1. Configuring Siebel Business Applications
  2. Guidelines for Configuring How a Business Component Sorts Records

Guidelines for Configuring How a Business Component Sorts Records

If you define the Sort Specification property of a business component, then use the following guidelines:

  • The fields that your sort specification references must be child objects of the business component.

  • Use a comma to separate field names.

  • Include (DESCENDING) or (DESC) after the field name to indicate that Siebel CRM sorts a field in the list in descending order. For example, Start Date (DESCENDING). If you do not add a sort order, then Siebel CRM uses ascending order.

  • Do not enclose the field name in square brackets. For example, [Account Name]. Siebel CRM accepts brackets in a search specification but not in a sort specification. For more information, see Options to Filter Data That Siebel CRM Displays in an Applet.

  • Do not exceed 255 characters in the sort specification.