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Configuring Assignment Attribute Columns

An assignment attribute column object definition maps an assignment attribute to an assignment object and a workflow policy component column, as shown in Figure 14. These mappings set up value matching within the assignment object and workflow policy object for criteria that use the parent assignment attribute.

The parent assignment attribute is an abstract logical attribute to test for a value match, which you can specify in an assignment criteria. The child assignment attribute columns specify the actual mappings to assignment objects and workflow policy component columns. Each assignment attribute column can specify a different assignment object to search, or a different attribute within the same assignment object.

To map assignment attributes to an existing assignment object

1. Start Siebel Tools.
2. Lock the assignment object's project.
   1. In the Object Explorer, click the Types tab, and then select Project.
   2. In the Projects window, select the appropriate project.
   3. Check the Locked field.
3. In the Object Explorer, expand the Assignment Attribute object, and select the Assignment Attribute Column object.
4. In the Assignment Attributes window, select the assignment attribute for which you want to map the logical location in the database schema.
5. In the Assignment Attribute Columns window, choose Edit > New Record.
6. Configure the assignment attribute object by setting values in the appropriate fields.
   1. In the Name field, type the name of the new assignment attribute column.
   2. In the Assignment Object field, select an assignment object to which the assignment attribute is applied.
   3. In the Workflow Policy Component field, select a workflow policy component to which the workflow policy object is applied.
   4. In the Workflow Policy Component field, select a workflow policy component column to which the workflow policy component is applied.
   5. In the Sequence field, type in a sequence value.

      For descriptions of these properties, see Table 16.

7. Update the siebel.srf file and run various server administration tasks.

   For instructions on updating your deployment with the new configurations, see Server Administration After Configuring Assignment Manager.

Table 16 shows some of the properties of the Assignment Attribute Column object type.