Sometime we have to go for creating a custom business component because no existing business component is suitable or match or requirement and alos have to decide whether to go with existing table or create a new one. It will always be preferred to use the custom table for the functionality because of some of the below reasons :

I want to discuss an excellent use of BC user property which lent me a hand to achieve a tricky requirement. The business requirement was to use one applet in two different views. In first view that applet should appear editable while in other it should be Read only. Business did not want to go for cloning the applet as it turns out in making same changes in two different applets and might end up in missing out some changes in either applet. Also the number of fields on the …

Sometime we configure Immediate Post Changes property on the BusComp field object equal to TRUE while no server processing is required in the configuration. This is  an inappropriate Use of Immediate Post Changes for BusComp Fields in Siebel.
Brief introduction of Immediate Post Changes : Immediate Post Changes is an optional property of BusComp field. It has a TRUE or FALSE value.
Definition by Siebel Bookshelf “Field data is posted to the server when the focus moves off of the field and then the data is refreshed. Causes an immediate roundtrip to the …

We often come across Buy One Get One (BOGO) offers these days like Buy toothpaste and get Toothbrush free or Buy 5 soaps and get 10 % off or Buy 2 kg sugar and get ½ kg free etc etc . To configure something like this in siebel we can go for the Aggregate Discounts.

We are adding a new tag “Siebel Best Practice” for our readers, which will cover Siebel best practice for all categories. Presenting first article in this series.
Custom Foreign Key Columns Differ in Length from Destinations
Custom Foreign Keys do not have the same length as the destination columns to which they are joined.
Impacted space
Data Integrity, Runtime Error

Navigation for different task in Siebel tools Importing , exporting , comparision of Object definitions as well as Projects required in daily activities. Please find the list below.