SBL-BPR-00141: No root buscomp 'workflow process definition' instance is selected for import.

Applies to:

Siebel CRM - Version: 7.8.2.11[19244] and later   [Release: V7 and later ]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

Customer requirement is to export users/employees in XML files from one environment, and import to another.

Tests were made with the "Import/Export" Business service, but an an error was reported on Import method :-

SBL-BPR-00141: No root buscomp 'workflow process definition' instance is selected for import

Solution

As there is no documentation available for directly invoking methods on the Import/Export service (effectively it is not supported to call directly), it is suggested to use an alternative approach.

The out of the box Integration Object 'Internal Employee Interface' is used in the standard web service 'Siebel Employee'.  Or if using a web service is not an option, create a Workflow Process which invokes the EAI Siebel Adapter query (with the same Integration Object) and writes to file.  For import, read the file (EAI XML read from File) and call EAI Siebel Adapter method Upsert.