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Creating a Design Program

Before you can create a design registration, you must create a design program.

This task is a step in Roadmap for Managing a Design Program.

To create a design program

1. Navigate to the Design Programs screen.
2. In the design programs list, click New to add a new record.
3. Complete the necessary fields. Some fields are described in the following table.

   Field	Description
   End Customer	Name of the organization for which the design program is being considered.
   Partner	The partner or distributor organization that acts as the liaison between the component supplier and the end customer. This field is typically left blank if the component supplier interacts directly with the end customer. NOTE:  This field is informational and does not control access to the design program. In Siebel Partner Portal, this field displays the organization of the active position by default. It is always read-only. In Siebel Partner Manager, this field does not display any value by default. Additionally, it can be modified, enabling the partner manager to specify a partner.
   Potential Revenue	The sum of open revenue and won revenue.
   Phase	The current stage of the design program.
   Production Probability	Denotes the probability that the design program might result in revenue for the component supplier.
   Organization	This field is set to the organization of the active position of the creator in both Siebel Partner Manager and Siebel Partner Portal by default. This field controls access to the design program; that is, users of organizations specified in this field can gain access to it.
   Estimated Units	Estimated units for each period. This field is an estimate of how many units of the program the end customer is likely to manufacture in the unit of time specified in (time units); that is, month, quarter, year, and so on.
   Probability Reason	Description of the reasoning behind the specified production probability.
   Primary Design Account	Name of the design firm designing the product. Frequently, the end customer is also the design firm, but OEMs also work with a design firm or OEM.
   Time Unit	The values are: weeks, months, quarters, years.
   Primary Design Rep.	Informational field. Indicates the main point-of-contact for the design program.
   Assigned To	Informational field. The individual who has overall responsibility for the design program.

Several fields on a design program become read-only when the phase is one of the following: production, cancelled, or end of life. A design program has several views. Click the different tabs to view more information about the design program.