of EMAIL field in list - list column of parent list applet. (Ex: delete
the old 'email' record, create new record and select EMAIL field. make changes in Edit
web layout of parent list applet and compile. Add the necessary buttons in the MVG
applet. IF configuring MVG for a M:M link u need to mentions association child applet
to the MVG applet created. If that is 1:M link then a foreign key relationship exists.
{Simple way to say: Create MVL(multivalue Link), mention primary field ID- Create
MVF(multivalue field) - Replce the joined SVF(single value field) in parent applet list
list column with the MVF. Create MVF applet paste the applet in MVG applet property.
Compile.create new record in MVF give foreignkey name and under field give ID for
1:M link. For M:M link paste Association child applet associate applet property of MVG
applet .

How many type of siebel Data model extensions are there?

standard and custom extensions

What are different types of Tables?

There are 4 types of tables in siebel
1) Base Table (Ex: s_contact, s_user)
2) Extension table ( Ex: s_contact_x)
3) EIM tables
4) Intersection Tables (Ex: s_org_bu)
In general tables are of 4 types 1. Data Table 2. Repository Table 3. Interface Table 4.
Warehouse Table Based on Relationship, 1. Base Table 2. Extension Table 3. Intersection
table

What are the different types of Columns.

Columns: 1.Data (Public), 2.Data (Private), 3.Denormalized, 4.Extension, 5.System
How do you recognise that a particular table (Base table ) can be extended?
If the table property is Private, then we can not extend the table. If it is Pubilc, we can.

What is implied Join. Where do we find it ?

Join between two Tables. Join Object defines The Relationship Between
a Bc and atable.Join allows Bc to get Column from table rather then basetable.
In Mvg Applet we can find the join, It uses Forign key to get the Row.

When do we go for BC level user properties

When we need to set or reset the properties at runtime.

How do you import List of Values?

Depends on any Hierarchies, but using EIM_LST_OF_VAL(for EIM load) import
parents first then children, otherwise you will receive failure message.

What is the difference between EIM and EAI?

EIM : It is batch mode Integration. When data valume is large then we have to go to EIM
EAI : It is real time Integration. When data valume is small then we have to go to EAI
Navya

Top

Re: Siebel General Interview Questions & Answers

by Navya » Mon May 12, 2008 12:42 pm

When do we go for Dynamic PickList and for Pick Applet?

We go for Dynamic Picklists When we want to update joins( as normally joins are not
updatable). We go for a pick applet when we choose a dynamic picklist. Pickapplets help
you het the whole list applet of the Bc whose field is joined to the parent. Where as in
static picklist you can only choose from predefined values but cant update with any other
values.

What is Client Business Service?

We can see the Business Services Client also. These are called Client Business Services
we can see them in Business Service Administration Screens. We can write the script for
the BS in the client itself. After writing the BS there is no need to to compile those BS's.

When do you use Property Sets in Siebel.

Property Sets are the Hierarchical structures of Variable Names and Values. These
Property Sets can be used in Workflow processes Parameters or for any input or output
Parameters in scripting.

Ex: var input = TheApplication().NewPropertySet();

var output = TheApplication().NewPropertySet();

after this we can store sets of Variables and their values.

When do you use "CanInvoke(False/True)" method in scripting.

We use it before invoking a method in PreCanInvoke Event and verify a condiation.

Based on the result, we can make the method Invoke =True/False. It is just like validating
a condition before invoking the method.

If a view has Admin Mode Property = True, then what will happen to User
Properties we write on them.?

If a view has adminmode property true then The administrator see all the views---------
mani

When do we use genbscript.exe?

Genbscript stands for generate browser script. genbscript is used to generate browser
scripts from command line interface.

Why do you need Primary in MVG?

A Primary creates a M:1 realtionship b/w the Parent and the Child record.

Thus it increases the performance by allowing a single query using the SQL join to
display both the Parent and the Child records in parent Applet.
Without primaries, each MVG needs a separate query to display a child record in the
parent Applet. With Primary, using a single query,you will be able to diaply both the
parent and the child records.

What is foreign key table in Siebel?

Foreign key table is the property for a column in the table. it specifies for a column from
which table this reference has been came.

What is the use of LDAP user ?

It is used as a third party authentication for an end user which can be modified to have a
single sign on to multiple application apart from Siebel.

What is the difference between Links and Multi Value links?

Link is used for Master Detail View of two BCs. where as MVL is used to view the child
records using MVG. MVL uses Link to get the records from the child BC.

