Siebel System Requirements and Supported Platforms (v8.1,v8.0,v7.8,v7.7,v7.5,v7.0,v6.3,v6.2,v6.1,v6.0)

Hi Friends,

This is one very important ready reckoner page regarding the System Requirements & Supported Platforms for all the Siebel Versions released & supported so far.

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11886_01/srsphomepage.html

This is the best source to keep in touch for any updated System requirements & platforms.
Hope this helps everyone.

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Oracle UPK Installation Failed - ORA-12640: Authentication adapter initialization failed

Hi Friends,

I was setting up Oracle User Productivity Kit (UPK) in Server only mode for setting up a dedicated documentation facility. This was my first hand setup experience with the UPK & so as i expected i landed up with few issues during installation.

While deploying the UPK server on a  local server, at the end of the installation, i received error:
ORA-12640: Authentication adapter initialization failed

I thought, there might be some issue due to the database. Went around searched & re-tried the installation, but it again failed due to the same error.

After further research, i found that this error is more related to the Oracle Client settings in sqlnet.ora

Below is the change i did in my sqlnet.ora file after which Oracle UPK Server Mode installation completed successfully: 
 
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NTS)
Changing this one to:
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NONE)

Keywords: Oracle UPK, Oracle User Productivity Kit, Oracle UPK Installation, ORA-12640, etc

The DLL 'SSCEACTVIEW.DLL' could not be loaded.(SBL-DAT-00170)

Hi Friends,

You might have received this long time buggy error: "The DLL 'SSCEACTVIEW.DLL' could not be loaded.(SBL-DAT-00170)" while trying to generate a EIM Report using Siebel Tools.

Issue:

This issue occurs particularly when you are connected to 'SERVER' Datasource & try to generate an EIM Report.

Solution:
There has been no Product Fixes from Oracle, but a simple workaround: Use LOCAL Database for generating EIM Report.

If you connect to your Local DBF using Siebel Tools then you will not face this error while generating EIM Report but other inital error like:

 

 

Once you clear the initial error, try again to generate the EIM Report & this time it will generate the report without any errors or prompts.

Keywords:

siebel crm,siebel, siebel systems, siebel tools, siebel dev, eim, eim report, SBL-DAT-00170

Missing PID in Adminstration-Server Management-Sessions Screen

Hi Friends,

One minor bug i encountered during implementation of Siebel 8.0 is the missing PIDs for open Sessions in Administration-Server Management Screen!

If you observe carefully; the PID column would be blank for all Sessions, whereas ideally it should have the Process ID Value populated for all running Sessions.
Further investigating, it was verified that PID was not only absent from UI, but also when we try to export the same from command line srvrmgr utility, the result is same.



Presently, the only workaround to find the PID of a running Session would be to find the associated Task to that Session. This can be achieved by noting down the Session ID value showed in UI for a particular Session & then finding the same in Administration - Server Management -> Tasks Screen as Task ID. i.e.
(Sessions Screen)Session ID= Task ID (Tasks Screen)
I know, its a very mechanical workaround, but when those annoying user-related or particular session related issues get reported in Production, we badly need this PIDs to see whats happening over the server ;-)

And yes...finally this has been admitted as a bug for Siebel 8.0 Platform.

Happy CRM Hunting! :-)
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Add Social Bookmarking Widgets: ShareThis-AddThis [How To]

Hi Friends,

One of the most important part of blogging is to reach out good audience. In earlier dotcom eras, multiple link sharing & different link exchanges were used to promote websites.

But nowadays due to the huge popularity of social networking sites, people are much more eager to carry each & everything with them as they keep moving from one place to another and
so a online bookmarking solution is the perfect tool for them.

Having considered all of this, we should quickly sit down & start using this utility for our own blog!

Two very good widget solutions exist online: Share This or Add This

Both of this websites provide professional bookmarking solutions for Blog Publishers including definitive Analytics in order to track all of your content popularity.

Lets review both of this individually:

Share This:
- Free
- Easy to use
- Instant Widget installation across different blogging sites
- Definitive Analytics for Advanced Reporting Purpose
- Registration is compulsory.

Sample Screenshot:



Add This:
- Free
- Easy to use
- Instant Widget installation across different blogging sites
- Direct code insertion also possible.
- Defintive Analytics for Advanced Reporting Purpose
- Registration is only required, if you want to subscribe for Analytics, else its plug n play ;-)

Sample Screenshot:


I am using Add This for my Blog. Its pretty much simpler & easy to use. I would definitely recommend Add This.

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