This section describes how to use the task-based user interface in your Siebel application. It includes the following topics:
Navigational Buttons for Task UI
Task user interface (UI) is a wizard-like user interface that:
The Task UI includes the following features that support task execution:
| Task pane | The left side of the screen contains a context-sensitive listing of the tasks available to you. These tasks relate to the current context. When you select a given task, the Task Pane shows the sequence of steps for that task. |
| Play bar | The Task screen has a standard set of four buttons that control the navigation in the task flow. It includes buttons to move forward and back through the steps and provides the ability to pause a task for later resumption, or cancel a task. |
| Radio buttons | Radio buttons provide support for decision-making within a task. Based on the choices within a task, you can access different branches and different screens. |
You can drill down on task items to launch the Task UI wizard and receive detailed instructions for each step in the task.
The Tasks pane appears on the left side of the application window, and lists the task items related to the current screen. The Tasks pane remains open until you close it.
In the Tasks pane, drill down on an item to launch the Tasks wizard.
Select one of the radio buttons to choose an option, and click Next.
Follow the instructions in the wizard.
Many of the buttons described in the following table might appear at the bottom of the Task UI wizard. In addition to these buttons, your Siebel application might contain additional buttons.
| Previous | The Previous button navigates to the previous step in the task. This button is disabled for the first step. It might also be disabled for the steps that follow the step when data has been committed to the database. |
| Next | The Next button navigates to the next step in the task. This button also acts as a validation point and prevents you from proceeding to the next step until the required criteria are met. It is relabeled Finish when you reach the final step of the task. |
| Pause | The Pause button saves the task in its
current stage and sends the task to your Inbox. You can launch the task
later and resume from where you left off. You can set this option from
User Preferences as follows: From the application-level menu, choose
Tools, then User Preferences. The User Preferences screen appears. |
| Cancel | Cancel deletes the task without saving any data or in the case of a task that has been previously saved, restores it to its previous state. The Pause and Cancel buttons are enabled for all steps. However, the Cancel button is disabled on the last step after data is committed. |
| Submit | The Submit button indicates that data is written to the database while in the middle of a task. This action means that some data is written to the database rather than queued until the end of the task. |
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