1. Configuring Siebel Open UI Guide
  2. Customizing the Resource Pane in Resource Schedulers

Customizing the Resource Pane in Resource Schedulers

This topic describes how to customize the Resource pane.

To customize the Resource pane in resource schedulers

  1. In the Object List Editor, choose the applet that you modified in Step 1 in the topic Customizing a Resource Scheduler.

  2. In the Object List Editor, expand the Applet tree, and then click Applet User Prop.

  3. In the Applet User Props list, add each of the following applet user properties, as required.

    Name Value Description

    Pane 0 Grid Name

    Resource

    Specify the name of the Resource pane.

    Pane 0 Grid Type

    RGrid

    Specify the pane type.

    Pane 0 Col number

    NM,Name

    Specify the details for the column header that Siebel Open UI displays in the Resource pane, including the abbreviated name and the label.

    Pane 0 Col column number Attr column attribute number

    For example:

    Pane 0 Col 1 Attr 2

    IID, 206

    Specify the identifier that identifies the icon that Siebel Open UI displays for the column.

    Pane 0 Col 0 Attr 1

    FLD,Room Name

    Specify the Room Name business component field that Siebel Open UI uses to get the value, and then display it under resource column 0.

    Pane 0 Col 0 Attr 2

    IDD,Products

    Specify the following items:

    • IDD. The abbreviation that indicates the name of the drill down object.

    • Drilldown field. The business component field that Siebel Open UI uses when the user drills down to a destination view.

    If the user clicks the DDFLD value that Siebel Open UI displays under resource column 0, then it navigates the user to the view that the Products drill down object defines.

    Siebel Open UI uses the Pane 0 Col 0 Attr 2 applet user property in conjunction with the Pane 0 Col 0 Attr 3 applet user property.

    You must configure the corresponding drilldown object that identifies the destination view and the ID. This drilldown object resides in the applet that you are configuring.

    Pane 0 Col 0 Attr 3

    DDFLD,Room Id

    Specify the following items:

    • DDFLD. The abbreviation that indicates the name of the drill down field.

    • Drilldown field. The name of the business component field that Siebel Open UI uses when the user drills down on resource column 0. Siebel Open UI uses this field value to navigate the user to the destination view.

    Siebel Open UI uses the Pane 0 Col 0 Attr 3 applet user property in conjunction with the Pane 0 Col 0 Attr 2 applet user property.

    Pane 0 Field number

    Room Id

    Specify the business component field that Siebel Open UI uses to get the Siebel CRM data that it displays in the Resource pane.

    Pane 0 Join Field

    Room Id

    Specify the field that Siebel Open UI uses to join resources and events. Resources and events are independent of each other. This join field joins the events that are related to a resource. For example, a meeting is an example of an event that can be held in a room, which is an example of a resource. In this example, each event includes a Room Id.

    Pane 0 Parent Field

    Parent Room Id

    Specify the parent business component field that Siebel Open UI uses to display resources in a hierarchy.

    Pane 0 Start Date Field

    Effective Start

    Specify the Start Date field that Siebel Open UI uses to prepare a search specification.

    Pane 0 View Mode

    3

    Specify the view mode that this Resource pane supports. You must use the following numbers to indicate each view mode:

    • 0. VIEW_SALESREP.

    • 1. VIEW_MANAGER.

    • 2. VIEW_PERSONAL.

    • 3. VIEW_ALL.

    • 4. VIEW_NONE.

    • 5. VIEW_ORG.

    • 6. VIEW_CONTACT.

    • 7. VIEW_GROUP.

    • 8. VIEW_CATALOG.

    • 9. VIEW_SUBORG.

    You can use a comma to specify more than one view mode, where the comma separates each number. For example, 1,2,3.

  4. Configure the font color that Siebel Open UI uses in the Resource pane.

    Add the following applet user property.

    Property Value Description

    Pane 0 Color Field

    Status

    Specify the business component field that determines the color that Siebel Open UI uses to display a resource. If you do not specify a value, then Siebel Open UI displays only the color black.

  5. Configure the icons that Siebel Open UI display next to the Resource Name label in the Resource pane.

    Add the following applet user property.

    Property Value

    Pane 0 Icon number

    Specify the name of a field that Siebel Open UI displays in the Resource pane, a comma, and then the CSS class that contains the icon. For example:

    Room Backup Required,siebui-backup required