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Object Explorer Window

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The Object Explorer window (see Figure 16) shows a hierarchical representation of the major object types, and the Object List Editor window shows object definitions.

To make the Object Explorer window visible

Choose View > Object Explorer.

By default, the Object Explorer is visible when you start Siebel Tools.

NOTE:  Many of the menu commands in Siebel Tools have shortcut equivalents, which are displayed to the right of the command name in the main drop-down menus.

Figure 16. Object Explorer and Object List Editor Windows

The Siebel Object Explorer is composed of the following:

A hierarchical Object Explorer that allows you to browse the various object types
An Object List Editor for viewing and editing object definitions
A Properties window for editing object property values
A Windows-style search capability that allows you quickly to locate objects in the Siebel repository

Tabs in the Object Explorer Window

There are three tabs in the Object Explorer window: Types, Detail, and Flat.

Types Tab

The Types tab is selected in the Object Explorer window shown in Figure 17.

The Types tab shows all top-level object types, listed alphabetically. The Types tab shows the object hierarchy—clicking on the plus sign (+) to the left of an object type displays all the child object types of the top-level object type. Clicking on the minus sign (-) to the left of an object type collapses all its child object types.

Some object types have a hierarchy of multiple levels. For example (as shown in Figure 17):

One of the child object types of Applet is Control, and, at the next lowest level, Control User Properties.
One of the child object types of Business Component is Field.

Figure 17. Hierarchy of Object Types (Types Tab)

Detail Tab

If you select the Detail tab of the Object Explorer (as shown in Figure 18) and select an object type, the Object List Editor displays all object definitions of that type in the Explorer itself. For example, Figure 18 shows 24 Applications object definitions under the Application object type.

Figure 18. Object Explorer: Detail Tab

Flat Tab

The Flat tab (shown in Figure 19) of the Object Explorer shows all object types (parent and child) in a single, alphabetically-arranged list, without displaying the parent-child relationship.

Figure 19. Object Explorer: Flat Tab

The Flat tab view helps you:

Find a child object with an unknown parent.

For example, if you created a new field but do not remember what business component it is in, you can select the Field object type in the Flat tab and search the Name property for your field name. Each returned record has a parent property that provides the business component name.

See how object definitions and properties are typically used.

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