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This chapter provides guidelines to administrators for working with lists of values within Siebel applications.
A list of values (LOV) is a set of values that populates a static pick list, which is accessed when a user clicks a drop-down list in the user interface.
Drop-down lists can be based on two types of pick lists: static pick lists and dynamic pick lists.
- A static pick list has a selection list that is a static list of values. An example of a static pick list is a drop-down list containing postal abbreviations for states and countries.
- A dynamic pick list has a selection list that usually contains transactional data. An example of a dynamic pick list is a drop-down list containing account names.
As a rule of thumb, dynamic pick lists include all pick lists that do not retrieve values stored in the S_LST_OF_VAL table. Dynamic pick lists are typically rendered through a pick applet, such as the pick list used to choose an account for a contact. However, they can be configured to appear as a drop-down list.
The remainder of this section focuses on static pick lists, whose contents can be administered from the List of Values views. For information on how to set up a new list of values and configure both static and dynamic pick lists, see Siebel Tools Reference.
This section describes how to work with the values that populate static pick lists, including how to add or modify values in an existing list of values, and inactivate values when you do not want them to display. In addition, it describes how lists of values can be constrained by selections in other lists.
NOTE: If you will be creating multilingual lists of values (MLOV), you should also review Siebel Tools Reference.
There are two screens in which you can view list-of-values data:
- In a list view in the Application Administration screen, List of Values view
- In an explorer view in the Application Administration screen, List of Values Explorer view
The values in these two views are the same. Only the format in which the information is presented is different. The procedures in this section give instructions that specify using the list view. If you prefer to use the explorer view, you may do so.
Your Siebel applications come with numerous lists of values that support the static pick lists used throughout Siebel screens. You can use these as they are, or you can modify them through the List of Values screen to support your organization's requirements.
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Applications Administration Guide Published: 09 September 2004 |