Below is a detailed answer to certain questions like –
– What happens when your workflow policy fires,
– how a record get inserted into S_ESCL_REQ ,
– how monitor agent processes the record ??????

Workflow Policy not having a duration specified -
1. When the workflow policy columns are violated, a new row gets inserted into S_ESCL_REQ table by database Triggers.
2. Workflow monitor agent verifies the record in S_ESCL_REQ table and compares if the violated record and matches the Policy Condition.
3. If the conditions are not met, then …

When you goto Tools->Screen object, you cannot see ‘Bitmap Category’ field because it is HIDDEN in tools for a normal view. You need to enable it from Tools CFG.
Here are steps -
1. Open your Tools.cfg.
2. Search for “ClientConfigurationMode”, it might be there with value like
ClientConfigurationMode = Web
3. If you find it or did’t find it, just add/replace below value to the [Siebel] section of CFG. This is the first section of CFG.
ClientConfigurationMode = All
4. Relaunch your Tools. This will show certain hidden …

This issues was faced by a developer, who asked for the solution, so here is something can be done at database level -
[a]
Create an Oracle profile and limit the number of sessions per database user, for example:
sql> CREATE PROFILE <profilename> limit SESSIONS_PER_USER 1;
sql> ALTER USER <username> <profilename>;
sql> ALTER SYSTEM SET RESOURCE_LIMIT=TRUE;
Using this approach, please be aware that dead connections will not always be detected by the database immediately, so users might occasionally not be able to login even a single time until a database administrator has killed their session. Also, …

Siebeldev.exe is a powerful utility provided in Siebel Tools, but don’t make full use of it. It can used to do some of our manual tasks of Tools like Import sifs, Export sifs, do Compilation, apply patches, all using the Commandline.
So, we can write a simple batch file with the Siebeldev.exe , its appropriate switches and parameters, and automate these tasks.

Automate Export Sifs from Siebel Tools:
1. Create a ExportSif.bat file.
2.Put below commandline in it and save the file.
c:\Sia80\Tools\BIN\siebdev.exe /c c:\Sia80\Tools\BIN\ENU\tools.cfg /u sadmin /p sadmin /d local /batchexport “Siebel Repository” C:\Sia80\Tools\bin\obj.txt …

Page#1
Goto URL – http://edelivery.oracle.com/
Click Continue button
Page#2
Give your name, company name, valid email id and country. Click Submit below.
Page#3
Select “Siebel CRM” from drop down and platform as “Microsoft Windows(32-bit)”. Click Continue.
Page#4
Search for “Siebel Business Applications Release 8.1.1.0 Media Pack for Microsoft Windows (32-bit)” on this page. Click that link.
Page#5
Look for Seconf Download button on the page. Or search “V14591-01″.
Here is your Siebel Bookshelf 8.1.1.0 Version.