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Associating the Attribute with a Business Component

This step defines the UI properties needed to associate the attribute to a picklist. It replaces configuring the originating business component step in the Siebel Tools process for creating a pick applet. For information on these UI properties see About the UI Properties for Attributes with Business Component Domains.

This task is a step in Process of Creating an Attribute with a Business Component Domain.

The Product Administrator has created a product with components called Premier Service Package. This product has been assigned to a product class that has the attributes Account, Location, and Opportunity defined on it. These attributes have been added to a group in the User Interface view and will display in selection pages.

The Product Administrator wants users to be able to select an account name when configuring the product. To do this, the Product Administrator must define the following three UI properties on the Account attribute:

• PickList. Its value is PickList Account.
• PickApplet. Its value is Account Pick Applet.
• PickMap01. This UI property provides the name of the attribute and the business component field. Its value is an XML tag that has the following elements:
  • Field = "Account". This is the attribute name.
  • PickField = "Name". This is the business component field.

The Account attribute displays with a text box in the configuration selection pages. When the user clicks the select button, the Account Pick Applet displays. When the user selects an account and clicks OK, the Account name is transferred to the Account field in the selection page.

Table 7 shows how to use the predefined UI properties to associate an attribute with a business component.

Associating the attribute with a business component

1. Navigate to the Administration - Product screen, then the Product Definitions view.
2. In the Products list, select and lock the desired product with components.
3. In the Versions list, click the Work Space version.
4. Click the Properties view tab.
5. Select the desired attribute in the Explorer applet.
6. Click New in the List applet.
7. Define the UI properties as shown in Table 7.