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About Fields

A field is a location in a record in which a particular type of data is stored. For example, a contact record may contain the following fields: last name, first name, address, and phone number. A field is characterized by its maximum length and the type of data (for example, numeric or alphabetic) it can contain.

Required Fields

In your Siebel application required fields have an asterisk beside the field label. You cannot save a record until you have entered data in the required fields.

Read-Only Fields

If a field has a gray background, the field is read-only and you cannot change the content.

Maximum Number of Characters

Many fields can hold only a specific number of characters. For alphabetic and alphanumeric fields, the allowable number varies in the application. Numeric fields hold up to a maximum of 22 characters.