A Siebel business component can contain single-value and multi-value fields. A single-value field can store one value at a time and a multi-value field can store more than one value at a time. A multi-value field has an associated multi-value link attribute that corresponds to the destination Siebel business component for this field.

A multi-value target contains groups for single-value and multi-value fields. All the single-value fields are part of a single group. The multi-value fields with the same multi-value link are part of the same group. The group containing the single-value fields is the parent group for all the groups in that target. The other groups are child groups of the parent group.

The following table shows an example of the Account business component with fields and groups:

Each Account row can have multiple rows with Street Address and City columns. A name can be associated with multiple addresses. Multiple rows are stored as data of the CUT Address business component.

The following figure shows the Account business component containing City with a multi-value link attribute, Business Address:

Account contains a group for Name and ID and the other group for City and Street Address.

When you import a Siebel business component as a target definition, the Designer imports the following business component properties: