What’s New in This Release

This chapter tracks the changes in the documentation. It includes the following topics:

What’s New in Using Siebel Tools, Siebel CRM 25.1 Update

The following table lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Topic Description

Using the Web Tools Properties Pane

New topic. It describes the new Properties Pane in Web Tools.

What’s New in Using Siebel Tools, Siebel CRM 24.8 Update

The following table lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Topic Description

Deleting Developer Workspaces Using the siebdevcli Utility or Siebel Web Tools UI

Modified topic. It describes a new ability in Workspaces that allows for the deletion of developer Workspaces.

What’s New in Using Siebel Tools, Siebel CRM 24.7 Update

The following table lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Topic Description

Deleting Developer Workspaces Using the siebdevcli Utility or Siebel Web Tools UI

New topic. It describes a new ability in Workspaces that allows for the deletion of developer Workspaces.

What’s New in Using Siebel Tools, Siebel CRM 24.5 Update

The following table lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Topic Description

Flattening Workspace Versions

Modified topic. Updates to the Flatten Workspace command line utility.

What’s New in Using Siebel Tools, Siebel CRM 23.11 Update

The following table lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Topic Description

Using the Script Profiler in Web Tools

New topic. The Siebel Script Performance Profiler is used with the eScript ST engine to observe and monitor the performance of a script.

What’s New in Using Siebel Tools, Siebel CRM 23.7 Update

The following table lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Topic Description

Viewing and Resolving Conflicts after Siebel Archive File Imports in Web Tools

New topic. You can view the imported objects and their properties, after the completion of RepositoryUpgrade or after you have imported a Siebel Archive File (SIF) through the command line interface.

Using the Command Line to Import an Archive

Modified topic. Importing an Archive can also be done using siebdevcli command line option.

What’s New in Using Siebel Tools, Siebel CRM 23.5 Update

The following table lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Topic Description

Favorites in Web Tools

Predefined Queries in Web Tools

New topic. Favorites in Web Tools allow developers to quickly navigate to saved objects so that they can resume or inspect their progress.

Predefined Queries allows developers to see only what they wish, reducing their development time.

What’s New in Using Siebel Tools, Siebel CRM 22.7 Update

The following table lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Topic Description

Supported Objects and Features

Unsupported Objects and Features

Modified topics. The Task Editor and Validate Tool are now supported in Web Tools

Using the Project Drop-Down List

About the W Property

Overview of Customizing Objects

Modified topics. The note has changed in these topics since Tasks are now Workspace-enabled, which means you can edit them within a Workspace.

Avoid Rebase and Naming Conflicts for Workflow Processes and Tasks

Modified topic. This task applies also to tasks since tasks are now Workspace-enabled.

Open Inactive Conflicts

Modified topic. A new subsection (About Overriding Name Conflicts for Tasks) has been added to this topic. Resolving name conflicts is slightly different for Task UI.

Configuring Non-Workspace Objects

Modified topic. The Task and Task Group objects have been removed from the list of non-Workspace object types since tasks are now Workspace-enabled.

Comparing Workflow Processes or Task UIs

Modified topic. This topic was previously called Comparing Different Versions of a Workflow Process or Task U.

Controlling Workflow Process or Task UI Version Handling

Comparing Different Versions of a Workflow Process or Task UI

WF/Task Editor Toolbar

Obsolete topics. These topics have been removed from the guide.

What’s New in Using Siebel Tools, Siebel CRM 22.4 Update

The following table lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Topic Description

Avoid Rebase and Naming Conflicts for Workflow Processes and Tasks

New topic. Describes how to avoid a rebase and naming conflicts for Workflow Processes after an IRM/Upgrade merge process.

Index Violation Errors

Modified topic. This topic has been expanded to describe how to delete unique indexes.

Validating Objects

Elements of the Validate Dialog Box

Elements of the Validation Options Dialog Box

Modified topics. The Validate Tool is now supported in Web Tools. This feature allows validation of objects (a single or multiple objects within an object type), Workspaces, or an entire repository.

Single Object Type Validation

New topic. The Applet Menu in Web Tools has a new Validate option, which you can use to validate objects of a single object type.

