Parent Business Component of a Multi-Value Group

The parent business component is the business component of the originating applet. Siebel CRM gets the data values that the originating field includes and other multi-value fields from corresponding fields in a record in the child business component that the multi-value group (MVG) references.

The primary is the record where Siebel CRM gets these values.

The parent business component doesn't include any properties that Siebel CRM requires to define a MVG. The field and multi-value link (MVL) child objects are significant.

The originating field is the field defined in the Field property of the originating control or list column. Other than the relationship with the originating control, the role of the originating field is identical to that of the other multi-value fields that share the MVL. For more information, see About the Multi-Value Field.

About the Multi-Value Field Pick Map

You can use a pick map for a multi-value field similarly to how you use it for a single-value field. The MVF pick map is an object that's a child of a multi-value field. Each pick map defines a relationship between a field in the child business component that the MVG references and one in the originating business component. If the user selects a record, then these relationships provide the information that Siebel CRM requires to update the record in the parent business component with information from the MVG business component.

This table describes some properties of the multi-value field pick map.

Property	Description
Field	Identifies a field in the parent business component where Siebel CRM enters data. Siebel CRM uses data from a field in the MVG business component when it calls the PickRecord method.
Pick List Field	Identifies a field in the MVG business component that's the source of data for the field in the Field property of the pick map.

The State multi-value field of the Account business component is an example of how Siebel CRM uses the multi-value field pick map. The Account business component includes a MVL to the Business Address business component, where it gets address information.

For more information, see About Multi-Value Links and About Links.