Bookshelf v8.0: What's New in This Release

What's New in This Release

Siebel Developer's Reference provides detailed descriptions of business component and applet classes, user properties, Web template files, operators, expressions, and conditions for Oracle's Siebel Business Applications.

What's New in Siebel Developer's Reference, Version 8.0, Rev. B

Table 1 lists changes described in this version of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Table 1. New Product Features in Siebel Developer's Reference, Version 8.0, Rev. B
Topic	Description
CSSBCBase Class	Modified topic. Encrypt Key Field and Encrypt Service Name are field user properties. These properties were previously listed as business component user properties for this class.
CSSBCActivity Class	Modified topic. Added a note to the key date fields about configuring field validation.
OverrideViewCachen	Added new user property. The OverrideViewCachen user property allows you to disable view caching.
CanInvokeMethod: MethodName	Modified topic. Clarified value and usage, and added an additional example.
Named Method n (Applet)	Modified topic. Added a note to the value description that explains the syntax for the user property parameter values that include hyphens or parentheses.
Admin Mode Field	Modified topic. Added a caution about admin mode subordinate relationships.
Parent Read Only Field: buscompname	Modified topic. Replaced the existing example with a new one.
Use Literals For Like	Modified topic. Added information about using scripting when the AutomaticTrailingWildcards parameter is set to True.
Syntax for Predefault and Postdefault Fields	Modified topic. Added a note to the System: Local Currency function in the table advising that this function is not available for use on clients running in standard interactivity mode.

What's New in Siebel Developer's Reference, Version 8.0 Rev. A

Table 2 lists changes described in this version of the documentation to support Release 8.0 of Oracle's Siebel software. For changes to the Siebel Tools user interface in Release 8.0, see Using Siebel Tools.

Table 2. What's New in Siebel Developer's Reference, Version 8.0 Rev. A
Topic	Description
Business Component Classes
CSSBCBase Class	Added the RefreshBusComp and RefreshRecord methods.
CSSBCActivityPlan Class	Filters the template picklist in Activity Plans views.
CSSBCFundReq Class	Sends status update email messages that use a template and cannot be configured. The Field Read Only Field: fieldname user property does not function on this class.
CSSBCPosition Class	Opens a dedicated, second database connection for transactions that update position records.
CSSBCPosition Methods	Added the OnGenReportRelClicked method.
Applet Classes
CSSFrameListDocGen and CSSSWEFrameListDocGen Class	Added the CSSFrameListDocGen class and updated the description of the classes in the topic.
User Properties
Entire chapter	Reorganized by parent object type.
All Mode Sort	When All Mode Sort is set to Normal, queries performed in workflows also use the business component sort specification, even when no visibility has been set.
Always Enable Field n	Allows fields in a service request to be updated after the service request is closed.
Deep Copy n	Do not use this user property when the parent-child relationship is many-to-many (M:M).
DisableDataLossWarning	Disables the data loss warning on context change in Standard Interactivity applets.
DisableSort (List Column)	Is a list column user property, not a control user property.
Dynamic Hierarchy User Properties	Added the Dynamic Hierarchy Parent Field Id business component user property and a recommendation to contact Technical Support before modifying or inactivating these user properties.
EnableStandardMethods	Enables record manipulation operations in field service and task views.
Field Read Only Field: fieldname	Added a caution not to use this user property with the Abstract field of the Service Request business component. Added a note that this user property does not work with the Fund Request business component.
ForceActive (Control) and ForceActive (List Column)	Forces the field referenced by a control or list column to be active even when not exposed in the user interface.
High Interactivity Enabled	Ensures that an applet is in High Interactivity (HI) mode, which is required by task views.
OnAddAssocUpdateParent: buscompname	Updates a parent business component with the value set in a child business component when an account or contact is associated with that child business component.
On Field Update Invoke n	Added some examples of its use.
Product Selection and Pricing User Properties	Integrate a product business component with the Production Selection and Pricing (PSP) engine.
Revision Condition n	Enables the Revise button on order list applets.
Share Home Phone Flag Field	Deleted this user property: the functionality described in the text is performed by the Share Home Phone Flag and Employee Flag fields.
SubCompUpdate	Specifies whether changes to an asset record cascade to child asset records.
SubCompUpdate On Save	Specifies whether you can update asset records.
Visibility Type	Sets the visibility in calendar applets.
Siebel Web Engine Tags
swe:nav-control	In High Interactivity views this tag implements the screenbar used for first-level navigation, the picklist used for second-level navigation, and the detail view list used for third-level navigation.
Siebel Templates for Employee Applications
Applet Template Descriptions	Updated the mappable items.
View Template Descriptions	Added the View Parent List With Tabs template. Updated the mappable items.
Page Container Templates	Updated the mappable items.
Specialized Applet Templates	Added the Applet Email Response - Inbound and Applet Email Response - Outbound templates. Added the new Search applet templates. Updated the mappable items.
Specialized View Templates	Added the new Search Results View template.
Siebel Templates for Customer Applications
Entire chapter	Updated the mappable items for applet and view templates.
Operators, Expressions, and Conditions
Functions in Calculation Expressions	LookupValue() can be used in predefault expressions. OrganizationId() returns the value of the default organization if the user has no organization defined. Added the Preference() and SystemPreference() functions. Added a note that ParentFieldValue() returns an error if there is no active parent business component. Added more examples to ToChar().
About Using Julian Functions	Added more examples.
Syntax for Predefault and Postdefault Fields	Added a note not to put quotes around predefault values for datetime fields. Added the Expr: 'Timestamp()' and Expr: 'Today()' functions.
About Using [Fieldname.TransCode] to Retrieve the Language-Independent Code for Multilingual Fields	Increases SQL performance when there are many database records and multiple languages.

What's New in Siebel Developer's Reference, Version 8.0

Table 3 lists changes described in this version of the documentation to support Release 8.0 of the software.

Table 3. What's New in Siebel Developer's Reference, Version 8.0
Topic	Description
Business Component Classes
CSSBCOrderMgmtQuoteItem Class	Caution that Product pick map in Product field in Quote Item business component based on this class must be last for pricing engine to work correctly
CSSBCTaskTransient Class and CSSBCTaskTransientBase Class	Support for transient business components in Siebel Task UI
User Properties
CanInvokeMethod: MethodName	Ability to enable and disable methods at the applet level without scripting
Disable Automatic Trailing Wildcard Field List	Ability to disable automatic trailing wildcards in queries for individual fields
Disable Buscomp Hierarchy	Ability to prevent hierarchical relationships from being displayed in list applets
Named Method n (Applet)	Implementing automated responses to data changes without the need to use custom scripts
Page, Url, and View	Arguments for the GotoPage, GotoUrl, and GotoView methods, respectively
Parent Read Only Field: buscompname	Ability to specify multiple TRUE/FALSE tests on parent business component fields that, if TRUE, cause the child business component to become read-only
SubCompCanUpdate	Ability to specify whether asset records can be updated
Operators, Expressions, and Conditions
Functions in Calculation Expressions	Corrections and additions

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