Tools Please Do Not Crash On Me…
Victim of Tools crashes after patching to either IP15.2/14.8 or IP15.3/14.9 ? Well you will be more than likely affected by Tools crashes while opening any script editor. So far the closest...
View ArticleKeep That Siebel Session Alive
In a recent article I described a new feature introduced in IP15.3 called ‘white listing’ where one could define invocations which would not lead to a reset of the SessionTimeout timer. Particularly...
View ArticleSiebel Database Performance Tuning Guide for Oracle
Oracle has published on Oracle Support an update to the whitepaper “Performance Tuning Guidelines for Siebel CRM Applications on Oracle Databases“. It has more recent details on best-practices specific...
View ArticleFirefox To Drop NPAPI Support Late 2016
The word is out from the Mozilla blog: Firefox will de-support NPAPI Plug-ins late 2016. Mozilla following the same path as Google but with a remaining grace period of about 15 months. Although Mozilla...
View ArticleBye SQL Anywhere – Hello Oracle XE
Oracle-Siebel’s product manager John Bedford published the official statement that SQL Anywhere will be replaced with Oracle XE (Express Edition) with the release of Siebel Innovation Pack 2015 Patch...
View ArticleCatch Those Uncaught Exceptions From Your Browser In Open UI – Part I
With any web application running tons of Javascript, getting track on what’s happening within the browser can be a true challenge as well as nightmare. And with the ever expanding Javascript frameworks...
View ArticleSiebel OpenUI – Deselect Content in Text Area Controls While Tabbing
Difficult to give this post a descent title. What this post is all about, is the fact that Siebel will ‘default’ select any text in list applet columns while tabbing through. In itself not such a bad...
View ArticleSiebel Patch Set IP15.5 / IP14.11 Available
Continuous development, continuous integration, continuous delivery. Siebel Patch Set IP15.5 / IP14.11 has been made available. Besides an import bug fix for those running (or needing to run) Siebel on...
View ArticleCatch Those Uncaught Exceptions From Your Browser In Open UI – Part II
A few weeks back I posted an initial article about my experiences with Bugsnag. On a quest to get more insight in ‘what happens in the browser’, because by and large ‘what happens in the browser, stays...
View ArticleDon’t Loose Your Precious Data
I’m sure if the team at the SiebelHub would in their series of ‘snap polls‘ start another poll soliciting for the top most UX ‘inconveniences’ with Siebel OpenUI, will find among the higher ranking...
View ArticleServer busy, server busy, the server is very busy…
No need to explain that these infamous two words hide worlds of potential causes, if you happen to run a Siebel implementation. I got involved in a situation at one of my customers, where end-users...
View ArticleDesktop Integration Siebel Agent (DISA)
The 2016 SOD already mentioned a totally new Siebel acronym. Because running out of three-letter-acronyms, resorting to four-letter acronyms ;-) DISA. The SOD also mentioned backporting the DISA...
View ArticleSiebel Patch Set 15.7 / 14.13 Has Been Released
The December Patchset slipped a couple of days into 2016, likely due to the holiday season. But here it it. Patch numbers are respectively 22392806 (IP15) and 22387952 (IP14). Wading through the...
View ArticleSiebel OpenUI Boilerplate on Github!
Chances are that you have used or even are a frequent user of Duncan Ford‘s boilerplate code generator for Siebel OpenUI. His boilerplate code generator surely is the safest and most effective way to...
View ArticleWebcast: Siebel CRM Transformation – Vision, Innovation & Value
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View ArticleSimplifying Simple Siebel Things: Logout
Not gracefully logging out of Siebel is one of those user habits which is hard to kill. Especially because in the high-interactivity days, closing the browser would gracefully end the Siebel session on...
View ArticleSiebel IP15.8/14.14 Has Arrived
Siebel IP15.8/14.14 arrived, per scheduled date. The traditional document to keep a close eye on “Oracle Support Document 1614310.1 (Siebel Patchset Installation Guides for Siebel Innovation Packs)”...
View ArticleSiebel IP15.9/14.15 Has Arrived
On the leap day of February, IP15.9/14.15 has been released. Set aside a number of fixes, the long-awaited DISA (Desktop Integration Siebel Agent) framework has been released! And Outlook Drag-n-drop...
View ArticleSiebel Pinnable Views Means Productivity
About two weeks back I posted an article on LinkedIn under the same title. It generated a bit off buzz based on feedback I received. The use-cases one could imagine having this feature are endless, if...
View ArticleSiebel IP15.10/14.16 Has Arrived
Scheduled per usual end-of-the-month, IP15.10/14.16 has arrived! Most remarkable, the CTI “Web Notifications” feature, originally expected for IP16 has been introduced as part of this patch set. Bug...
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