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Controlling the Display Name of a Step

You can use the Display Name and Display Name Type properties of the task view object to suppress steps that Siebel CRM displays in the current task pane. If you set Display Name Type to Unique, and if consecutive task views use the same display name, then Siebel CRM displays this name only one time in the current task pane.

To control the display name of a step

• Do one of the following:
  • Enter a value in the Display Name property for the first step. Leave Display Name empty for subsequent steps.

    If the Display Name property is empty in subsequent steps, then Siebel CRM displays the step for the first view as the current step even if the user navigates to a subsequent step. This option is useful if the user must perceive a series of views as one logical step.

  • Set the Display Name Type property to Unique.

    For more information, see Using the Display Name with a Looping Task UI.

Using the Display Name with a Looping Task UI

Setting the Display Name Type property to Unique causes Siebel CRM to add the value that the Display Name property contains to the current task pane the first time the user encounters the step. Siebel CRM does not add it on a subsequent step. This configuration is useful in a loop. For example, a loop where the user enters multiple line items, where each line item represents one iteration of the loop. If the type is set to Unique, then Siebel CRM displays the step in the current task pane the first time through the loop, but not during subsequent iterations.

If a loop includes:

• One view. Setting the Display Name Type property to unique is sufficient.
• More than one view. You can set the Display Name Type property to Unique and leave the Display Name property empty. Siebel CRM completes the Display Name and marks it as Unique for the first view in the loop. Other views in the loop include an empty Display Name. Siebel CRM then displays the Display Name of the first view in the current task pane for the entire loop.

For more information, see Siebel Object Types Reference.