Those who have worked on Product Configurator know what I am talking about and this post is addressed to those. Still I will give just an overview of RAL so that others just don’t grope in dark.
While working on Product Configurator you have bound to work on constraints and those who have no idea what [...]
Understanding Rule Assembly Language (RAL)
Product Configurator – Part 2
In this post we will go through important terms used in Product Configurator before we actually start working on products and product configurator.
Attributes: Properties of a product which help in describing a product such as color, weight, height.
Sub Products/Components: A Product which is a part of a Complex product example mouse or keyboard which is part [...]
Siebel Product Configurator – Part 1
This is going to be series of articles in which I will try to cover all the aspects of Product Configurator in Siebel 7.8. 1st part is just going to be an Introduction to product configurator and answers to some important questions like
What is Product Configurator?
Why and where it is used?
So, not wasting much time [...]
Siebel Product Configurator and SWT files
Few days back while working on Grand Child display of Product Configurator I had a chance to tweak Siebel Product Configurator SWT files. It is the Siebel Web Template (SWT) files that render the UI of product configurator. So, I thought to share some tweaks that I made to SWT files and the results of those [...]
Product Configurator – GrandChild view
I am back as promised with a PDF file explaining the process of creating a grandchild display for Product Configurator.
This PDF has been provided by Abhishek who is working in siebel for past 3 years and currently leading a team. Reference for the same process can be found in Product Admin bookshelf.
Click on the link below to download the File
GrandChildView – giving a new look to Product Configurator UI
If anybody has worked on Product Configurator he will have an idea that the default way to customize a product is to select that product and then drill down on that product to fill in its attributes.
But when the product is 5-6 level deep then it could be a really irritating to customize these products. [...]
Product Configurator – SetUIOption API
This is in continuation with my earlier post about SetUIOption API which can be used to present the dynamic UI in Product Configurator.
In this post I am going to give examples explaining the syntax and the usability of this service.
SetUIOption is a method of a vanilla business service called “Cfg Web UI Service Loader” which [...]
Web Configurator – Product Configurator in New Avatar.
We are moving towards Web 2.0 and next generation apps that will be making use of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to deliver their services. SOA helps us to harness full power that Web 2.0 has to offer.
Innovative use of Ajax, Java Script, HTML, CSS and XML has led to creation of application that is blurring [...]
Siebel Product Configurator SetUIOption API – A case Study.
Requirement:
Based on value of some fields in Quote Item Product Configurator should display dynamic UI. To make it simpler I will put it this way.
If the value of the field Contract Type is ‘A’ then there should be three tabs in UI of Product Configurator and if the value of the field ‘Contract Type’ is [...]
