Siebel Open UI Concepts for interviews explained


What is Siebel Open UI?

Siebel Open UI is the latest version of Siebel which gives us capability to modify the UI elements compared to older Standar Interactivity or High Interactivity version.
It gives us cross browser functionality which means it can run on the multiple browsers like
Google Chrome, Mozilla

What is the Difference between Siebel OPEN UI and HI Client?

Siebel Open UI renders files through Client Proxy which works with HTML, CSS, Javascript  whereas HI client renders through Active X controls.

Why Siebel Open UI?
Siebel Open UI uses Javascripts for customization through which the webpages can be rendered from any of the browsers. In earlier siebel version only IE is used and third party customization always required Active X control be downloaded to show in the UI. To Avoid this Oracle has come up with this solution.

  • Customers are demanding for Multi browser development 
  • Deploying Siebel to mobile devices like iPad without using the third part integration
  • Avoiding customization for SI Application


What is Siebel Open UI Architecture

Open UI Architecture



What are the Advantages of Open UI?
Enhanced user experience:
Cross browser functionality, Left hand Navigation, More enhanced features for Calender's, MVG Applets....
High performance:
Less Key strokes, easy navigation using key board, Search option available to query for required View without navigating to the site map.

What is the difference between HTML and CSS

HTML is a markup language which gives skeleton to our webpage where as CSS is used for styling the elements in the HTML created for Webpage

What is JQuery Selector
Jquery allows to select and manipulate the HTML elements
Jquery used to find the elements based on their Name, Id, class, Atrribute, Atrribute value.

What is main difference between Jquery and Javascript?
Javascript is a language , Jquery is a library  built with the Javascript to help the programmers for their common webtasks.

What is Manifest Administration?
It is a screen or functionality given in Open UI to associate JS files to an Applet, Application or View 

How to Register the Manifest file information ?
Initially JS File should be registered in the Manifest Files Tab Administration-Application->Manifest Files and then it is mapped to the specific Applet/View/Application in  Administration-Application->Manifest Administration



What is Presentation Model?
It is a Javascript file that specifies how to handle the metadata and data that siebel open ui gets from the siebel server and then display the information in the webclient
It allows to customise behavior,  logic and content.
It determines the events like mouse leaving the cursor

What is Physical Layer?
It is a Javascript file which open ui uses to build the user interface.
It binds presenation model to a physical control.

Where does the customised Javascript/CSS/Image Files stored?
 Javascript: Client\PUBLIC\enu\23044\Scripts\Siebel\custom
 Images   :  Client\PUBLIC\enu\23044\Scripts\Siebel\custom\IMAGES\custom
 CSS:     :  Client\PUBLIC\enu\23044\Scripts\Siebel\custom\FILES\custom


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Javascript fundamentals for Siebel Open UI

Basics of Java Scripts: Javascript is the main thing that controls the behavior of the application. It is a Action based. Siebel has already inbuilt functionalities built on Javascripts.  When action happens then the siebel server send the information to the Web client.  Actions on Siebel can be Mouse hover, On click of some record, drill down, new record, save record.  JavaScript can be used to add content to your browser i.e HTML elements, and styling i.e CSS , Jquery is nothing but Java Script Library, that ease out our element querying. Siebel has built some classes by default pmodel.js , listpmodel.js, we extend the custom functionality  by extending them in out PM or PR. It overcomes the difficulties to customize following items through JavaScript rather than customization in High interactivity.  Application Screen View Applet Applet Control Menu Application menu Applet menu Toolbar Application toolbar Navigation ...
Read more

Multirow select in non-touch mode- Siebel OpenUI

The Multi Row Select Checkbox Display user property controls the behavior and availability of the client-side multi-select checkboxes. The property can have the following values: TOUCH-HIDE . The multi-select column does not appear on touch devices. TOUCH-SHOW . The multi-select column appears on touch devices. NONTOUCH-HIDE . The multi-select column does not appear on desktop and non-touch based devices. NONTOUCH-SHOW . The multi-select column appears on desktops and non-touch based Touch devices. Siebel Open UI uses a clientside control to display a Multi-Select checkbox column in list applets. While this is primarily intended for touch-based devices where multiple selection of rows is not possible using the Shift + Click or Ctrl + Click, it can also be configured for desktop browsers.
Read more