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About Configuring Siebel Applications

Configuration is the process of altering standard Siebel applications to meet business requirements. This can range from making minor changes, such as adding text box controls (and their underlying fields), to creating new user interfaces and business entities.

Siebel Tools is the software application that allows you to reconfigure and extend Siebel applications. It is a software configuration toolset rather than a programming language. What this means is that software is developed and enhanced by creating and modifying object definitions and their properties.

The Siebel applications software is built on object definitions that are executed at run time, and are available to the developer to modify. By creating new object definitions (and adapting existing ones to new uses) you can create complete new modules. It is not necessary for you to write C++ program code, although you may want to write Siebel Visual Basic (VB), eScript, or browser script to supplement the programmatic logic of your application.

NOTE:  Siebel VB and eScript runs on the server side; Browser script runs on the client side.

To see other methods of configuration in Siebel applications, see Other Ways to Customize Application Behavior.