EIM Export Process Overview

• This process allows to pull the existing records from the Siebel base tables.
• The interface table need to be correctly identified.
• Create the configuration file with suitable parameters as in EXPORT ALL or EXPORT MATCHES according to the requirement
• Start the EIM job manually by logging into the application and navigating to Administration – Server or via the command line.

An Overview to EIM Process

There are four types of process in EIM. They are :-

• Import Process.
• Export Process.
• Delete Process.
• Merge Process.

Import Process

• Import Process is basically used to Insert or Update the data from external system into the Siebel base tables.
• Identify and validate the data to be imported.
• Identify the column mappings and user key columns of the data to be imported.
• Import the data in the order of the business model.
• Set the value of IF_ROW_STAT to FOR_IMPORT before load which will get changed to IMPORTED after process successfully commits.

To know more on import process, click here . . .

Export Process Parameters in IFB

These are the parameters which are only applicable to EIM Export process and are written with in the Process section in an IFB file used for export process. They are :-

ATTACHMENT DIRECTORY

• Optional parameter that specifies the directory path to where the attachments have to be exported.
• This directory path should exist on one of the Siebel server machine.
• In case of remote machine, map the path to a drive and specify the drive name to this parameter.
• Default value is <SIEBEL_HOME>\OUTPUT
• Example: ATTACHMENT DIRECTORY = X:, Where X: is mapped to \\CRMDEV02\siebsrvr\OUTPUT