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Archive for March, 2008
« Previous EntriesSQL – extracting the workflow queue.
Monday, March 31st, 2008This query has been shared by a “Svetj” a member of SiebelUnleashed forum. I find it quite useful in case if I work in admin and need to know the workflow queue.
It shows
The actual queue for a workflow policy group with the insert date of the next record to work so you can know the [...]
Siebel eScript Replace function.
Monday, March 31st, 2008String Replace function is a pretty important and powerful function available in Siebel eScript. Powerful because we can use Regular expressions to find any type of pattern and replace it with our desired value. As usual I will try to explain with the help of example
Requirement:
I was working on a integration through webservices. [...]
Siebel Business Service Simulator and Runtime Events
Monday, March 31st, 2008Continuing on the Business Service simulator post, I will discuss a problem which I faced while simulating the business service. You might also face similar problem and it is not that easy to find.
Problem:
While simulating the business service kept failing and I could not see any reason for which it should have failed. As it [...]
Find the lost field in Siebel
Friday, March 28th, 2008Today what I am going to describe is not a usual practice but useful none the less. I had to do it quite a few times during siebel development. But I think it can become an excellent interview question as it requires basic knowledge of Siebel configuration. So, not wasting your time here it is.
Requirement:
A Business [...]
Variable Declaration – Problem and Solution
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008I was modifying a Siebel Business Service few days ago when I faced this problem. It took me almost 1 hr to resolve the issue and then it turned out to be issue of duplicate declaration. Here is what happened.
The BS already had a code that was something like
var BO = TheApplication().GetBusObject(“Contact”);
var BC = BO.GetBusComp(“Contact”)
var BC1 = [...]
BC UndoRecord – a new learning
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Few days ago while working on a requirement I came to know a new thing about BC UndoRecord Method.
Requirement:
If user changes a field value make a flag true
If user hits ESC key or does an undo record then set the flag to false.
Solution:
On SetField value event write the script to make the set the flag [...]
Data Maps and Siebel Objects
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Hey Guys I am back with what I promised a while ago. If you have read my earlier post about EAI Data Maps you must remember that I promised to share objects like Data Map XML, BC sif and test workflows.
So, here they are. In the zip file attachment what you will get is
A Data [...]
Runtime Events and Business Service – Case Study
Monday, March 24th, 2008As I have stated in some of my earlier posts how the combination of Business Service and Runtime events has bailed us out of trouble number of times. I believe we can resolve almost all issues using runtime events and client side business service.
I will be sharing with you different situations in which we used [...]
How To Simulate a Business Service.
Monday, March 24th, 2008Development in Siebel inevitable results in scripting for one or the other requirement and we end up writing a business service quite often in case of bigger requirements.
I have written quite a few business services myself both on client side and tools side. The biggest difficulty I have faced with business services is testing them, [...]
Siebel Application Splash Screen Text
Friday, March 21st, 2008I am not sure how useful this information is going to be but somebody asked me about in comments of one post. So I am putting it for everybody as post.
Requirement:
Remove the splash screen text which appear when you start dedicated client as shown in the screenshot.