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Today I was working in developing Web Services in Siebel and I realized that I need to send an XML message embedded in a SOAP envelope. When I was testing it I realized that Siebel did not like the special characters inside the xml elements because the parser had special meaning to it and would either ignore or error it. (more…)

With Siebel versions 7.8 and above, project checkouts have been disabled by default. Instead we have object checkouts which are more flexible and allow multiple developers to work on the same project. So if you go into Siebel Tools and navigate to Tools-> Check Out and select any project, the Checkout button will be disabled. (more…)

This post is a contribution from Deepak S Kumar a regular visitor of SiebelGuide.com Many thank to him for contributing and sharing his knowledge. I am posting this article as it is. You can also download this article in a word document using this link. I would also request other visitors to participate. (more…)

Getting my first job in Siebel was a challenge. Several others might have faced a similar challenge in finding their first job. This is not only applicable to Siebel but is also applicable to several other fields. (more…)

I was implementing a new Siebel 8 application for my client and in spite of everything working normal I realized that some views of product configurator were missing. Then I started to investigate as to why these views were not visible even for SADMIN. I checked few different things and later we realized that the product configurator functionality is an add-on license and which my client hasn’t bought. (more…)

I am back with more tips on best practices on Siebel scripting. I will try to continue this series as find more tips. For now I have three more tips for you. Let me know if this helps. (more…)

After we install Oracle BI server on local machine and reboot, the first difference you would notice is the start of OC4J under the command prompt window automatically. This could become annoying after a while. The reason why this starts up automatically is because it has been setup in the registry. (more…)

Siebel Server Manager (srvrmgr) utility allows configuration changes from command line. Server Manager Utility is available under \<SiebelSrvr_Root>\bin.

Syntax for invoking server manager: (change the parameters appropriately to suit your) environment. (more…)

There are several other ways to optimize Siebel scripting but it is also very important to write the code in a way as to reduce the maintenance efforts, help future reference and for best understanding. So in this blog post about Siebel eScripting best practices I will mention tips to address these essential skills needed. (more…)

While I was working on one of my Siebel requirements I realized that my script would become very accurate and less confusing to business if I could script based on Server Name. So I had to access the Server Name using eScript. I thought about this for sometime and after 10 minutes I suddenly realized that it is easy. (more…)