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A commenter recently asked: "Can we build BI Publisher reports on a Siebel Virtual Business Component (VBC)". The answer is "Yes, we can!".

Imagine someone asks you to demonstrate how to log on to a local Siebel database using the ODBC driver. The scenario includes logging on as the table owner "SIEBEL". Imagine further that they ask you to do so against a local database which has been copied "from somewhere" and no one remembers SIEBEL's password...

Recently, Oracle made Siebel CRM Fix Pack 8.1.1.2 available to customers. As usual, the download is available on My Oracle Support. The Patch Id is 9318567.

When you work a lot with BI Publisher, be it to migrate Actuate reports for Siebel CRM or for other purposes, there is a certain need to debug those reports which throw errors.

another one of these lurid headlines...

Since February 4th, Siebel Business Applications 8.2.0 are available under limited availability from Oracle's E-Delivery website.

Frequent readers of this blog might be aware of the Siebel file system utilities. Recently, I came across the ssemuzip.exe utility which allows us to extract the "encrypted" .SAF files back to the original files.

This is an aggregate post and the entire kudos goes to Kanichiro from Oracle BI Publisher Consulting for putting together some wonderful posts on migrating from Actuate to Oracle BI Publisher.

In an effort to serve the hunter-gatherers and collectors of web goodies out there, I proudly announce the availability of the Siebel Essentials PDF Archive.

the story continues...

This is in response to a reader's question about how to use integration objects in Siebel workflow.

One of the things I like about Siebel supportweb (RIP)/Oracle Metalink3 (RIP)/My Oracle Support is that they keep publishing bulletins and documents and send me a weekly digest to my mail inbox.

This is a reminder to register for the Oracle + Sun Strategy Update Webcast on Wednesday, 27th of January 2010.

A quick reminder for all of you who have listed training in your new year's resolutions.

This is the third post on a mini-series on how to configure the full BI Publisher reporting feature set for Siebel CRM 8.1.1.1 and above. In the first two posts of this series we discussed the steps to set up basic reporting, so that end users can run reports from the Siebel client.

Recently, the CRM Product Marketing blog announced the availability of Oracle Siebel CRM Gadgets for Google Desktop.

Welcome back to the second part of the "Installing BI Publisher for Siebel 8.1.1.x" series (and thanks for your patience ;-)

Don't panic!

To be honest, even as a non-native English speaker it makes me cringe every time I come across a misspelled version of one of these 10 words you need to stop misspelling.

With gratitude to all supporting readers, commenters and hint providers, the siebel-essentials blog enters its third year of existence.

With all those Siebel projects that are currently upgrading to or already live on Siebel CRM 8.1.1 many of the weary administrators have applied the patch set 8.1.1.1.

It's time to say a big THANK YOU! to all readers, commenters and supporters of this little blog.

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