In this chapter, we learned how Siebel access control and Siebel personalization allow administrators to define precise access to application features and data.
We introduced the concept of responsibilities, which allows defining groups of users or employees that have access to the same set of views in order to fulfil their daily tasks as defined by the business processes of their company.
The built-in access control mechanism for data is based on personal ownership or an employee's position within an organization. Specialized views such as the "My" or "All" views exist to invoke the respective filtering instructions.
The Siebel Personalization engine is a powerful filtering layer that allows administrators to define complex expressions, which drive the availability of applets, views, and records.
By using the Siebel Sample Database and various applications such as the Siebel Partner Portal or Siebel Dealer, this chapter also deepened our understanding of Siebel standard functionality...