As a technical resource at Perficient, many of the projects I work on relate to Siebel CTMS upgrades. Usually, our customers who are running Siebel CTMS 8.1.1.11, or earlier versions are interested in upgrading to the latest version. As of today, the most recent version is 16.9. At a high level, Siebel CTMS upgrade projects […]
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Top 5 Life Sciences Blog Posts From February 2017
Now that March is here, I thought it would be neat to look back at what our readers found most interesting last month. Below are the top five blog posts Perficient’s life sciences practice wrote in February – they’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece. How And Why I Use Oracle VM […]
How And Why I Use Oracle VM VirtualBox
One of the challenges that I face at my job is supporting multiple clients that use different versions of Siebel Clinical (CTMS). Not only are they different versions, but each instance has been uniquely configured and enhanced. With many clients to support, plus internal product development efforts, I needed to find a way to run […]
How To Find And Install The Latest Patchset For Siebel IP2016
Oracle recently announced the general availability of the latest patchset for Siebel Innovation Pack 2016 (IP2016). Patchset 16.9 can be found on Oracle Support, although it is a little tricky to locate. Use these search terms to find it: For Windows, you would select this file: This takes you to the download window and the […]
How To Install Siebel Tools In A Working Environment
I have seen quite a few blog posts on how to setup Siebel Innovation Pack 2016 (IP2016) in a test bed environment, but very little chatter on how to actually install IP2016 Siebel Tools (Tools) and use it in a real development project. Hopefully, this will help some of you out there. Feel free to […]
How Do You Successfully Sell a Siebel Upgrade to the Business?
Over the last two years, I have seen an increasing number of clients using Siebel CRM exploring a Siebel upgrade, only to delay until “next year”. This reasoning usually makes sense from a business perspective based on the commonly touted benefits. Lets look a the commonly touted benefits, and the common business (or budgeting) response. […]
Top 5 Life Sciences Blog Posts From September 2016
Now that October is here, I thought it would be neat to look back at what our readers found most interesting last month. Below are the top five blog posts Perficient’s life sciences practice wrote in September – they’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece. An Insider’s Look At If And When […]
Siebel Enterprise Integration Manager (EIM) Refresher
If it’s been a while since your last Siebel EIM load project, the steps below will help you run your EIM job successfully. At a high level, here is the process: Document the mapping for each field Move the data from the source to the staging table (using SQL Insert statements) Move the data from […]
Approved Trip Reports Can Now Be Up-Versioned In Siebel CTMS
Site monitors and study managers, listen up: Oracle’s innovation pack 2016 (IP2016) for Siebel Clinical finally supports up-versioning of approved trip reports. No more handwriting the changes on the approved, printed version. No more squeezing clarifications into the site visit record comments field. No more creating a separate trip report with a similar name to […]
Top 5 Life Sciences Blog Posts From August 2016
Now that September is here, I thought it would be neat to look back at what our readers found most interesting last month. Below are the top five blog posts Perficient’s life sciences practice wrote in August – they’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece. Pfizer, Eli Lilly, And Roche […]
Insider Scoop On Installing Siebel Innovation Pack 2016 (IP2016)
This is the first in a series of blog posts that will highlight installing and using some of the new features that Oracle has just released in Siebel Innovation Pack 2016 (IP2016). Creating a Virtual Machine First, I created a new virtual machine (I used the free Oracle Virtual Box) to use as a sandbox […]
Gain Insight Into Siebel User Data With This Inherent Function
“Customer experience” is all the rage these days. And Oracle has got your back. In a recent major release (IP2015) of its Siebel platform, Oracle introduced a function called usage pattern tracking (UPT). It provides insight into user behavior, similar to web analytics. Here’s a summary of UPT’s features: Can be used to analyze system […]