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Creating New LOV Types and LOV Values Using Siebel Tools

Siebel applications come with many LOVs that support the static picklists used throughout the Siebel user interface. However, your organization may require new values added to existing LOV Types or you may require entirely new LOV Types.

Typically, administrators use the List of Values administration views in the Siebel run-time client to add, modify, or inactivate LOV values for existing LOV types. For example, an administrator might add an additional value to the ACCOUNT_STATUS LOV Type. For information about working with existing lists of values, see Applications Administration Guide.

However, if you need to add a new set of values, that is, define a new LOV Type, you typically perform this task in Siebel Tools. This is because to implement a new LOV Type, you must also associate LOV records to a picklist object defined in the repository and compile that information to an SRF file for the run-time client to read.

To create a new list of values type using Siebel Tools

1. Choose Screens > System Administration > Lists of Values.

   Lists of values are displayed in the Object List Editor.

2. Create a record for a new LOV Type using the information in the following table.

   Field	Description
   Type	Enter LOV_TYPE. Records with a value in the Type field of LOV_TYPE are used to group LOV Values of the type.
   Display Value	Enter the name of the LOV Type. For example, ACCOUNT_STATUS. This value is used as the value in the Type field for all child records of this type.
   Language Independent Code	Typically the same value as the American English version of the display value. See About the Language Independent Code.
   Translate	Information-only field used by Siebel Engineering. There is no client or server functionality associated with this field.

   NOTE:  To see all LOV Types, query for records with the Type field equal to LOV_TYPE.

3. Enter new records for the LOV values using the information in the following table.

   For a complete description of LOV fields, see Applications Administration Guide.

For information about fields used for multilingual lists of values, such as Translate, Multilingual, and Language-Independent Code, see About Multilingual Lists of Values and Important Fields in List of Values Administration Views.

4. Configure a picklist to display the LOV Type.

   For more information about configuring picklists, see Configuring Picklists and Pick Applets.

5. Compile and test.

   NOTE:  To see the additions or changes to a list of values at run, you need to clear the cache.