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Configuring Colors for Activities on the Dispatch Board Gantt Chart (Open UI Client)

For activities on the Gantt chart, users can configure the major color scheme, the minor color scheme, and the color of grid objects. In the Dispatch Board view of the User Preferences screen, they can configure color schemes for only the Priority, Status, and Type field values in activity records. For more information, see Setting User Preferences for the Dispatch Board (End User).

You can use Siebel Tools to configure colors for other field values in activity records. Your color configurations override the color configurations that users set up in the User Preferences screen. For more information about performing configuration tasks with Siebel Tools, see Using Siebel Tools.

This task is a step in Process of Configuring the Dispatch Board (Open UI Client).

To configure colors for activities on the Dispatch Board Gantt chart

1. Log in to Siebel Tools as an administrator.
2. Lock the FS Dispatch Board project for editing.
3. In the Object Explorer, navigate to Applet, and query for the FS Dispatch Board Gantt Applet.
4. Navigate to Applet, then Applet User Prop, and complete the following steps:
   1. Query for the DispatchBoardColourAttrib1 user property, and change the Value field as follows:
      • To change the major color scheme, change the value to #BGRCLR#Class#.
      • To change the minor color scheme, change the value to #BDRCLR#Class#.
      • To change the color of the grid object, change the value to #TXTCLR#Class#.
   2. Add the following user properties:
      • DispatchBoard_Class_LOVMap with a value of #Research#Follow-Up#Urgent#
        Outsourced#Customer Retention Activity#Field Engineer Activity#Repair Activity#.
        
        Each item in this value is a language-independent code for the Type field value of FS_ACTIVITY_CLASS in the List of Values view of the Administration - Data screen.
      • DispatchBoard_Class_ColMap with a value that contains items that designate the colors of the items in the value for the DispatchBoard_Class_LOVMap user property (for example, #Blue#Blue Medium#Blue Light#Blue Dark#Green#Green Light#Gray#).
5. Lock the Activity project for editing.
6. In the Object Explorer, navigate to Business Component, and query for the Action business component.
7. Navigate to Business Component, then Field, and query for the appropriate field as follows:
   1. To change the major color scheme, query for BGRCLRField.
   2. To change the minor color scheme, query for BDRCLRField.
   3. To change the color of the grid object, query for TXTCLRField.
8. Change the Calculated Value field to [Class].
9. Compile the FS Dispatch Board Gantt Applet and the Action business component, and replace the Siebel Repository File (SRF).