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Configuring Siebel Business Applications > Reusing Predefined Objects > Guidelines for Reusing a Predefined Object >
Guidelines for Reusing an Applet
To decide to reuse or create an applet, use the following guidelines:
- If your requirements closely align with the functionality of a predefined applet, and if this applet only requires minor modification, then modify it. For example, to modify a title, deactivate, or add a few controls or list columns, or to modify display labels.
- If the predefined applet meets your requirements for a relationship in the data model, such as between an opportunity and contacts, then copy this applet. You can then modify the new copy to make significant modifications, such as the applet layout, resequencing, inactivating objects, or adding many new controls and list columns. This configuration is easier to maintain and upgrade.
- If your requirements demand a different drilldown to a different view, then copy a predefined applet, and then modify this copy.
- If you cannot locate a suitable predefined applet, then create a new applet. For example, if your requirements demand that you display a new business component.
- If you copy an object, then use the Upgrade Ancestor property. For more information, see Guidelines for Setting the Upgrade Ancestor Property.
For more information, see the following topics:
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