Siebal Questions & Answers

01. Define repository in terms of Siebel Analytics?

Answer:- Following are the definition of repository in terms of Siebel Analytics

o Repository stores the Meta data information. Siebel repository is a file system ,extension of the repository file. rpd.

o META DATA REPOSITORY.

o With Siebel Analytics Server, all the rules needed for security, data modeling, aggregate navigation, caching, and connectivity is stored in metadata repositories.

o Each metadata repository can store multiple business models. Siebel Analytics Server can access multiple repositories.

02. What is the end to end life cycle of Siebel Analytics?

Answer:- The end to end life cycle of Siebel Analytics are as follows

1. Gather Business Requirements

2. Identify source systems

3. Design ETL to load to a DW if source data doesn’t exist.

4. Build a repository

5. Build dashboard or use answers for reporting.

6. Define security (LDAP or External table…)

7. Based on performance, decide on aggregations and/or caching mechanism.

8. Testing and QA.