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Using Siebel Tools > Using Siebel Tools > Using the Object Explorer and Object List Editor > Overview of the Object Explorer and Object List EditorThe Object Explorer is a window in Siebel Tools that displays the Siebel object hierarchy. It allows you to use a tree structure to navigate through the object types that the hierarchy contains. The Object List Editor is a window in Siebel Tools that displays the object definitions of the object type that you choose in the Object Explorer. It allows you to view and modify the object definitions. How Siebel Tools Displays Object Types and Object DefinitionsFigure 1 illustrates how Siebel Tools includes an Object Explorer window and one or more Object List Editor windows. In this figure, the Applications list in the Object List Editor is shown. For more information about the object hierarchy that Siebel CRM uses, see Configuring Siebel Business Applications. Explanation of the CalloutsFigure 1 includes the following items:
An object type is an entity that includes a predefined set of properties. You can use it as a template to create an object definition. An application is one kind of object type. For more information, see About Predefined Objects. An object definition implements one piece of the software. This object definition consists of object properties, which are characteristics of this piece of the software. The Object Explorer and Object List Editor display all the object definitions that the repository contains. Siebel Field Service is an example of an object definition of an application. Siebel CRM uses the terms attribute and property. These terms have the same meaning. If an object type is not visible in the Object Explorer, then you can display it. For more information, see Displaying Object Types in the Object Explorer. How Siebel Tools Displays the Siebel Object HierarchyFigure 2 illustrates a parent and child relationship, which is a type of hierarchical relationship between one object type and another object type. In this figure, the Page Tabs object definitions for the Siebel Field Service application are shown. Explanation of CalloutsFigure 2 includes the following items:
If you click the Types tab in the Object Explorer, then Siebel Tools arranges folder icons in a hierarchy. An object type that the Object Explorer shows beneath and slightly to the right of another object type is the child in a parent and child relationship. The object type that the Object Explorer shows above the child object type is the parent. A parent object type can include multiple child object types. About Predefined ObjectsThis guide uses the term predefined to describe an object or configuration that comes already defined when you first install Siebel CRM or Siebel Tools. Each object that the Object List Editor shows after you install Siebel Tools, but before you make any modification, is a predefined object. A custom object is a new object that you create. A modified object is a predefined object or custom object that you modified. |
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