O2C PIP with Microsoft SQL Server Based Siebel server

Hi,
We are trying to install AIA 2.2 with PIP for Order to Cash cycle. This integrates Siebel with Oracle for O2C cycle. We have done installation till AIA foundation pack successfully. Now when I looked at PIP installation guide it asks for Siebel database details. My Siebel database is MS SQL Server 2000. But installation guide only mentions installation through Oracle DB. Generally if there is any MS SQL server 2000 connection happening to Oracle, it would be through ODBC – JDBC Bridge. However I do not see any details of that sort in the installation guide.
Have you guys tried this kind of installation? If not then, can you please help me by raising this to internal community in Oracle?
Best Regards,
Dhaval Khamar

Hi there,
I use this configuration for connecting SQL Server:
In data server object
* Definition: the must important fields are the username and password
* JDBC:
- JDBC Driver: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
- JDBC URL: jdbc:sqlserver:// *<SERVER IP or NAME>* : <*PORT* (optional, if not defined it will take the default)>
Then you need to create a physical schema where you're going to define the SQL Server database name and the owner or user
* Definition:
- Database(catalog): name of the SQL Server database
- Owner (schema): the name of the owner, for example dbo
- Database(work schema): again the name of the SQL Server database; not required
- Owner(work schema): not required
On local object mask I also modify this field to add the SQL Server user, for example *%CATALOG.dbo.%OBJECT*
On remote object mask I leave the same (*%DSERVER.%CATALOG.%SCHEMA.%OBJECT*)
Hope this was useful for you
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Edited by: Homerol on Apr 25, 2012 10:36 AM

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