How to create virtual business component?

Virtual Business component is used to it pass the external data for the business
component.

Where does the Primary Field of an MVG stored?

Primary Id Field will be stored in the Parent BC.

What is the use of Item Identifier.

nope.. its an ID of control tag in the applet.. but for the tab sequence its HTML sequence
Property

Note: its as per 7.7 version.

How can you resolve Foreign Key in EIM?

Populate all User key columns which will resolve foreign key.

What is Siebel Gateway?

Siebel Gateway is the nameserver which controls the Enterprise Server.

What is the purpose of 1:M extended table?

1. we can use it in parent child relationship where the child entity is lonely related to the
parent table.

2. or we can make it as a intersection table by adding the foriegn key of another table's
primary key in the 1:M extended table.

What is Siebel Admin Mode View? How to Create this?

Admin Mode property set to TRUE in View object definition.

Admin Mode view overrides the property of Business component. This view allow the
user to do update,insert,delete etc. which may not be available in other view of same BC.
Because admin mode view overrides the No update, No insert ,No delete BC property.
used for administration purpose

What is Sibel Admin Mode View? How to create one?

Amdin Mode View is nothing but, it has Admin Mode Property set to true. It will
override all the visibilty rules.

How do you import LOV's?

You can export LOVs using Application Deployment Manager.

Navya

Top

Re: Siebel General Interview Questions & Answers

by Navya » Mon May 12, 2008 1:13 pm

What is the process of the UpGradation?

Upgradation is used when we extend the database by adding colomns n tables,to make
avalable these extended dbs to other mobile users we have to prepare upgaradation
kit.Then only all can get newly extended tables n colomns in their local dbs.

its possible to give the conditions in Field Read only Field property.
Ex:if condition city = chennai . its only allowed to enter the field otherwise not entered
the value.

We can give expression on the Value side of a user property. Plz check the syntax once
again.

Syntax should be:

If([Field]="value","Result")

or

Iff([Field]="value","result if condition meets","result if condition not met")

What is static picklist?

Static picklist is like a drop down in common application. in Siebel perspective we can
say it fetches value fron S_LST_OF_VAL . You can create a static picklist in Siebel tool
with a "type value". In application you can put values (which you want to display as
dropdown items) in List of Value . It can be bounded or not. If bounded then you can add
value to the field contains static picklist other than the values available in dropdown. But
if it is not bounded then one can add value other than drop down items available.

What is IF table in EIM?

IF Stands for Interface Tables .Prior to Siebel 6, interface tables used to be suffixed with
the ‘_IF’ suffixEx : S_CONTACT_IFFrom Siebel 6 onwards, the interface tables are
named with the prefix ‘EIM_’Ex: EIM_CONTACT

suppose i write a script on the browser side and get some output. Can this same
output be tranferred to / called from the Server side script ? If YES, how and if NO,
why not ?

We can interchange the output using the Business Servises. Send this output to a
Business Service. and access the BS from a Server Script.

How do you control visibility in Siebel?

visibility will be controlled by Position and Responsibility in Siebel. Position dictates the
Data level visibility and the Responsibility dictates the view level visibility.

What is the difference between an organization and division in Siebel?

Organizations can be used to control data visibility, Divisions cannot.Divisions can be

used to set Default Currencies.

How do you set up employees in Siebel?

The Employee is also a USER who must be assigned with a valid position. Since the
Position maps to the Division which in turn maps to a Organistion the Data visibility is
maintained through this position and the Responsibility of the user.

What happens if you create an employee in Siebel application and forget to create?
The employees would not be able to log in as you have to create a database login and
password for the employee to login into the client application.

the employee in the database?

The employee details will be stored in contact (his personal information), employee (his
position, organisation) and user (his user ID, pasword and other details) entities.

Why do you need to create employees at the database in Siebel?

To enable the employee to connect to the database using the Application and have
database access, the user corresponding to that employee should be created in the
Database

What is position type field in position applet?

Position type field is a picklist in position applet

What does an opportunity, account contact do in Siebel?

In siebel, opportunity account and contact are the business entities. and these entities
have relationships for example one account has many opportunity etc., the relationships
are one to one or one to many, many to many. These business entities are very essential
to configure siebel application.

How is the opportunity related to an account?

oppotunity to account M:1 and account to opportunity 1:M

How is tools architecture constructed in in Siebel?

