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Creating the Houses Screen

After creating the view, you must add it to a screen so it appears in the user interface. However, in this case, NREC decided to create a new screen for houses. This screen groups the views related to the Houses entity. After creating the screen, you need to define a Screen View child object to associate the screen with the House Detail View.

To create the Houses screen

1. Create a symbolic string for the term "Houses". For more information, read To create a symbolic string.
2. In the Object Explorer, expand the Screen object type.

   The Screens window opens in the Object List Editor.

3. In the Screen window, right-click and choose New Record.
4. Enter a new record with the properties shown in the following table.

   Field	Value
   Name	NREC House Screen
   Project	NREC Configuration
   Viewbar Text	Houses

5. In the Object Explorer, select the Screen View object type (child of Screen).

   The Screen View window opens in the Object List Editor. Screen Views associate views to a screen.

6. Before adding the NREC House Detail View to the Houses screen, add a category to group this screen view and future screen views in the Site Map. Add a new record with values shown in the following table.

   Field	Value	Description
   Type	Aggregate Category	This defines a category that appears in the Site Map under the Houses heading (to be defined in Step 4). This screen view and future screen views will be grouped together within this category.
   Category Name	NREC	Provides a name for the category. When you define screen views, you will select this category name as the screen view's Parent Category.
   Viewbar Text	More Info	Text that appears in the Show drop-down menu. Set this using Viewbar Text - String Reference.

7. Now add the NREC House Detail View. In the Screen Views window, add a new record using the values shown in the following table.

   Field	Value	Description
   View	NREC House Detail View	Name of associated view.
   Type	Aggregate View
   Parent Category	NREC	This puts this screen view in the NREC category on the Site Map.
   Viewbar Text	More Info	Text that appears in the Show drop-down menu. Set this using Viewbar Text - String Reference.
   Sequence	20	Determines the sequence in which view tabs are displayed.

8. Preferably the NREC House Detail View should be the default view for the NREC category. Select the NREC category record and set the Category Default View property to NREC House Detail View.
9. The NREC House Detail View should also be the default view for the House screen. In the Object List Editor, select the Screen object type again.
10. In the Screen window, select the NREC House Screen record and set the Default View property to NREC House Detail View.

Defining Page Tab and Screen Menu Items

For screens to appear in the user interface, you must define Page Tab and Screen Menu Items. These objects are child objects of the Application object type. Page tabs appear as the tabs across the top of the application and Screen Menu Items appear in the Site Map.

To define Page Tabs and Screen Menu Items

1. In the Object Explorer, expand the Application object type.
2. In the Application window, select the Siebel eChannel application.
3. In the Object Explorer, select the Page Tab (child of Application) object type.
4. In the Page Tab window, right-click and enter a record with the properties shown in the following table.

   Field	Value	Description
   Screen	NREC House Screen	Screen object associated with the page tab.
   Sequence	125	Determines the sequence in which the page tabs appear.
   Text	Houses	Text that appears in the tab.

5. In the Object Explorer, select the Screen Menu Item object type (child of Application).
6. In the Screen Menu Item window, add a new record with the properties shown in the following table.

   Field	Value	Description
   Screen	NREC House Screen	Screen associate with the Screen Menu Item.
   Sequence	15	Determines the sequence that the item appears.
   Text	Houses	Text that appears as the link on the Site Map.