1. Reports Guide
  2. Conventions Used in This Guide

Conventions Used in This Guide

Familiarize yourself with some conventions used in this guide.

Terms

This book uses the following terms, unless noted otherwise:

  • The client is the Siebel CRM client that a Siebel Business Application uses. This book describes how to use the Siebel Open UI client. Unless noted otherwise, the information that this book describes applies to Siebel Open UI.
  • A user is a person who uses the client.
  • The server is the Siebel Server.
  • An administrator is anyone who uses an administrative screen in the client to configure Siebel Reports. The Administration - Server Configuration screen is an example of an administrative screen.
  • A predefined object is an object that comes already defined with Siebel CRM. The objects that Siebel Tools displays in the Object List Editor immediately after you install Siebel Tools and the Siebel runtime repository but before you make any customization are predefined objects.
  • The term focus indicates the currently active object in the client. To indicate the object that's in focus, Siebel CRM typically sets the border of this object to a solid blue line.

Fonts

Computer font: This font typically indicates a value you enter or text that Siebel CRM displays. It's also used for code snippets and file or server paths.

This is computer font.

Code block font: Code block font is used for longer code examples. It looks like this:

Code block font looks like this. In HTML, it includes a convenient copy button you can use the copy the code example.

Business Objects

Depending on the software configuration you purchase, your Siebel Business Application might not include all the features that this book describes.

This book describes the following objects:

  • Applets

  • Business components

  • Business component fields

  • Business objects

  • Integration components

  • Integration objects

  • Views

These objects are part of the Siebel object hierarchy. For more information about this hierarchy, see Configuring Siebel Business Applications.

The procedures in this guide assume that you don't use the Tree navigation control option to access screens and views. However, you can use the Tree navigation control if you need to. For more information about navigation controls, see the Siebel Fundamentals Guide.