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About the Workflow Process Object Hierarchy

The object hierarchy used with workflow objects can be viewed in Siebel Tools. You use Siebel Tools to modify standard Siebel objects and create new objects to meet your organization's business requirements. Just as you use Siebel Tools to extend the data model, modify business logic, and define the user interface, you also use Siebel Tools to configure the workflows that the Siebel application uses to automate your organization's business processes.

Siebel Tools consists of an Object Explorer (OE) window and one or more Object List Editor (OBLE) windows, as illustrated in Figure 10.

Figure 10. Object Explorer and Object List Editor Windows

The Object Explorer provides navigation between each group of object definitions of a particular object type.

An Object Type is an entity that is displayed as a node on the Object Explorer. An object type has a predefined set of properties, and is used as the template from which object definitions are created. Workflow Process is one object type.

An Object Definition implements one piece of the software. This object definition consists of Object Properties, which are characteristics of that piece of the software.

If the Workflow Process object type is not visible in the Object Explorer, you must expose it.

To expose the Workflow Process object type

1. From the Tools application-level menu, choose View > Options.
2. Click the Object Explorer tab.
3. Scroll down through the Object Explorer Hierarchy window, make sure the Workflow Process hierarchy has a checkmark, then click OK.