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About Screen Views

A screen view is an object type that represents groups of views or a single view in the Siebel client. The screen view allows you to group related views together and to control the location of where Siebel CRM displays links in the Siebel client. The Type and Parent Category properties determine where Siebel CRM displays the screen view in the Siebel client. Although the screen view plays a major role in determining where Siebel CRM displays a view in the Siebel client, a view web template ultimately controls appearance. For example, most web templates render links under tabs. Other web templates render these links in a list. For more information, see Creating a Screen View.

Table 22 describes types of screen views.

Table 22. Types of Screen Views
Type of Screen View	Description
Aggregate Category	Groups all remaining screen view types. Siebel CRM displays it as a link in the link bar below screen tabs.
Aggregate View	Siebel CRM displays an Aggregate View as follows: If no value is defined for the Parent Category property, then Siebel CRM displays the screen view as a link in the link bar below the screen tabs. If the Parent Category property contains a valid Aggregate Category, then Siebel CRM displays the screen view as a link in the view list in applet headers.
Detail Category	Groups detail views. Siebel CRM displays it as a tab.
Detail View	Siebel CRM displays a Detail View as follows: If the Parent Category property contains a valid Aggregate Category, then Siebel CRM displays the screen view as a tab. If the Parent Category property contains a valid Detail Category, then Siebel CRM displays the view as a link in a link bar below the tabs, or in another location depending on the web template. For example, Siebel CRM can also display the screen view in a view list or in another row of tabs. NOTE: In Siebel CRM version 7.7 and higher, Siebel CRM defines a nonvisibility view as a detail view with the Parent Category property set depending on the business object that the view references.

How Siebel CRM Groups Aggregate Categories Beginning with Siebel CRM Version 7.7

In Siebel CRM version 7.7 and higher, visibility views are grouped under aggregate categories according to business object. For example, some of the views in the Accounts Screen belong to the Account and Global Account Hierarchy business objects:

Siebel CRM groups the visibility views associated with the Account business object under the Accounts List aggregate category.
Siebel CRM groups the visibility views associated with the Global Account Hierarchy business object under the Global Accounts Hierarchy List aggregate category.

Type of Screen View That Is Defined for Each Navigation Level

Table 23 describes the type of screen view that is defined for each navigation level and the properties for each screen view. For more information, see About the Siebel Client Navigation Model and Process of Creating a Screen.

Table 23. Type of Screen View That Is Defined for Each Navigation Level
Navigation Level	Siebel Client Placement	Object That Is Defined
1	Screen tabs	Page Tabs, which are child objects of an application. For more information, see Creating a Screen Menu Item.
2	Links in the link bar directly below screen tabs. These links refer to groups of views.	Screen view with the following properties: Type is Aggregate Category Parent Category is empty
	Links in the link bar directly below screen tabs These links refer to a single view.	Screen view with the following properties: Type is Aggregate View Parent Category is empty
	Links in the view list in an applet header	Screen view with the following properties: Type is Aggregate View Parent Category is Aggregate Category
3	View tabs These tabs refer to groups of detail views.	Screen view with the following properties: Type is Detail Category Parent Category is an Aggregate Category
3	View tabs These tabs refer to a single detail view.	Screen view with the following properties: Type is Detail View Parent Category is an Aggregate Category
4	Links in the link bar below view tabs, or in an alternate location depending on the web template.	Screen view with the following properties: Type is Detail View Parent Category is Detail Category

Example of a Screen View Hierarchy

Table 24 describes several screen views from the Account screen and the important properties that determine the location of the screen view in the Siebel client.

Table 24. Example of a Screen View Hierarchy
Level	Siebel Client Location	Type	Category Name	Category Default View	View	Parent Category
2	Link in link bar below screen tabs	Aggregate View	Not applicable	Not applicable	Account Screen HomePage View	Not applicable
	Link in link bar below screen tabs	Aggregate Category	Account List	Account List View	Not applicable	Not applicable
	Link in view list in applet header	Aggregate View	Not applicable	Not applicable	Account List View	Account List
3	View tabs	Detail View	Not applicable	Not applicable	Account Detail - Contacts View	Account List
3	View tabs	Detail Category	ESP	ESP Account Plan Overview View	Not applicable	Account List
4	Link in link bar below view tabs	Detail View	Not applicable	Not applicable	ESP Account Plan Overview View	ESP

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