In siebel tools
Type gives parent child relationship
and Flat displays all the siebel objects
and Detail gives all the records in object.

What is the new layer in Siebel 7.x version?

Physical User Interface Layer

What do you mean by virtual business comp. in Siebel?

A BC which is not Based on any Siebel Base Tables and which get data data from other
external sysytems instead of getting data from underlying siebel Base table

How does your b/c and view related?

View contains applets which are related to b/c. Collection of b/cs is b/o.
Navya

Top

Re: Siebel General Interview Questions & Answers

by Navya » Mon May 12, 2008 1:19 pm

How do you display the no. of records in a picklist(combo box/drop down) not the
records in the pickapplet, in just 3 rows and not 5 rows(which is the default)?

Set the HTML no of rows to 3

What is the use of the indirect multivalue link and how do you configure it?
use of indirect MVL.
consider there are 3 bus comps. in that say there is no relation ship between the 1st and
2nd bus comp and there is relation ship between 2nd and 3 rd bus comp. but some fields
are necessary from the 2nd bus comp. it will be fetched through the relationship from 1st
and 3rd bus comp. this is called indirect MVL.

Whats the difference between siebel 7.5 and 7.8? if we upgarde the application to 7.8
from 7.5 what are the areas we need to give importance from QA(Testing) point of
view?

Various Areas are -->

1. Workflows to be activated
2. All server components ( including repeating component)
3. All Interfaces
4. Third party software integration ( Humming Bird, ChartWork Server, IBM-LDAP,
Actuate etc)
5. Actuate reports
6. Copy/Reprice Quote Functionality
7. Assignment Manager
These are the major area I believe.

What is the maximum number of applets can be there in a view

There can be eight applets at most in Siebel6.
There can be 16 applets at most in Siebel7.7.
How to call external webpage from siebel application
This can be done through scripting..
For an example:
In preinvoke method for a button click,
window.open(URLNAME)
will open a webpage for a given url in URLNAME variable
What is applet toggle how many types are there?
Applet toggle identifies one or more alternate applets to use in displaying the data of a
business component.They are 2 types static and dynamic

What is thedifference between MVG applet And a pick Applet?

MVG is nothing but to display the child records for the parent table ,and for pick applet
to update join fields
Pick applet is used when there is 1:1 relationship and MVG is used when there is 1:M r/n.

What is Detail Applet and Association Applet?

Detail applet word is used in the context, when there is a Master Detail relation. in this
case there will be one master and many child records. so, we usually show these child
records in list applet and not in form applet.

How to run Genbscript.exe?

The syntax for running genbscript is:

When you run genbscript.exe, all browser scripts in the repository are generated.
They are placed in a directory that you specify using the destination directory
parameter (dest_dir). The genbscript.exe utility is located in:

siebsrv_root/bin or client_root/bin
genbscript config_file dest_dir [language]
For example:
genbscript c:sea15022client inenuuagent.cfg c:sea15022clientpublicenu enu

Difference between LOV and Picklist??

LOV is to store the values for the picklist in the application admin and where as picklist
is used to select the value from the list of values

What value will get stored in the database when a field has both predefault value
and post default value.
Answer is Predefault Value.
Explanation:When user clicks the new record button,predefault value will get populated
in that field,post default value will get stored only when user does'nt type any value in the
field and saves the record.Since already value has been populated by predefault
property,it will get stored in the database.

What is Symbolic URL in Siebel.

Symbolic URL allow you to configure Portal Agents in several ways. You use Symbolic
URL Arguments for two purposes, to define data to be sent to an external host and to
submit commands to SWE that affect the behavior of Portal Agents.

What is forceactive property?

Force Active property for a field makes it accessable in scripting even if it is not in UI.

What difference between join specification and join definition?

"Join" object specifies the table name and "Join Specification" object specifies the
Primaty Key Foriegn Key relationship.

1 what is difference between eai and emi?

1. EAI deals with exchanging data among the different Enterprise Applications. It is
devided into two parts.
a. Batch Integration:(EIM) Data will be sent another system on a bulk basis. This is done
periodically.
b. Realtime Integration: Data will be sent to other system whenever there is a change in
data of one system. Data is immediately sent. The amount of transfered data is less.

2 where does xml comes into picture in eai

2. XML come in to the picture when a Legacy system has to send data to another Legacy
system. And the format of both systems data is different. XML is W3C standard tool.
which has to be followed by all to generalize the message sending formats. That is why
XML is being used between heterogeneous applications.

