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Configuring Siebel Business Applications > About Business Components, Fields, Joins, and Links > About Business Component Fields >
Overview of Business Component Fields
A business component field typically represents the following values:
- Information from a database column that the field gets from a table column. The column can reside in the base table, an extension table, or a joined table of the business component.
- A calculated value that Siebel CRM gets from the values in other fields but that it does not store in the Siebel database. For more information, see How a Business Component Field Calculates a Value.
For more information, see Business Component Field. How a Business Component Field Provides Data to the Control or List Column of an Applet
Table 12 describes several examples of how a business component field provides data to the control or list column of an applet.
Table 12. Examples of How a Business Component Field Provides Data to the Control or List Column of an Applet
Data in This Business Component Field |
Provides Data to This Applet Control or List Column |
Name field of the Opportunity business component. |
Name control of the Opportunity Form Applet - Child applet. |
Account field of the Opportunity business component. |
Account control of the Opportunity Form Applet - Child applet. |
Primary Revenue Amount field of the Opportunity business component. |
Revenue control of the Opportunity Form Applet - Child applet. |
Name field of the Account business component. |
Name list column of the Account List Applet. |
Main Phone Number field of the Account business component. |
Main Phone Number list column of the Account List Applet. |
Figure 14 describes how properties of a business component field and an applet reference each other when referenced from a form applet in comparison to a list applet. If a business component field is not a calculated field, then the Join and Column properties together define the table and column that Siebel CRM uses to get the data for the field. For more information, see How an Implicit Join Creates a Relationship Between a Base Table and a Business Component.
Figure 14. Comparison Between How a Form Applet and a List Applet Reference a Business Component
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Explanation of Callouts
The following properties of a business component field and an applet reference each other:
- Field property of a control. The Field property of a control references a business component field.
- Field property of a list column. The Field property of a list column references a business component field.
- Business Component property. The Business Component property of an applet references the business component.
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