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Warehouse

The level at which inventory relationships are defined and pick tickets are generated. This is the default inventory location.

waves

Measured distribution that allows execution of a campaign over time for load-balancing purposes. For example, if you are sending a mailer that provides an 800 number for responses, then multiple drop dates, or waves, will help distribute the load on the call center.

Waybill

A document prepared by the carrier of a shipment of goods that contains details of the shipment, route, and charges. This document travels with the items during shipment, as record of the shipment.

Web page

(1) A Siebel repository representation of a standard or configured Web page that is part of an online application. (2) One page, or portion, of a Web site.

Web search specification

A specification that performs a dynamic lookup on a Web site based on a combination of special symbols and text. This is in contrast to a fixed URL, which navigates to a specific Web address. Also called a search specification URL.

Web server

A server that handles standard Web browser requests for HTML documents and other files. It also enforces security requirements by forcing users to log in and by allowing a user access only to those functions that the user has permission to access.

Web services

An interface that describes a set of operations available to other applications. Those applications access Web services through standard Internet protocols and data formats, such as Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), and Web Service Description Language (WSDL).

Web template

A Siebel repository representation of a Web template file. There is a one-to-one correspondence between the Web template file and a Web template object. The Web template contains information about the Siebel tags that appear in the HTML template file, as well as references to other related Web template files.

what-if analysis

An affordability analysis that is based on a what-if different scenarios with changes to the variables to determine the optimal outcome. A what-if analysis is useful if you do not have complete data or if you want to explore the effect of various changes to your income, liabilities, or available funds or to the qualifying ratios or down payment expenses that are used in the analysis.

wildcard character

A keyboard character that in certain contexts can represent zero, one, or many characters. An example of a wildcard character is the asterisk (*).

winner

In Siebel eAuction, each auction format determines a winner based on the auction's particular bid-resolution rules. The winner is the bidder who beats all other bidders. A multiple-quantity auction can have multiple winners.

wireless markup language (WML)

A language that allows the text portions of Web pages to be presented on cellular telephones and PDAs (personal digital assistants) through wireless access. WML is part of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP).

wizard

An interactive help utility that consists of a series of forms designed to lead a user through a task such as the installation of a piece of software.

workflow

The timely management of an event in order to assure proper handling.

Workflow Policies, Siebel

The Workflow Policies module allows you to define policies that can act as triggers to execute a workflow process. A policy consists of one or more policy conditions. When the policy conditions are met, the policy action is executed.

Siebel Workflow Policies allows customers to escalate overdue service requests, alert sales executives about pipeline management problems, notify remote sales and service professionals about key events requiring their attention, and launch third-party programs.

Workflow Process Simulator

A Siebel Workflow module for testing the execution of workflow processes at design time.

Workflow Processes, Siebel

An application that allows an organization to identify the flow of data throughout the enterprise and pass data to and from external applications using Siebel eBusiness Application Integration (eAI). The organization can also use Siebel Server components; for example, they can send outbound communications through Siebel Communications Server. The Business Process Designer allows customers to graphically create and design workflow processes using a drag-and-drop user interface.


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 Published: 22 April 2003