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Definition

All SAP business object types, SAP interface types, and their methods are defined and described in the Business Object Repository (BOR).

Use

The BOR is for external applications of the central access points to the SAP business objects types and SAP interface types and their BAPIs.

The BOR has two essential functions:

  • It defines and describes SAP business objects and SAP interface types and their BAPIs.

    If you are developing an application program, you retrieve details of the SAP business object types or SAP interface types, their key fields and their BAPI methods from the BOR. The BOR contains all the information you need to integrate the correct object type definitions and BAPI calls into your application program.

  • It creates instances of SAP business objects.

    The runtime environment of the BOR receives requests to create runtime objects from client applications and creates the appropriate object instances.

For more information about creating business object types, refer to the documentation on the SAP Business Workflow under Business Object Builder .