Using the Flat Tab

The Object Explorer includes a Flat tab that displays all object types in a single, alphabetic list. It does not display a hierarchy. You can use it to do the following:

• Find a child object with an unknown parent. For example, you create a new field but do not remember the business component that this field references. You can click the Flat tab, click the Field object type, and then query the Name property for the field name. Each record that is returned includes a parent property that displays the business component name.

• Determine how Siebel CRM typically uses objects and properties, such as how it uses a predefault value or the format that it uses in a calculated field.

To use the Flat tab

1. In the Object Explorer, click the Flat tab.

   The Object Explorer displays a list of all the object types in the repository. It displays this list in alphabetic order and with no hierarchy.

2. In the Object Explorer, click Field.

   The Object List Editor displays all the object definitions in the repository for Field. This example describes how to use the flat tab to identify all the business components that include a field named Account Address.

3. In the Fields list, query the Name property for Account Address.

   The Object List Editor displays a list of all the field object definitions in the repository with the name Account Address.

4. Click the Fields Menu (the cogwheel icon) on the applet banner and select Columns Displayed (or press CTRL+SHIFT+K).

5. In the Columns Displayed dialog box, select Parent Business Component from Available Columns and move it into Selected Columns, and then click OK.

   The Parent Business Component column appears in the Object List Editor.

6. In the Parent Business Component property, click Order Entry - Orders.

   The Object List Editor displays the object definition for the Order Entry - Orders business component.