Bookshelf v7.7: What's New in This Release

What's New in This Release

What's New in Applications Administration Guide, Version 7.7, Rev. B

Table 1 lists changes in this version of the documentation to support Release 7.7 of the software.

Table 1. What's New in Applications Administration Guide, Version 7.7, Rev. B
Topic	Description
Improvements to the documentation
Using Keyboard Accelerators	The topic about using keyboard accelerators has been deleted from the book because keyboard accelerators are obsolete in the Release 7.7 of the software.
Enabling AOM Case Insensitivity	Case sensitivity can be set on the Application Object Manager and server component levels.
About LOV Caching on Screen Home Page See Clearing the Cache.	LOV caching behaves slightly differently on screen home pages than on other views.
To clear the cache (from the Server Manager command-line interface) See Clearing the Cache.	The procedure for clearing the cache from the Server Manager command-line interface has been deleted from the book because it obsolete in the Release 7.7 of the software.
Configuring Audit Trail in Siebel Tools	In workflow processes, the Audit Trail function does not work unless the Start Method of the Audit Trail Engine Business Service is included as a first step.
Creating iHelp Item Records	In order to open iHelp, users need access to the Task Assistant Player View.
About Message Broadcasting	Message Broadcasting is only available for employee applications.
"Creating Inbox Types" on page 139	Corrected an error in the action type example, UINBOX_STATUS_TYPE.
"Setting Up Inbox Actions" on page 142	Listed the arguments that are always passed with actions.
Changing Controls in the Calendar Detail View	The names of the applets invoked by the three buttons (Add Employee, Add Contact, Add Resource) in the Calendar Detail view are listed in this topic. The names of these specialized applets are not found in Siebel Tools.
Showing or Hiding Side Applets on the Life Sciences Calendar	User property for hiding the side applet on Siebel Life Sciences calendar.
Creating State Models and State Transitions	MLOV (multilingual lists of values) fields are supported with state models.

What's New in Applications Administration Guide, Version 7.7, Rev. A

Table 2 lists changes in version 7.7 Rev. A of the documentation to support Release 7.7 of the software.

Table 2. What's New in Applications Administration Guide, Version 7.7, Rev. A
Topic	Description
New features described
Configuring the Calendar See About Configuring the Calendar.	New user properties for configuring these calendar features: Calendar activity description ToolTip text Start and end times for calendar activity display Calendar drilldown Drag-and-drop onto the calendar applet
Simplified List Management See Global Target List Management.	Create and apply targeted lists of accounts, contacts, employees, positions, and prospects. The feature is only available in Siebel Industry Applications (SIA) such as Siebel Financial Services and Siebel Life Sciences.
Improvements to the documentation
Content Center See Content Center and Content Asset Management.	The Content Center chapter has been updated and divided into two smaller chapters.
State Models See State Models.	This chapter has been reorganized and corrected.
Siebel Correspondence See Correspondence.	This chapter has been reorganized and corrected.
Siebel eDocument functionality See Fulfillment Centers and Batch Printing.	These chapters have been broken out from the Correspondence chapter.
System Preferences See System Preferences.	More system preferences are documented, including those for SIA (Siebel Industry Applications).
Alerts Online	Alerts Online are documented as part of setting up the Siebel HelpDesk in the Siebel Employee Relationship Management Administration Guide.

What's New in Applications Administration Guide, Version 7.7

Table 3 lists changes described in version 7.7 of the documentation to support Release 7.7 of the software.

Table 3. New Product Features in Applications Administration Guide, Version 7.7
Topic	Description
Quick Fill See Administering Quick Fill Templates.	Templates for filling in records.
Screen Home Pages See Setting Up Default View Links for Screen Home Pages.	View links on screen home pages can be set up by the administrator.
Audit Trail See Specifying Parent-Child Associations for Audit.	Parent-child associations made in MVG (multi-value group) fields and parent-child applets can be audited.
iHelp See Creating and Administering iHelp.	Real-time step-by-step instruction that helps users complete tasks within the application.
Message Broadcasting See Message Broadcasting.	Messages can be cached in the Object Manager.
Inbox See Administering and Using Inbox and Chapter 11, "Configuring the Inbox."	A single screen consolidating all approval and notification items assigned to a user.
Content Asset Management See Content Asset Management.	Various enhancements to Content Asset Management including: Allowing hierarchies (nesting) for content sets Ability to preview all versions Advanced options for adding content assets to the Content Center repository
Microsite Management See Microsite Management.	Enhancements to Microsite Management: Redesigned Page Designer, including the new Menu tool Enhanced Page Administration Template administration One-click publishing Symbolic URL links Page caching set through CFG file (not the mmlayout.txt file)
Usage Collection See Usage Collection.	Collect usage statistics about site traffic. Log files list who is accessing which pages and views and when.