3 what are third party eai tools

Third Party EAI Tools.
a. IBM MQ Sieries
b. TIBCO
c. XML
d. MSMQ
e. Seebeyond

What is difference between s_opty_x and s_opty_xm tables.

s_opty is a base table for which
s_opty_x is an extension table with 1:1 relationship
s_opty_xm is an extension table with 1:M relationship

How do you add Button Icon in a Applet?

Like New,Query,Delete.I want Activate Button also .
You can add those bittons by creating controls under that applet
and specifying a method name under that.
you can get a Dropdown box for method Name and select from that.

How will you do validations in escripts and in configuration?

In Tools select the object definition,right click and select validate. this is used to check
the correctness of values of a perticular object before going to store.
in escripting, once we write script then we can do validation by check syntax option.

What is detailed category in configuration,and its use?

In an application, we see a page tab let say Account. Below that we have let say My/My
Teams/All Accounts. Each has a form applet showing account name, address etc. Related
to this we have several tabs like account address, account profile…clicking on which
show us accounts detail in that specific area.
So the Account is Aggregate category. My /my teams/all is Aggregate View…These tabs
which will show details of Account is Detail Category. So any child object of a aggregate
category showing details of an entity is Aggregate category.

What is detailed category and what is its use in configuration.

Detailed Category and Aggregate Category are the two different sets. You can add a view
to a screen under Detailed Category or an Aggregate Category. For Example:
If I am creating two Views as detailes views. First I need to create a Detailed Category.
Then I have to create two Detailed Views, for which the "Category" property must be
specified with the created Detailed Category name. This is same for Aggregate Views
also.
Navya

Top

Re: Siebel General Interview Questions & Answers

by Navya » Mon May 12, 2008 1:28 pm

What is constrainted picklist? Where you will drop the constraints?

Constrainted picklist displayed value based on contaraint used.

Add field to constraint in pickmap of a field where picklist has configured in BC and set
constraint option of added field to true.

How will you edit the joined fields values in join?

Using picklists and MVGs. MVGs require join field and link as prerequisites unlike
picklists where just a join is enough.

How will you improve your performance in views?

The basic factors for performance decrease in views will be. more number of applets.
which led to many links. and more joined fields in a single applet. MVG's which do not
have the primaries set.

What is Virtual BC? what is the use of vbc?

Virtual Business Component is used to display the data from another Legacy database
table, in the Siebel screen.

What is Siebel file system?

It is a shared directory that stores compressed files used by Siebel applications.
Examples: Product literature, sales tools, presentations
Read/write access is controlled by the File System Manager component on Siebel Server.

How is Siebel 7.x architecture different from Siebel 6.x?

In siebel 7.x it was defined as 1.Physical user interface2.Logical user interface3.Business

layer4.Data layer5.Third party RdmsThe main difference is , In siebel 6.x Phycial
interface was not achieved.In Physical Interface includes web templates, css sheets

How is load balancing maintained in Siebel?

Load balancing is maitained by the Gateway server using the third party software
Resonate Central Dispatch.

What is Resonate?

Resonate is third party software development tool, which is used for distibuting the cilent
request to the least laden siebel server.

What is nameserver? What does it do?

Name server is the part of gateway server that dynamically registers all servers in
enterprise, serves a connection broker across the enterprise.

Is it required to install gateway server before installing a Siebel server?

Yes, Because one Gateway Server can have multiple Siebel Servers

What is the use of catch in escript?

The catch clause is used to handle the exception. To raise an exception, use the throw
statement.
When you want to trap potential errors generated by a block of code, place that code in a
try
statement, and follow the try statement with a catch statement. The catch statement is
used to
process the exceptions that may occur in the manner you specify in the
exception_handling_block.
The following example demonstrates the general form of the try statement with the catch
clause. In
this example, the script continues executing after the error message is displayed:
try
{
do_something;
}
catch( e )
{
TheApplication().RaiseErrorText(Clib.rsprintf(
"Something bad happened: %s
",e.toString()));
}
Navya

Top

Re: Siebel General Interview Questions & Answers

by Navya » Mon May 12, 2008 1:34 pm

What is the relationship between a view and a b/o?

View references the business object. Every view is associated with a particular business
object.

Why is it not recommended to modify existing base tables?

During upgradation it will cause problem if we extend base tables.More over if it is
necessary u can go for extension tables

How do you create extension table to an interface table in Siebel?[/color]

Extension tables are created only for base tables.I think we can not extend the interface
table.

