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Creating the Houses Screen

After creating the view, you must add it to a screen so that it will appear in the user interface. However, in this case, NREC has chosen to create a new screen for Houses. This screen will be used to group all the views related to the Houses entity. After creating the screen, you will need to define the a Screen View child object to associate the screen with the House Detail View.

To create the Houses Screen

  1. In the Object Explorer, expand the Screen Object type.

    2. The Screens window opens in the Object List Editor.

  2. In the Screen window, right-click and select New Record.
  3. Enter a new record with the following properties:

    4. Field
    Value
    Name
    NREC House Screen
    Project
    NREC Configuration
    Viewbar text
    Houses

  4. In the Object Explorer, select the Screen View object type (child of Screen).

    5. The Screen View window opens in the Object List Editor. Screen Views associate views to a screen.

  5. In the Screen View window, add a new record using the following values.

    6. Field
    Value
    Description
    View
    NREC House Detail View
    Name of associated view.
    Viewbar Text
    More Info
    Text that appears in the second row of tabs.
    Sequence
    20
    Determines the sequence in which view tabs are displayed.

  6. In the Object List Editor, select the Screen object type again.
  7. In the Screen window, set the Default View property to House Detail View.

Defining Page Tab and Screen Menu Items

For screens to appear in the user interface, you must define Page Tab and Screen Menu Items. These objects are child objects of the Application object type. Page tabs appear as the tabs across the top of the application and Screen Menu Items appear in the site map.

To define Page Tabs and Screen Menu Items

  1. In the Object Explorer, expand the Application object type.
  2. In the Application window, select the Siebel eChannel application.
  3. In the Object Explorer, select the Page Tab (child of Application) object type.
  4. In the Page Tab window, right-click and enter a record with the following properties:

    5. Field
    Value
    Description
    Name
    NREC House Screen
    Unique name for the Page Tab.
    Screen
    NREC House Screen
    Screen object associated with the page tab.
    Sequence
    125
    Determines the sequence in which the page tabs appear.
    Text
    Houses
    Text that appears in the tab.

  5. In the Object Explorer, select the Screen Menu Item object type (child of Application).
  6. In the Screen Menu Item window, add a new record with the following properties:

    7. Field
    Value
    Description
    Screen
    NREC House Screen
    Screen associate with the Screen Menu Item.
    Sequence
    15
    Determines the sequence that the item appears.
    Text
    Houses
    Text that appears as the link on the Site Map.


 Developing and Deploying Siebel eBusiness Applications 
 Published: 18 April 2003