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Targeting Configuration
The Siebel Life Sciences targeting engine can be configured for use in any business component, including those that you create. It uses the user properties found in Table 25 and Table 26.
Table 25. TargetCategory User Property
Field
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Required
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Description
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Name
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Required
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TargetCategory.
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Changed
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Read-only
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An indicator of whether or not the user property is changed.
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Value
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Required
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A value that the targeting engine uses to determine which saved lists are available to the business component. This value is strictly user-defined. Siebel ePharma ships with the default values "Contacts" for contact-related business components and "Accounts" for account-related business components.
One TargetCategory can be active per business component.
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Inactive
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Optional
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An indicator of whether or not the user property is active.
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Comments
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Optional
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Comments describing the user property.
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Table 26. TargetId User Property
Field
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Required
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Description
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Name
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Required
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TargetId.
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Changed
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Read-only
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An indicator of whether or not the user property is changed.
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Value
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Required
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A value the targeting engine uses to determine the field in the business component that will be matched against the saved list ID. If the TargetId record is not defined as a user property for the business component, the targeting engine defaults to ROW_ID.
One TargetId can be active per business component.
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Inactive
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Optional
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An indicator of whether the user property is active.
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Comments
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Optional
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Comments describing the user property.
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With these user properties, you can apply a target list in any business component and indicate what value in the business component will be stored for later retrieval. For example, to allow targeting functionality on opportunities, add the user property in Table 27 to each Opportunity business component.
Table 27. Example TargetCategory User Property
Field
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Required
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Description
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Name
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Required
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TargetCategory.
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Changed
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Read-only
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An indicator of whether the user property is changed (optional).
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Value
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Required
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"Opportunity" (or any value you choose).
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Inactive
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Optional
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An indicator of whether the user property is active.
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Comments
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Optional
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Comments describing the user property.
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Once active, this user property will allow users to save a target list of opportunities and apply the list across screens in any opportunity-related business component.
