Hardest Siebel CRM Interview Preparation Guide

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Having lot of differences between siebel 7.7 and 7.5.2. the primary difference among them is " Symbolic strings are available in Siebel 7.7 and not available in 7.5.2". hence the future scope for up-gradation like things are high in Siebel 7.7.

Static Toggle allows users to toggle between applets by selecting the name of the applet from the Show drop-down list.
Dynamic Toggle Automatically toggles between applets based on the value of a field in a parent applet.

Multivalue field has the child values from a chind BC for the parent record configured through MVL. Single value field will be either from the base table or joined table. The Difference between Single Value Field (SVF) and Multi Value Field(MVF).

SVF- a field in BC which references a column in a table.
MVF- a field in parent BC which references a field in child BC Field-Identifies and defines a field in a business component. All fields making up a business component record contain entries from both Single Value Field and Multi Value Field object types.

The Pre Default Value property of a field (Predefautls Value in the Object List Editor) automatically assigns a value to that field for a new record. The user can modify the field if it is displayed and not set to Read Only.

The Post Default Value property of a field assigns a value to a field before the record is written to the database, if one has not been entered by the user.

Primary ID Field property specifies the name of the field in the master business component that holds the row ID values pointing to primary records in the detail business component.

In Application Administration screen, go to LOV Explorer and create the LOV type first. Then on come List of Values in Application Administration and associate values for that LOV type.

Employee facing applications are those which are used by internal employees of the organization, these are High Interactivity application.
Whereas Customer facing applications are those which are used and accessed by outside users and are on Standard Interactivity.

Modify the object definitions in the local repository.

Persistency, Exception points and write to file, Write a error handling workflow.

High Interactivity mode is designed to resemble a Windows client. It supports fewer browsers than Standard Interactivity mode, but it includes a set of features that make data entry easier for users. For example, page refreshes do not occur as often as they do in Standard Interactivity mode. Users can create new records in a list, save the data, and continue browsing without a page refresh having to occur.

Indirect Link:
The parent business component of a multi-value link (MVL) is usually the same as the business component in which the MVL is defined. However, by using the Source Field property of the [Multi Value Link] object, it is also possible to create an MVL whose parent business component is related to the current business component indirectly via a join or via another MVL.

Reverse Join:
The ?Source Field? in the join spec holds the foreign key where the? Destination Column? provides the primary key. The pickmaps on the joined field provide the mapping between these when a value from the pick BC is picked from the pick applet. As a result, the primary key value (specified in ?Destination Column?) is copied into the column on which the source field is based on.

Static pick list draws the values from pick list data managed by administrator. The values displayed in static pick list don't change during run time. It can be bounded or unbounded. The values for all static pick lists are stored in S_LST_OF_VAL table.
The dynamic pick list draws values from a business component with records edited by users. It is used to update joined fields.

A class property gives an object access to specific functionality. The class refers to a dynamic-link library (DLL) that is installed on the client or server machine and holds the required functionality.
Specialized classes exist for business components or applets that have specialized behavior or features. Examples of specialized modules include Quotes, Forecasting, and Correspondence. Anything other than CSSBusComp, CSSBCBase, CSSFrame, CSSFrameList is specialized class.

SetSearchSpec sets the search specification for a particular field, whereas SetSearchExpr allows for the setting of an entire search expression on the business component.

1) Limit base tables and columns to be processed by using : only base Tables,ignore base Tables,only base Columns,ignore base Columns.
2) Always delete batches from EIM tables upon completion. Leaving old batches in the EIM table wastes space and can adversely affect performance. For other suggestions on working with batches.
3) Run independent EIM jobs in parallel. Two or more EIM processes can be started simultaneously by using the Siebel Server Manager.
4) Trace Flag Settings, using Synonyms, primary key only Parameters Limiting the Number of Records and Rows for Merge Processes. like this many techniques are there which will optimize the EIM process.

Under some special situation one should go for cloning of BCs, Applets and views. As a general rule, unless you are certain that you need to make a copy of an object definition, modify rather than copy an existing object definition. One should not copy objects which are based on specialized class.

Establish an M: M link relationship between parent and child BCs we need to define foreign key for the relationship in the intersection table. We need to mention the inter child column and inter parent column.
For a many to many relationship, you need the following:
1) Parent BC
2) Child BC
3) Link

In the link you mention th following
1) Parent BC Name
2) Child BC Name
3) Inter-table Name
4) Inter Parent Column Name(stores row_id of Parent BC)
5) Inter Child Column Name
(store Row_id of child table)

WF process is created at BO level, if we deal with multiple business objects.

To trouble shoot or debug the workflow in workflow process log by drilling down on, persistency level and frequency it affects the performance- stores the state information.

Intersection tables are used in M: M link. There we establish the relationship between the parent and child BCs by mentioning the inter child column and inter parent column.

1) Siebel 8.0 has introduced Task UI for task automations.
2) Business user properties have become drop down list in tools and hence no need to remember syntax for each.

Standard Interactivity mode resembles most traditional Web applications. Page refreshes occur often, such as when users create new records, submit forms, and browse through lists of records. Customer applications are deployed in Standard Interactivity mode.

The Visibility Applet property of the view object determines whether a view appears in the Show: combo box on the toolbar or as a View tab.

In Object explore select View and set the properties for visibility applets.
Visibility Modes are defined in BCs.