ASGN_USR_EXCLD_FLG in Assignment manager processes.

This column  present in tables like S_CONTACT, S_ORG_EXT,S_ASSET, S_EVT_ACT,S_OPTY,etc can be used to
exclude certain contacts, accounts, activities, assets, opportunities from being considered for assignment to employees
 or to prevent change  of assignment.
 
'Y' value to this column indicates to Assignment Manager that this row should be excluded from assignment evaluation.
If previously assigned, this locks the assignment i.e. the assignment of this object cannot be changed.
Setting to 'N' indicates to Assignment Manager that this row should
be assigned (or re-assigned).

A particular use of this flag in the ePharma application is when we have to consider only contacts(doctors, nurses,
pharmacists) to be assigned to the sales reps.

Since both employee as well as external contacts information is stored in S_CONTACT table, even employees will
be considered for assignment which should not happen

To prevent this we need to set this flag to 'Y' for all records with EMP_FLG='Y'.

Template modification on Email functionality.

Go to an applet and click on F9 to send a email to creator or requestor, after selecting the recipient we get a email template which has body, attachment, Literature icons as well "Change Language/Locale" button.

Our requirement was to disable some of the controls from the email template.

Outbound communication use one common applet called as "Send Communication Applet", so to disable them go to that applet in tools, go to controls and inactive the controls which are not required, compile into the proper srf.

Object types and properties are not listed in web client mode

Some of the Object types and properties are not listed in web client mode i.e. they are hidden in Tools.
Example for Object Type Applet the properties like Background Bitmap
Background Bitmap Style
Browser Class
Height
HTML Popup Dimension
Popup Dimension
Text Style
Width  
are hidden and cannot be viewed.
SOLUTION:

In Tools.cfg for parameter ClientConfigurationMode set the value to All.
        By default it is web, by changing the value to all we can view hidden object type and hidden properties.


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Siebel Object Manager

The object manager acts like a dedicated client except that it represents multiple clients instead of just one client. With this in mind, the object manager needs to understand how to display things on the screen, what rules to enforce, etc. To do this, the object manager reads the srf file on an as needed basis. The object manager will cache object definitions for the entire life of the process and will share this information with all clients that connect to this object manager. The object manager also manages client specific information. As a rule of thumb each client will add about 4 mb of memory usage to the object manger on top of all the object definition memory. This is a rule of thumb and can vary greatly depending on usage. 


As thin clients log in and out of Siebel the object manager usage will go up and down. If all users log off the object manager processes may stick around for 20-30 minutes while timeouts are reached. Once all the user connections are cleaned up the object manager process, SIEBMTSH will shutdown. The "Minimum Multi-Threaded Servers" parameter value may prevent SIEBMTSH processes from shutting down. 


Min MT servers govern how many processes to keep running when there is no activity for a component. One reason to do this is to avoid having a login delay when a thin client tries to connect and a new process is started to handle the request

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Open an Assoc Applet(inside a shuttle Applet) in query mode

How to Open an Assoc Applet(inside a shuttle Applet) in query mode

Sometimes after setting the Auto Query Mode property of the Assoc Applet as "New Query", the applet opens in query mode but no operation can be done on it and the entire Application hangs.
To make the Application perform normally, the following one-liner script can be written in the Applet Load Event either in the Server side or in the Browser side:                        
                                                this.InvokeMethod("NewQuery");


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For Attribute mapping "Interface Table Data column" not showing you extension column in Siebel Tools

Issue with EIM mapping extension column without Mapping wizard.

Suppose you have to create extension column X_USERID in S_ASSET and EIM mapping with EIM_ASSET.

1) Create extension column X_USERID in S_ASSET.
2) Create extension column X_AST_USERID in EIM_ASSET.
3) Create Attribute mapping in EIM Interface table in tools.

While creating record in EIM interface table, drop down list for "Interface Table Data column" not showing you extension column.

In this case, check if EIM Processing Column Flag  is checked, After unchecking the flag, the column showed in the drop down list, and the attribute mapping could be created.
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Diccache.dat

Diccache.dat is a cache file used by Siebel server programs to enhance performance when loading the Siebel Repository. Diccache.dat contains a subset of the repository (called the "dictionary") needed by the server programs. This subset includes information about tables, columns, indexes and docking objects.
 
Diccache.dat, located in the SIEBSRVR_HOME\bin directory, is accessed whenever a server program is started. The file is automatically recreated if the file does not exist or if it is out of date (The version number of the schema and repository is stored in the header of the file).
 
Dicdata.dat is a copy of diccache.dat file that is downloaded to mobile clients and used by the synchronization process whenever transactions are applied to the local database. It is the same as the diccache.dat file, but it is named differently for mobile clients. The Generate New Database component copies the diccache.dat to the dbtempl\\dicdata.dat file. When a mobile client synchronizes, the dicdata.dat is copied to the siebel_client_root\\dicdata.dat on the client machine.        



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