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Adding Custom Views in Microsoft Outlook

This task is a step in Process of Adding Custom Objects.

This topic describes how to add a custom view in Microsoft Outlook.

To add custom views in Microsoft Outlook

1. Use an XML editor to open the siebel_basic_mapping.xml file.

   For more information, see Files That the Customization Package Contains.

2. Add the following custom_views section to the Activity type tag:

   <type id="Action" display_name="#obj_activity_plural" folder_type="10">
     <form (...) >SBL Activity</form>
     <custom_views default_name="Siebel Activities">
       <view id="all_activities" name="Siebel Activities"></view>
       <view id="all_activities_by_owner" name="Siebel Activities by Primary Owner"></view>
       <view id="all_activities_by_priority" name="Siebel Activities by Priority"></view>
     </custom_views>

3. Make sure the views.xml file describes the views that you specify in Step 2.