Workspace Validation

New topic. The Workspace Toolbar in Web Tools has a new Validate option, which you can use to validate Workspaces.

Batch Validation

Modified topic. Batch validation has been enhanced to restrict the volume of objects to validate (by using the exclusions defined in the Advanced Options dialog in the Web Tools client).

Note: This topic was previously called Using the Command Line to Validate Objects.

What’s New in Using Siebel Tools, Siebel CRM 22.1 Update

The following table lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Topic Description

Debugger Service

Modified topic. Information about the (DbgProcCfg subsystem) Host parameter has been updated. The subtopic about Debugger Service Multi-Instances Support is new.

Enabling Script Editor and Server Script Debugger in Web Tools

Obsolete topic. This topic has been removed from the guide. The Script Editor and Debugger feature is enabled by default.

What’s New in Using Siebel Tools, Siebel CRM 21.11 Update

The following table lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Topic Description

Workspace Types and Inheritance

Basic Workspace Structure

Workspace Best Practice Guidelines

Workspace Limitations

New topics. These topics – describing Workspace types, inheritance, structure, limitations, and guidelines for managing Workspaces – are new for 21.10 Update release.

How LOVs Work in Workspaces

New topic. Describes how LOVs work in Workspaces.

Delivering Workspaces

Modified topic. Workspaces must be delivered sequentially, rather than in parallel.

Exporting Objects to an Archive

Exporting Workspaces to an Archive

Modified topics. There is a new Archive menu in Web Tools.

Importing Objects From an Archive

New topic. Importing objects from an archive is now supported in Web Tools.

What’s New in Using Siebel Tools, Siebel CRM 21.9 Update

The following table lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Topic Description

About Inspecting Objects in Workspaces

New topic. You can inspect objects in a Workspace to test their functionality prior to delivering them to the MAIN Workspace. Doing this requires objects to be compiled in-memory at run time, which in turn impacts performance.

Creating New Workspaces

Modified topic. A full stop or period is allowed in the name of a Workspace.

Delivering Workspaces

Modified topic. The logging location has changed for delivering a Workspace.

Debugger Service

Modified topic. The Debugger Service can only be hosted currently on one Siebel Server.

Overview of Exporting and Importing Repositories

Modified topic. While you use the Database Configuration Wizard to export or import entire repositories, you use the database utilities that your RDBMS vendor provides to back up the entire contents of the Siebel database.

Overview of Archiving Objects

Modified topic. Archiving is not supported nor intended for the migration of entire repositories from one environment to another.

What’s New in Using Siebel Tools, Siebel CRM 21.7 Update

The following table lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Topic Description

Using Workspaces

Modified topic. When you create a List of Value (LOV) in an Integration Workspace (IWS), the LOV is automatically created in every IWS, whether existing or new, but will be inactive in those Workspaces.

Flattening Workspace Versions

Modified topic. You must flatten Workspaces before running an MLOV conversion.

Deleting Repositories

Modified topic. Added -d (DB Platform Name) to the list of RRCleanup utility parameters.

Using the Command Line to Export Workspaces to an Archive

New topic. You use the siebdevcli command line to export whole Workspace objects or any particular object under a Workspace to an archive.

What’s New in Using Siebel Tools, Siebel CRM 21.4 Update

The following table lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Topic Description

Using the New Object Wizard

Modified topic. The New Object Wizard is only partially supported in Web Tools - that is, to create a new Web service object. The ability to create a new General, Applet, or Task object using the New Object Wizard is currently not supported in Web Tools.

Creating a New Web Service Object in Web Tools

New topic. The Web Service Wizard is now available in Web Tools.

Workspace Dashboard

Modified topic. Describes the Workspace Dashboard.

Executing the Full Publish Process

Modified topic. Added information about when to use and how to use FullPublishInternal.

Enabling Workspaces

New topic. It is only necessary to run the EnableWorkspace utility, to manually re-enable Workspaces, if you execute a FullPublish operation on the repository.

What’s New in Using Siebel Tools, Siebel CRM 21.3 Update

The following table lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Topic Description

Workspace Delivery When Deploying Multiple Languages

New topic. Added information about Workspace delivery when deploying multiple languages.