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One way to replace business component scripting with more declarative configuration is by using Siebel Workflow. A workflow process can perform many of the same operations that you can configure with eScript. If you want to execute a workflow when a BusComp field is updated, you can invoke it from scripting in the SetFieldValue event of the business component. There is, however, the option of using business component user properties for a completely declarative solution. An example of using the applet version of the Named Method n user property to invoke a workflow process can be found in Siebel Bookshelf . The same user property is available for business components. An example of a named method declaration follows: User Property Name: Named Method 1 User Property Value: "MyInvokeWFMehod", "INVOKESVC", "Employee", "Workflow Process Manager", "RunProcess", "'ProcessName'", "'The Do Something Cool Workflo...

This interview question uses a technical term to test a Siebel Developer's understanding of a topic. "Siebel Operation" can be almost anything to someone who does not have a basic familiarity with Siebel Workflow, but it is an everyday term for any Workflow Developer. Q: Please explain what a Siebel Operation is, and how it is used. A: At minimum, the candidate should know that a Siebel Operation is a type of Workflow Process Step. If the candidate does not volunteer this information without additional prompting, he or she is not a Workflow Developer. Candidates should know that a Siebel Operation can be used to Insert or Update records as part of a Workflow Process. A candidate should know the difference between a Workflow Process and a Workflow Policy or Workflow Policy Program. Siebel Operation is a term that is only used in connection with Workflow Processes. In addition to Insert and Update, recent versions of Siebel have other types of operations. Most Siebel W...

The best place to validate user input is at the source. If you can keep field validations in the browser, you can avoid unnecessary server requests and provide immediate user feedback while reducing the amount of bad data being submitted. This can be especially useful in the standard interactivity client because it can perform validations immediately, without waiting for the user to attempt to commit the record. A Siebel form applet is an HTML form, and the controls are input elements on those forms. The HTML Attributes property of a Control object provides an opportunity to insert a JavaScript event to the input element. For example, I recently implemented a query applet with a field validation on the Social Security Number control. To do so, I updated the HTML Attributes property of the control to onkeyUp="if(/[^0-9\-]/.test(this.value) ){ alert('The Social Security Number field accepts only numeric data.'); this.value='';}" The above validation inter...