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Configuring Siebel Business Applications > About Applets, Controls and List Columns > Options to Create an Applet >
Options to Control How the User Creates, Edits, Queries, and Deletes CRM Data
The applet mode is a type of behavior for an applet web template that determines if the user can or cannot create, edit, query, or delete Siebel CRM records in an applet. For more information, see Controlling How the User Creates, Edits, Queries, and Deletes CRM Data. Table 19 describes the types of applet modes.
Table 19. Types of Applet Modes
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Edit |
Allows the user to edit a record, create a new record, and query while working in a form applet. Siebel CRM uses the Edit and Edit List applet modes most frequently. If a New or Query applet template does not exist, and if the user creates or queries data, then Siebel CRM uses Edit mode. For more information, see Types of Siebel Web Templates. |
Edit List |
Allows the user to edit a record, create a new record, and query while working in a list applet. You can use the Edit List mode to allow the user to edit, create, and query in an employee application that runs in high interactivity mode. A standard interactivity application does not use the Edit List mode, so you must create an Edit mode template even if Edit, New, and Query templates are defined. A customer or partner application is an example of a standard interactivity application. For more information, see Types of Siebel Web Templates. Edit List mode displays a list applet as persistently editable. An editable list applet allows the user to modify the records in a list applet without switching to an edit page. |
Base |
Displays fields in read-only mode. Use this mode to display the applet in read-only mode until the user does something, such as clicking the Edit button. Siebel CRM displays a view in Base mode, by default. The user cannot edit or update a field in an applet that is in Base mode. The user can use the applet menu or right-click and use the pop-up menu to create a new record. The user can then edit or delete the new record, unless these operations are disabled at the applet or business component level. You can use the Read-Only field in the Responsibility Administration View to make a view read-only. For more information, see Siebel Security Guide. |
New |
Allows the user to create a new record where the requirements for the new mode are different from the edit or edit list mode. Only use the New and Query modes if the Edit mode does not meet your required functionality. |
Query |
Allows the user to query if the requirements for the Query mode are different from the requirements for the Edit or Edit List mode. Allows the user to perform a query-by-example (QBE). |
Qualities of the Applet Mode
The applet mode includes the following qualities:
- Is a property of an applet web template, which is a child of an applet.
- Applies only to the active applet. For example, if the parent top applet in a view is in Query mode, then the child bottom applet is not in Query mode.
- Siebel CRM associates each mode with a web template.
- An applet can use one or more applet modes.
- You can use the Mode list in the Controls/Columns window of the Applet Layout Editor to modify the applet mode. The applet web templates that Siebel CRM defines for the applet determine the modes that are available in the Mode list. For more information, see Adding a Control or List Column to an Applet Layout.
- Controls appearance of the minibutton. For more information, see MiniButton Control and MiniButton List Column.
- A multi-value group applet typically uses the Popup List template. If you define base, edit, or edit list mode for a multi-value group applet, then Siebel CRM references the mode from the parent applet. If you define only the base mode for a multi-value group applet, then Siebel CRM uses the base mode for the multi-value group applet regardless of the mode of the parent applet. For more information, see Creating a Multi-Value Group Applet.
For more information, see the following topics:
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