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Setting Up View Links for Screen Home Pages


Screen home pages are divided into five areas, as described in About Screen Home Pages. You can define which links appear in the view links area (middle of the screen).

Your Siebel administrator can set up view links for screen home pages and mark those links as public. In this case, you cannot change or delete those links.

To add a view link to a screen home page

  1. From the application-level menu, choose Tools > User Preferences.

    The User Preferences screen appears.

  2. On the link bar, click View Links.

    The Screen Homepages list appears.

  3. In the Screen Homepages list, select the home page for which you want to add a view link.

    If view links exist for the home page, the View Links list shows those links.

  4. In the View Links list, click New.
  5. Complete the fields using the information in the following table.
    Field
    Description

    Sequence

    A number that determines the place of the link in the view links area of the screen home page.

    Public

    If selected, this is a public view link and you cannot modify or delete it.

    Active

    If selected, indicates that this is an active view link.

    Name

    Lets you type a name for the link.

    Description

    Lets you type a long description for the link.

    View

    Click the select button in this field to select a view in the Pick Screen View dialog box.

    Default Query

    Click the select button in this field to select a default predefined query for the view you selected in the View field.

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