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About Business Component Fields

This topic describes the field object type, which is a child of the business component object type. It includes the following topics:

• Overview of Business Component Fields
• How a Business Component Field Identifies the Type of Data
• How a Business Component Field Calculates a Value
• How a Business Component Field Sequences Records
• How Siebel CRM Defines Read-Only Behavior for a Business Component Field
• System Fields of a Business Component
• Guidelines for Defining the Name of a Business Component Field