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Creating a New Business Component

You might need to create a new business component if no predefined business components exist that provide a good functional or technical fit for your business requirements. For example, if you must predefault record values to a different type as a way to differentiate some records from other records in the same table. For more information, see Reusing Predefined Objects.

To create a new business component

1. Make sure you cannot use a predefined business component.

   For more information, see Determining If You Can Reuse a Predefined Business Component.

2. In Siebel Tools, click the File menu, and then click New Object.
3. In the General tab, choose BusComp, and then click OK.
4. In the New Business Component Wizard, choose a project, enter a name for the business component, and then click Next.
5. In the Single Value Fields dialog box, choose a column in the Base table, and then enter a name for the field.
6. Click Add, and then click Finish.

   Siebel Tools displays the business component you just created in the Business Components list.

7. In the Business Components list, define the properties to meet your requirements.

For more information, see Properties of a Business Component.