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Adding a Joined-In Field

This topic describes how to add a joined-in field for a product name to an entity in the Contact filter definition file and to make the field available in the related item list.

To add a joined-in field

1. Start Oracle JDeveloper.
2. Click File, Open, browse to the location of the contactfilter.xml file as shown, for example, in the following table and then click Open.

   Product	contactfilter.xml File Location
   Siebel CRM	CONFIG_PROJECTS_OP\appcfg_sync_80x\src\config

3. In the contactfilter.xml Structure window, expand Filters, Filter, EntityList, and then Entity - Contact.
4. Find and expand, for example, Entity - Account.
5. Select the field that you want to configure as a joined-in field, for example, as shown in the following table.

   Product	Field
   Siebel CRM	AccountStatus

6. Use Property Inspector to set the following attributes for your field:

   Field	Attributes	Value
   AccountStatus	Entity	Account
   	SourceKey	AccountId
   	DestinationKey	AccountId
   	AttributeDestination	AccountStatus
   	NoColumn	true
   	ReadOnly	true
   	NoSync	true
   AccountType	Entity	Account
   	SourceKey	AccountId
   	DestinationKey	AccountId
   	AttributeDestination	AccountType
   	NoColumn	true
   	ReadOnly	true
   	NoSync	true

7. Click Save.
8. Add the joined-in field to the list applet:
   1. Add the new field to the Contact Product Segment List applet.

      For more information, see Process of Making a New Related Item Available.

   2. Exit the Sync application and Sales application.
   3. Build the Sync application and Sales application.

      For more information, see Process of Building the Offline Client for Life Sciences with Automated Scripts.

   4. Start the Sync application and Sales application.

      For more information, see Process of Building the Offline Client for Life Sciences with Automated Scripts and Getting Started with Siebel Offline Client for Life Sciences.