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Changing the Search Specifications for Filter Definition Files

The Offline Client for Life Sciences uses a series of filter definition files to synchronize data with Siebel CRM. Certain filter definition files have predefined search specifications to limit the data downloaded to the Offline Client for Life Sciences. Complete the following procedure to change these search specifications, and to refine the data download.

To change the search specifications on filter definition files

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

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

3. In the activityfilter.xml Structure window, expand Filters, then Filter, and then EntityList.
4. Click the Entity - Activity node to display the attributes.
5. In the Property Inspector window, edit the SearchSpec attribute value.
6. Save the filter definition file.
7. Rebuild the Sync, Sales, and Asset Message Planner applications.

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