Chapter 6. Views and Screens

Views and screens are the foundation for the Siebel CRM user interface. In this chapter, we will learn how to create and configure both object types. The chapter is structured as follows:

  • Understanding views and screens
  • Creating and modifying views
  • Adding a view to a screen
  • Registering a new view

Understanding views and screens

From the discussion of Siebel Repository objects in Chapter 1, we know that a screen is a set of views and a view is a container for one or more applets. To deepen our understanding of views and screens, we will discuss these object definitions and their related objects in greater detail in the following sections.

Understanding views

Views define the largest visible area in the Siebel UI. The following ...

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