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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 EditorNOTE: The Object Explorer is available in both Siebel Tools and Web Tools. The Object Explorer is a window 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 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 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. NOTE: Web Tools follows a similar arrangement with object types listed in Object Explorer and their corresponding object definitions in Object List Editor. 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 succeeding another object type and indented after it is the child in a parent and child relationship. The object type that the Object Explorer shows preceding the child object type is the parent. A parent object type can include multiple child object types. NOTE: Web Tools follows a similar hierarchy. When you click an object type in Object Explorer, the object displays in Object List Editor in two applets as the parent and its child. 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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