Virtual Business Component

Virtual Business Component (VBC)

VBC Provides the ability to display and manipulate non-Siebel data from within Siebel applets without storing it in the Siebel database.

A virtual business component (VBC) provides a way to access data that resides in an external data source using a Siebel business component. The VBC does not map to an underlying table in the Siebel Database. You create a new VBC in Siebel Tools and compile it into the siebel.srf file. The VBC calls a Siebel business service to provide a transport mechanism.

You can take two approaches to use VBCs, as

§     Use the XML Gateway business service to pass data between the VBC and one of the Siebel transports, such as the EAI HTTP Transport or the EAI MSMQ Transport.

§     Write your own business service in Siebel eScript or in Siebel VB to implement the methods.

Advantage of using VBC:

·         Display and manipulate non-siebel data from within Siebel applets without storing it in the Siebel database.

·         New class of business component based on data stored outside of the Siebel database

·         Defined and behave like standard business components.