Copyright@2013 CrackingSiebel.com Utility Siebel Repository Extract (SRE) Tool

Copyright@2013 CrackingSiebel.com

UtilitySiebel Repository Extract (SRE) Tool


Agenda

Development Challenge

Solution

Features/Benefits

Process Improvement

User Guide Introduction ODBC Connection User Id/Password Repository Changed Date System Requirements

Released Versions


Development Challenge

•Preparation of Technical Design Document (TDD) with Siebel Object Definitions

•Developers manually copy details of new/modified objects from Siebel repository, format them and paste them onto TDD.

•This manual process consumes a big share of development time.

•Multiple Developers Working on Same Technical Design Document (TDD)

•When multiple developers are working on the same TDD, it needs to be ensured that each developer updates it one by one.

•Also changes made by other developers should not get modified by your changes.


Solution

•Extracts all new/modified objects that have been modified in Siebel Repository since a specific date.

•Automatically formats extracted records and puts them onto excel sheets, ready to be copied into your Technical Design Document.

•Supports 31 most commonly worked upon Siebel Object Types.•Supports connectivity with Server, Local and Sample databases through

standard ODBC connections.

Siebel Repository Extract (SRE) Tool


Solution (...Contd)

List of 31 Siebel Object Types that are supported by SRE Tool:

•Applet•Applet – Control•Applet – List Column•Applet – User Prop

•Business Component•BusComp – Field

•BusComp – Field – Pickmap•BusComp – Field – User Prop

•BusComp – Join•BusComp – Join – Constraint•BusComp – Join – Specification

•BusComp – MVL•BusComp – View Mode•BusComp – User Prop

•Business Objects•BusObj - Component

•Integration Object•IntObj – Component

•IntObj – Component - Field

•Link

•Picklist

•Screen•Screen - View

•Table•Table - Column

•View•View – Web Template – Item

•Workflow•WF Process Prop•WF Step

•WF Steps – I/O Argument


Features/Benefits

Automation of the process All details of modified objects are extracted and formatted

automatically onto excel sheet with a single click. Eliminates time-consuming manual effort. Time taken for this process is reduced by 99.29%.

Single User Administration Single user can manage entire set of modified objects with ease. No further need of all team members working separately on

extracting and copying data for their respective modules.

Portability Due to <500 KB size, SRE Tool is easy to share over emails.

MS Office Platform No installation is required. This tool is build on MS Excel. Wide acceptance of MS Office tools

enable high availability of the tool as well.


Process Improvement

Below is the time comparison of repository extraction process – Manual v/s SRE Tool

No. of Repository ObjectsTime Taken - Extract and Format Data in Excel

Time Reduction(in %)Manually (in min) SRE Tool (in min)

10 8.3 0.2 97.59

100 83.3 0.25 99.70

500 416.7 0.35 99.92

1000 833.3 0.5 99.94

Average % 99.29

Comparison Criteria: 10 attributes for each modified object need to be extracted, formatted and copied over to an excel sheet.


Provide four inputs ODBC Connection User Id Password Repository Change Date (YYYY/MM/DD)

Click ‘Generate Reports’ to extract objects from Siebel repository.

User can click ‘Generate Reports’ multiple times to capture further modified objects in Siebel repository

User Guide - Introduction


User Guide – ODBC Connection


User Guide – User Id/Password


User Guide – Repository Change Date


User Guide - System Requirement

Windows XP or higher. MS Excel 2003 or higher. Macros should be enabled in MS Excel. Please note that Openoffice Spreadsheet is not

supported.


Released Versions - Trial v/s Full


Thank you !

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