1. Configuring Siebel Open UI Guide
  2. How Siebel Open UI Uses the Presentation Model and the Physical Renderer

How Siebel Open UI Uses the Presentation Model and the Physical Renderer

Siebel Open UI uses presentation models and physical renderers to bind data to the user interface.

A user interface object includes a combination of the following items:

  • Physical presentation and interaction for a user interface element. For example, a grid, carousel, form, tree, tab, menu, button, and so on.

  • Logical presentation and interaction that Siebel Open UI can physically display in more than one way. For example, Siebel Open UI can display a list of records in a grid or in a carousel. The logical representation of this data includes the metadata that Siebel Open UI uses to determine the Siebel CRM information that this list of records contains. It does not include information that Siebel Open UI uses to physically display this list as a grid or carousel.

  • Presentation and interaction information. Includes application metadata, transaction data, and configuration information that determines client behavior. Siebel Open UI binds these items to the generic presentation. For example, it can determine whether or not a field is required, and then identify the data that it must display in a list column, or it can identify the business service method that it binds to a button.

Siebel Open UI can bind metadata, data, and logical behavior to a generic user interface in a highly configurable and declarative manner. It drives a fixed set of user interface presentation and interaction options. For example, you can configure an application so that a field is required or uses a hierarchical picklist. It also allows you to do the following customizations:

  • Add a completely new presentation or interaction feature in the user interface. For example, display or hide a field according to a pick value.

  • Create a new or modify an existing logical user interface object. For example, you can use Siebel Open UI to customize an object so that it displays a list of records in an infinite scroll list, which is an object that allows the user to view these records in a sliding window that displays records over a larger list of records that already exist in the client. It allows the user to do an infinite scroll in a mobile user interface. Note that, from a usability standpoint, it is almost always preferable to configure Siebel Open UI to use an interface that allows the user to page through sets of records rather than use a scroll list. This configuration reduces uncertainty regarding the records that Siebel Open UI has or has not displayed in the visible portion of the client.

  • Modify the type of user interface element that Siebel Open UI uses to display information. For example, you can configure Siebel Open UI to display a list of records in a carousel instead of on a grid. You can also configure Siebel Open UI to display a check box control in a grid or a form as a flip switch.