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What is the Data Object Layer? 2008-06-04 12:16:12 A layer of abstraction over the RDBMS, insulating the application and developer from database administration and restructuring.Contains Data Object
Definitions such as ‘Table’, ‘Column’, and ‘Index’, which directly map to the RDBMS structure. Read more:Layer
What is the difference between an object type and an object definition? 2008-06-04 12:13:10 An object type is a named structure from which object definitions of a given type can be created. (ex.: ‘Applet’ is an abject type and ‘Opportunity List Applet’ is an object definition.) An object type has a predefined set of properties. Read more:difference
What does the Changed Flag indicate? 2008-06-04 12:11:37 A Checkmark in this column indicates that changes have been made to the contents of the corresponding record since a particular date and time (You set this date and time using the General tab in Tools -> Options menu).
Describe the 3 Object Explorer (OE) tabs. 2008-06-04 12:11:02 Types: higher level object types displayed, Details: expanded top level object type displays object definitions of that type, Flat: displays all definitions of that type Read more:Explorer
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What is the repository file? 2008-06-04 12:09:49 The repository file is a compiled file which contains the data configuration and the data presentation configuration constructed by the developer.
What is Tools? 2008-06-04 12:08:50 Allows customizing of underlying data configuration as well as data presentation configuration. Data configuration determines what SQL is sent to the database. Siebel generates the SQL and it cannot be directly modified. Read more:Tools
Siebel FAQs 2008-06-04 12:01:59 What is Siebel repository ? Define siebel.exe file ? Define siebel.cfg file ? Questions on Call Centers and CTI. What is the hardware ? What is the middleware ? When CTI is installed in NY how the development work was done in Chennai ? Description of the whole process. Relationship with other objects. When the call was received, which screen was popped up ? How did you transfer
Siebel CRM How To – Restrict a Field to only Accept Certain Characters? 2008-05-19 06:02:41 Requirement: We have a multilingual application and we have Unicode enabled database but still we would like to restrict user from entering certain characters.We want to prevent user from entering numbers in alpha-numeric fields.Solution:Use charCodeAt function given by Siebel but not documented properly by Siebel. Here I am giving a Pseudo code to explain how it can be used.if (Field
Name == "Firs Read more:Accept
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Siebel CRM How To - Automate login into Siebel Dedicated Client 2008-05-19 06:02:12 The trick I am going to tell you in this article might seem to you very simple and basic if you have been working on siebel for a long time but for a newbie it can be small time saving trick during his early days of dabbling with Siebel Development. I have come to know in last few days while talking to a friend, assuming that a simple thing is known to everybody is a mistake and there is nothing s Read more:Client
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Navigating Siebel - Via Keyboard! 2008-05-19 06:01:32 We generally navigate siebel with the help of mouse. Suppose, one fine day your mouse stops working would that mean that you are stuck and will not be able to work on siebel? I don't think so, to overcome that situation Siebel has provided keyboard shortcuts or acclerators to navigate and perform important functions in siebel so that you are dependent on Mouse to do all your work in siebel.And I h
Siebel How To - Create Inbound and Outbound Webservice? 2008-05-19 06:00:24 I was fortunate enough early in my carrer to get a chance to work on Siebel EAI. It was the first implementation of Web Services in our project. So, had to struggle a lot to understand basics of web service. But I always from my school time had intrest in XML and Web so understanding that part was not that difficult but I really had to work hard to understand web services from Siebel Prespective.
Siebel Tools How To - Have Mutiple Local database Instances? 2008-05-19 05:59:44 This article is a step by step guide to have mutiple local database instances on the same system.Below mentioned points might be the reason why you would want to do thatYou are working on mutilple projects and they all have repository named 'Siebel Repository'. You want to work on both repositories simultaneously. You share your system and you want the changes made by other developer to be on a di Read more:Local
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Siebel CRM How To - Invoke Workflow through BC User Property 2008-05-19 05:57:20 Till siebel 7.5 the only method know to invoke workflows were Runtime Events in start step of workflowBusiness ServiceBusiness Component ScriptWorkflow
PoliciesBut from Siebel 7.7 ownwards there is one more method by which we can invoke a workflow. That way is Siebel business Component user property. You can 'Named Methodn' user property in a BC which can invoke a workflow where n is increment to
Siebel CRM How To - Create a new LOV? 2008-05-19 05:56:22 Whatever I have posted in this blog assumes that you have fair bit of idea working on Siebel CRM. I noticed there is hardly anything in this blog that can help a newbie. So thought of starting a new Category that is 'Siebel CRM How To'. This Category will include step by step How To's to various things in Siebel CRM. Starting this series is a simple 'How To' of creating a new List of Value and add
Siebel List of Values - A Strategic Move - Continued. 2008-05-19 05:54:28 Last time I said that I will be presenting a Solution to make Required Fields dynamic and SRF independent. So I am back with What I promised.Requirement:Siebel Service Request module was to be implemented because of a new implementation the business requirements were being changed all the time. One Strange requirement was to make the Required Fields of a business component dynamic. So that they ca Read more:Strategic
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Siebel List of Values - A Strategic Move! 2008-05-19 05:53:28 List of Values
(LOV) is assumed to pretty simple entity in siebel and having very limited use, of showing values in dropdown picklist. But lately I found they can be used in more than one ways. They can be a real life saver. One use I have found of them is to avoid hard coding. Yes, you can avoid hard coding of values and use LOV instead which you can then change without SRF Release.I will list be Read more:Strategic
Siebel eScript – An Overview 2008-05-19 05:49:36 Scripting is one of the most important areas in Siebel Development but irony is that it is never recommended to write script in Siebel. Siebel scripting is done in a language known as eScript. eScript shares it’s syntax with JavaScript. If you have worked in JavaScript then you would find it pretty easy to adapt to eScript.eScript can be broadly classified into two categoriesServer ScriptsBrowse Read more:Overview
Siebel eScript – How to track performance with Timing Scripts 2008-05-19 05:49:07 Timing scripts can come in handy to know exactly how much our code is taking to execute. There can be several reasons for doing this.We are calling several business services in code and we need to know performance of each one.We need to know time our script on business component, Applet is takingWe have several approaches to solve the problem and need to know the exact time taken by each.The code Read more:Scripts
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Are joined fields “updateable”? 2008-06-25 06:38:03 No, they are READ-ONLY. In order for data to be manipulated (insert/delete/update), it must appear in an applet in which the fields (to which the controls are mapped) are single-value fields mapped to columns of the BC’s base or main table.
What is the result of setting the “Outer Join Flag” property to TRUE? 2008-06-25 06:37:44 Returns all records from the main table of the BC even if there is no joined record. Set it to FALSE if the FK relationship is mandatory. If the FK will always be there, then you don’t need the outer join. Read more:property
What does the join object specify? 2008-06-25 06:37:15 The FK to PK relationship. Allows a BC to represent data from a foreign table. Used on the many side of a many to one relationship. Requires data from the joined table to return at most one row.