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Before you begin
Before you begin to set up and use the adapter, you must possess a thorough understanding of business integration concepts, the capabilities, and requirements of the integration development tools and runtime environment you use, and the Siebel Business Applications server environment where you build and use the solution.
To configure and use WebSphere Adapter for Siebel Business Applications, you must understand and have experience with the following concepts, tools, and tasks:
- The business requirements of the solution you are building.
- The Siebel Business Applications environment in which you are working. This includes a detailed understanding of the Siebel version that supports your applications.
- Business integration concepts and models, including the Service Component Architecture programming model.
- The capabilities provided by the integration development tools you use to build the solution. You must know how to use these tools to create modules, test components, and complete other integration tasks.
- The capabilities and requirements of the runtime environment you use for the integration solution. You must know how to configure and administer the host server and how to use the administrative console to set and modify property definitions, configure connections, and manage events.
- The capabilities provided by the Siebel Business Applications version that supports your applications. You must be familiar with Siebel business objects, business components, business services, integration objects, and integration components.