Siebel: Clear Siebel Datamap cache after changes

After import or changes to Siebel EAI Data maps at Administration - Data Map Editor view, the changes wont reflect automatically as these objects are cached in memory and it has to be refreshed.






Below are options to clear cache:

1. Restart the component or the Siebel server.
2. You can navigate to Administration - Webservices > outbound webservices view or Administration - Webservices > inbound webservices view and click on "Clear Cache" button for the current session.
3. Simulate the Business service or create a workflow with the Business service "EAI Data Transformation Engine" and method "Purge" without any input arguments.

Siebel: Remove NULL Tags from Siebel Message using Data Maps

We can remove Null/Empty tags from the Siebel Message using Data Maps.
Any Integration Component Fields which are mapped to System Fields will be removed from the Siebel Message after the data map is executed.
We use the same to our advantage to remove Empty/NULL tags from the Siebel Message before processing.

Use the syntax below to map the Integration Component field to a system field if it has NULL values or else retain the value in a datamap.

Specify the below syntax in the Source Search Expression in the Integration Component Field map.

Example:

We want to remove the [Account Status] tag from the Siebel Message if it contains NULL values.
Then, we can put the below statement in the Source Search Specification.




IIF([Account Status] IS NULL, [Created By], [Account Status])

If, the [Account Status] field has Null Value, it will get mapped to [Created By] which is a system field and finally gets removed from the Siebel Message.

Note: Make sure the [Created By] field is Active in the Integration Object.