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WebSphere Adapter for Siebel Business Applications documentation

IBM WebSphere Adapter for Siebel Business Applications provides the ability for IBM BPM and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus to exchange information with a Siebel application server.

• Overview of WebSphere Adapter for Siebel Business Applications
  With WebSphere Adapter for Siebel Business Applications, you can create integrated processes that exchange information with a Siebel Business Applications, without special coding.
• Plan for adapter implementation
  Before you configure WebSphere Adapter for Siebel Business Applications Software, consider whether you must set up the adapters in a clustered environment, in which the workload of the server is distributed across multiple machines. Also, if you are migrating from an earlier version of WebSphere Adapter for Siebel Business Applications Software, perform any migration tasks.
• Samples and tutorials
  To help you use WebSphere Adapters, samples and tutorials are available from the Business Process Management Samples and Tutorials website.
• Configure the module for deployment
  To configure the adapter so that it can be deployed on IBM BPM or WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, use IBM Integration Designer to create a module, which is exported as an EAR file when you deploy the adapter. You then specify the business objects you want to discover and the system on which you want to discover them.
• Modify artifacts
  Often business requirements mandate changes to the backend enterprise information system (EIS) data structures. These changes call for regeneration and reconfiguration of artifacts (import and export) that were previously generated using the external service wizard.
• Changing interaction specification properties
  To change interaction specification properties for your adapter module after generating the service, use the assembly editor in IBM Integration Designer.
• Deploying the module
  Deploy a module to place the files that make up your module and adapter into an operational environment for production or testing. In IBM Integration Designer, the integrated test environment features runtime support for IBM BPM or WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, or both, depending on the test environment profiles that you selected during installation.
• Administer the adapter module
  When you are running the adapter in a stand-alone deployment, use the administrative console of the server to start, stop, monitor, and troubleshoot the adapter module. In an application that uses an embedded adapter, the adapter module starts or stops when the application is started or stopped.
• Troubleshooting and support
  Common troubleshooting techniques and self-help information help you identify and solve problems quickly. For information about configuring logging properties and changing the log and trace file names, see Configure logging and tracing.
• Reference information
  To support you in your tasks, reference information includes details about business objects that are generated by the external service wizard and information about adapter properties, including those that support bidirectional transformation. It also includes pointers to adapter messages and related product information.
• Adapter documentation in PDF format
  Documentation in PDF format for WebSphere Adapter for Siebel Business Applications is available at the following location.