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Task Applet

A task applet is an applet that Siebel CRM uses in a task view. It is an optional UI element that interacts with a transient business component. It supports a specific, finite task UI. For more information, see Overview of Transient Data.

A predefined applet is a Siebel CRM applet that Siebel CRM uses in a standard view. It interacts with fields in a predefined business component. A task view can include task applets and predefined applets.

Comparison of the Task Applet to the Standard Applet

A task applet differs from a predefined applet in the following ways:

• A task applet references a transient business component. Siebel CRM uses a transient business component to display data from a task UI that it discards when the task ends. For example, data that it displays to allow the user to choose values that create the branching condition of a task. The next task step that Siebel CRM displays might vary, depending on the value of the transient data that the user chooses.
• A task applet includes the CSSSWEFrameTask specialized frame class.
• A task applet is of type Task. A traditional applet is of type List, Form, Tree, or Chart.
• A task applet uses only on a grid Web template. For more information, see Configuring Siebel Business Applications.

Operations That Siebel CRM Allows in Applets

Siebel CRM comes predefined to restrict the operations that the user can perform in an applet in a task view. These restrictions prevent the user from modifying records and altering the record context in a way that might cause a problem with the underlying task logic. For more information, see Specifying the Operations That Users Can Perform in an Applet.

Table 5 describes the operations that Siebel CRM restricts for each type of applet.