Composite Criteria

Assignment criteria attributes make it possible for a single assignment criterion to consist of multiple attributes, known as composite criteria.

For composite criteria, all the attributes must have a 1:1 relationship and refer to the same base table record. For example, the Account City-State-Country is a good composite criterion because San Mateo (city) resides in the state of California (state) and California resides in the U.S. (country). All of these attributes are stored on the same record in the same table.

Note: It is not possible to create composite criteria with attributes based on different tables.

This task is a step in Process of Creating Assignment Criteria for Use in Assignment Rules.

To create an assignment criteria attribute

1. Start Siebel Tools.

2. In the Object Explorer, expand the Assignment Criteria object, and select the Assignment Criteria Attribute object.

3. In the Assignment Criteria window, select the assignment criteria for which you want to enumerate assignment attributes.

4. Lock the project for the object by choosing Tools, then Lock Project (or Alt+L).

   The pencil icon appears in the W field to indicate that the project for the object is locked.

5. Select the Assignment Criteria Attributes window, then choose Edit, then New Record.

6. Configure the assignment criteria attribute by setting values in the appropriate fields.

   1. In the Name field, type the name of the new assignment criteria attribute.

   2. In the Assignment Attribute field, select the assignment attribute for this assignment criteria.

   3. In the Display Name field, type the name for the assignment criteria attribute.

   4. In the Store Column field, specify the column in the assignment factor items table where the value for the assignment criteria attribute is stored.

   5. In the Display Sequence field, specify the sequence in which the assignment criteria attribute appears.

   6. (Optional) In the Pick Applet field, choose a pick applet for the assignment criteria attribute to allow users to view or select values for the assignment criteria attribute.

      Note: For composite criteria, repeat the previous steps as many times as is necessary.

For more information about these properties, see Composite Criteria.

You also must update the Siebel runtime repository and run various server administration tasks using the procedures in Updating Your Siebel Assignment Manager Deployment with New Configurations.

The following table shows some of the properties of the assignment criteria attribute object type.

Property	Description
Assignment Attribute	Name of the assignment attribute that this assignment criteria attribute is based on. Selected from a drop-down list.
Display Name	List column label that appears for this assignment criteria attribute in the Values list. If it is omitted, then the Name is used in the list column label.
Display Sequence	Order in which the list column for this assignment criteria attribute appears in the list applet, relative to those of other assignment criteria attributes in the assignment item. A lower number places the list column closer to the inside margin.
Name	Name of the assignment criteria attribute, for identification. This name must be unique within the parent assignment criteria.
Pick Applet	If a picklist is defined for the associated assignment attribute, then you specify the name of a pick applet to display the picklist for selection of a value in the attribute's list column.
Store Column	Specifies the column in the assignment factor items table (S_ASGN_RULE_ITEM) in which to store the value for the assignment criteria attribute. There are four columns of each data type (Number, UtcDateTime, and Varchar) provided for storage of assignment criteria attribute values in each assignment criteria. You must specify a unique value, between 1 and 4 inclusive, for each assignment criteria attribute of the same data type. The data type can be determined from the Data Type property in the referenced assignment attribute object definition. Note: You can have up to four assignment criteria attributes for each assignment criterion (a composite criterion can have a maximum of four attributes).