Difference between Organization, Internal Division, Account and Partner in Siebel

What is the difference between Organization, Internal Division, Account and Partner in Siebel?

Organization:

An organization (in Siebel terminology) is a business unit within an company, enterprise or organization. Organizations represents the broadest divisions of the company. An organization controls the data access of the employees that are assigned to it. Organizations can be internal, or they can be external (in the case of Siebel PRM).

In Siebel technical terms, an organization is that which satisfies the below 2 conditions:

1. S_ORG_EXT.INT_ORG_FLG = 'Y'

2. Has an associated S_BU record.

E.g. Default Organization

select int_org_flg from siebel.s_org_ext where name = 'Default Organization';

select * from siebel.s_bu where name = 'Default Organization';

Internal Division:

Divisions are used to create organization structure and to link positions to that organization structure. Divisions belong to organizations and have no direct effect on visibility

In technical terms, an internal division satisfies below 2 conditions:

1. S_ORG_EXT.INT_ORG_FLG = 'Y'

2. Does not have associated S_BU record.

E.g. INTERNAL

select int_org_flg from siebel.s_org_ext where name = 'INTERNAL';

Account:

An account is any external organization with which your company does business. It negotiates agreements, receives service and bills, and raises trouble tickets. An account is usually the central entity of a Siebel CRM implementation. It may also represent a current or potential client, a business partner, or a competitor.

An Account satisfies the below conditions:

1. S_ORG_EXT.INT_ORG_FLG = 'N'

2. Obviously it does not have associated S_BU record.

E.g. ABC Corp

select int_org_flg from siebel.s_org_ext where name = 'ABC Corp';

Partner:

A partner organization is generally a channel or alliance partners, distributors, resellers, agents, brokers, or dealers of the brand owner company.

A Partner satisfies 2 conditions:

1. S_ORG_EXT.INT_ORG_FLG = 'N' and S_ORG_EXT.PRTNR_FLG = 'Y

2. No associated S_BU record.

E.g. Helix Services

select int_org_flg, prtnr_flg from siebel.s_org_ext where name = 'Helix Services';

To summarize:

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