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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Siebel 8.1.1.10 / 8.2.2.3 – BI Publisher 11g Integration

There are a number of key improvements with regards to Siebel BI Publisher integration. Most improvements have made it in 8.1.1.9 and couple followed in 8.1.1.10.



Key capabilities:

- UI notifications to shows report generation has been completed (this is available for both Open UI as well as the traditional HI client);
- Option to open a report directly from the Notification list area in the toolbar;
- Intuitive buttons for tablet usability;
- Improved usability using collapsible menus and no popus;
- Return context to the application immediately after report execution;
- Less button clicks to execute reports and open the report output.



Finally – the certification with BI Publisher 11g has become available. You need to be on the BI Publisher 11.1.1.1.7 patch. BI Publisher 11g works with all Siebel releases – since the integration has been simplied between 10g and 11g.


Siebel – Oracle Real-time Scheduler integration


The integration between Siebel and Oracle’s Real-time scheduler has been refreshed. With Siebel 8.1.1.10 customers can take advantage of ORS v2.1.




The latest Siebel - ORS integration is available with the 8.1.1.10 Fix Pack / Oracle Real-time Scheduler 2.1.

- Align service execution with company objective
- Improve service tech productivity and visibility to the enterprise-
- Reduce travel time and distance
- Significantly increase service center efficiencies
- Offer New or Improved Customer Services



Siebel Server Cloning available from 8.1.1.9 / 8.2.2.2 onwards!

This feature which can be of substantial help in larger Siebel deployments is the “Siebel Server Cloning” feature which got introduced in Siebel 8.1.1.9 / 8.2.2.2.

It enables :

  • Installation Cloning
  • Siebel server cloning
  • Enterprise cloning
  • Patch Deployment
  • Capture installation changes
  • Apply changes to target environments
  • Server Configuration Deployment
  • Extract server configuration settings
  • Migrate server configurations to target environments