What is an extension table and how is it related to base table?[/color]

Extension table may be 1:1 realation table to the base table or a 1:M relation to the base
table.
1:1 extension table and the base table are logically considered as a single table.
Par_row_id will be the foriegn key.

Can you create an extension table with an intersection table?[/color]

We can not create an extension table with an intersection table

How do you create intersection table?

In Tools select new object wizard in that select Table enter the name of the table starting
with CX_ and select the project and specify the type of table i.e. an intersection table for
the two existing tables
Then it will ask the first Parent Table and foreign key column name for the first parent
table in the same way fill the second parent table and FK column.

How is Siebel 7.x data model is different from Siebel 6.0 data model?
S_PARTY is the base tables and S_CONTACT,S_ORG_EXT,S_POSTN, S_USER are
now extension tables. Siebel 6.x was dedicated application while from Siebel 7.x
onwards we can access Siebel application via web.

What is seed data in Siebel?

The data that siebel supplies as a part of siebel vanilla application is seed data.

What is s_party table?

S_PARTY Table is the Base Table for all the Party related tables.
S_ORG_EXT
S_CONTACT
S_USER
S_BU
and etc.
the party tables can have the implied joins. the party related BC's have the S_PARTY as
the base table. so, any of these tables are extension tables.

What does install.ksh and imprep.ksh files do?

Imprep.ksh : This is a database unix shell script provided by siebel for importing all your
sif files in siebel repository.It is automatically run while installing siebel and it prepares
Repository file in tools.
Install.ksh : contains all manually applied installation files.
Navya

Top

Re: Siebel General Interview Questions & Answers

by Rahul » Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:51 pm

Hi
What is the Relation Between Position and Responsibility?
Are they Similar if so plz let me know How?
If they are not similar what is the differance between them?
ow these two are useful in an organization to control visibility?

Thanks
Rahul

Navya wrote:What is the relationship between a view and a b/o?

View references the business object. Every view is associated with a particular business
object.

Why is it not recommended to modify existing base tables?

During upgradation it will cause problem if we extend base tables.More over if it is
necessary u can go for extension tables

How do you create extension table to an interface table in Siebel?[/color]

Extension tables are created only for base tables.I think we can not extend the interface
table.

What is an extension table and how is it related to base table?[/color]

Extension table may be 1:1 realation table to the base table or a 1:M relation to the base
table.
1:1 extension table and the base table are logically considered as a single table.
Par_row_id will be the foriegn key.

Can you create an extension table with an intersection table?[/color]

We can not create an extension table with an intersection table

How do you create intersection table?

In Tools select new object wizard in that select Table enter the name of the table starting
with CX_ and select the project and specify the type of table i.e. an intersection table for
the two existing tables
Then it will ask the first Parent Table and foreign key column name for the first parent
table in the same way fill the second parent table and FK column.

How is Siebel 7.x data model is different from Siebel 6.0 data model?
S_PARTY is the base tables and S_CONTACT,S_ORG_EXT,S_POSTN, S_USER are
now extension tables. Siebel 6.x was dedicated application while from Siebel 7.x
onwards we can access Siebel application via web.

What is seed data in Siebel?

The data that siebel supplies as a part of siebel vanilla application is seed data.

What is s_party table?

S_PARTY Table is the Base Table for all the Party related tables.
S_ORG_EXT
S_CONTACT
S_USER
S_BU
and etc.
the party tables can have the implied joins. the party related BC's have the S_PARTY as
the base table. so, any of these tables are extension tables.

What does install.ksh and imprep.ksh files do?

Imprep.ksh : This is a database unix shell script provided by siebel for importing all your
sif files in siebel repository.It is automatically run while installing siebel and it prepares
Repository file in tools.
Install.ksh : contains all manually applied installation files.
Rahul

Posts: 1
Joined: Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:40 pm
Top

Re: Siebel General Interview Questions & Answers

by sathi » Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:11 am

position and responsibility are related to organisation.responsibilty is tagged to

position.one position can have many responsibilities and one responsibilty can be tagged
to many positions.
sathi

Top

Re: Siebel General Interview Questions & Answers

by sathi » Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:27 am

Navya wrote:How do you import List of Values?

Depends on any Hierarchies, but using EIM_LST_OF_VAL(for EIM load) import

parents first then children, otherwise you will receive failure message.

What is the difference between EIM and EAI?

