The external business component feature provides a way to access data that resides in a non-Siebel table or view, using a Siebel business component.

This chapter contains the following topics:

• Process of Configuring External Business Components
• Using Specialized Business Component Methods for EBCs
• Usage and Restrictions for External Business Components
• About Using External Business Components with the Siebel Web Clients
• About Overriding Connection Pooling Parameters for the Data Source
• About Joins to Tables in External Data Sources
• About Distributed Joins
• Troubleshooting External Business Components

Before You Begin

Before continuing with configuring and implementing external business components (EBCs), review the following books on the Siebel Bookshelf:

• Configuring Siebel Business Applications
• Siebel Developer's Reference
• Siebel Tools Online Help
• Using Siebel Tools