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Making Fields Active

The following user properties together determine if a record is active:

• Active Field. Specifies the business component field that Siebel CRM uses as the active flag for this business component.
• Active Value. Specifies how to interpret the value of this flag.

The value for the Active Field user property must contain the name of a field that resides in the current business component and that Siebel CRM uses as the active flag for this business component. You must enclose this value in quotes.

If the value of the active flag for a record is:

• Y. This record is active in any of the following situations:
  • The value of the Active Value user property is Y.
  • The Active Value user property does not exist for a business component.
• N. If the value of the Active Value user property is N, then this record is active.

Consider the following example:

• The value of the Active Field user property on the Quote business component is Active.
• The Active Value user property does not exist on the Quote business component.

In this situation, if the value of the Active field on a record is Y, then this record is active.

Consider the following example:

• The value of the Active Field user property of the Fund business component is Locked Flag.
• The value of the Active Value user property of the Fund business component is N.

In this situation, if the value of the Locked Flag field on a record is N, then this record is not locked.

Siebel CRM can update an active record. It cannot update a record that is not active.

You can configure Siebel CRM to modify the value for this user property, create a new instance of it, or deactivate it. No more than one instance can exist for each business component.