EIM : It is batch mode Integration. When data valume is large then we have to go to EIM

EAI : It is real time Integration. When data valume is small then we have to go to EAI

What is the difference between Join and Link?

sathi wrote:join is between a table and a B.C where as link is between a B.C and B.C

Join:

(i)It defines M:1 relation between a field in BC to the Column in table.

(ii)Source Field is the Foreign key field in BC while Destination column is the Primary
Key column in Table.

Link:

(i)It defines 1:M relation between a field in parent BC to the field in the child BC.

(ii)Source Field is the Primary Key field in Parent BC while Destination Field is the
Foreign Key field in child BC.

How do you set up employees in Siebel?

The Employee is also a USER who must be assigned with a valid position. Since the
Position maps to the Division which in turn maps to a Organistion the Data visibility is
maintained through this position and the Responsibility of the user.

How do you assign responsibilities to employees in Siebel

In Administration Group > Employee there is a field called Responsibility there add your
new Responsibility, make as Primary and remove the old one.

What are Pre defined Queries?

Pre Defined queries are some thing which helps us to navigate directly to particular
screens or views. it helps in accessing the screens or views in faster manners

What is an extension table and how is it related to base table?

sathi wrote:the most common columns which we see on opening that particular view
come from base table and the others from extension tables
Extension table may be 1:1 realation table to the base table or a 1:M relation to the base
table.

1:1 extension table and the base table are logically considered as a single table.

Par_row_id will be the foriegn key.

What is the difference between "PickList Generic" and "PickList Hierarchical"

Business components?

"PickList Generic" BC is used for Static Picklists. "PickList Hierarchical" is used for
Hierarchical PickLists

what is the link specification

Link spec uses parent type default values & gets the value for the child record

What does Business Component User Mode indicate

Business Component User Mode specifies the Visibility setting for the BC. Like "All",
"Personal", "Manager", "Organisation".

What is All Mode Sort?

This property determines whether or not siebel will override the sort specification and if
so determines the sort that will be applied to the BC for All or Manager's view. The
values are TRUE, FALSE or NORMAL

NORMAL --uses BC defined sort specification

True --Overrides the BC osrt and Uses the U1 index
False - Removes all sorting.

When you have Pre Default Value and Post Default value for a Field, which one will
be stored in the Database.

Pre Default Value will be defaulted when new record is created. Post Default Value will
be defaulted if there is no value specified for the field. so, Pre Default Value will be
stored in the Database. harsha: you can add quistions by clicking the hyperlink on the
above bar "Ask Quistion".

How do you specify a view to be displayed as aggregate view in Siebel 7.7

when adding view to screen specify the type as aggregate view.But Before that you
should create the parent category.then add this parent category to aggregate view.

or

Parent category for Aggregate view is not required. If there is a parent category for an
aggregate view, then aggregate view will appears as a link in the view drop-down list in
applet headers, or it will appears as a link in the link bar below screen tabs.

Why do we use Symbolic Strings in Siebel 7.7

In Siebel the text that is displayed on the screens and views are stored in the repository
and compiled to an SRF file. This includes the names of every screen, views and fields.
When you display a page the server uses the SRF file to determine which fields to show
and what test (strings) are associated with each fied. This model of keepijng the strings
from the view definition is called symbolic strings.

uses
Reduces the redundancy
Simplifies maintenance because only you have to maintain one string for a given Term
Reduces the localization costs, Time and inconsistences.

what is horizontal and vertical in siebel?

Siebel Hrozontal application is general to every industry. where as Vertical is specific to

a industry. such as eAutomobile, eInsurance, eBanking etc.

What is the "Parent Category" property for a Screen View?

This Parent Category specifies the view heading for a bunch of views related. the views
belongs to this Parent Category will be shown as View Tabs below the master applet.

What is the function of SWSE on the Web Server? what is it?

SWSE(Siebel Web Server Extension)'s function is to accept the siebel requests and pass
it on to Gateway server where the server manager decides, to which siebel server
component should this request go.

Is it possible to have multiple database servers for one gateway server.

YES, But it needs multiple enterprise servers, for multiple database. As not more than
one database, could be added to an enterprise server, these inturn could be connected to a
single Gateway Server

What is eapps.cfg file. and what is its significance.

Eapps.cfg file means swse.

This significance is which application should point to which object manager.

Pick Applet, Dynamic Picklist: which will be better if performance issue is

considered.

Pick applet and dynamic picklist both are one

(Or)
DPL Contains the pick applet . So both are the one and same