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Using this function, you can access the Business Object Repository and navigate within it.

You call this function:

  • If you want an overview of the existing object types.

  • If you want to maintain individual object types from the overview.

Note Note

You cannot create new object types in the Business Object Repository Browser.

You can maintain object types you know directly from the Business Object Builder.

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Features

When you call the Business Object Repository Browser, the system takes account of the filter criteria set.

Filter Criteria When Calling

You define the filter criteria by selecting . The filter criteria are on the following tab pages:

  • Filter object types

    You use these filters to select the object types displayed according to class, transport property, and release status.

  • Filter relationships

    You use these filters to select the relationships displayed between the object types.

  • Other filters

    You use these filters to influence whether and how the names of the object types and application components are displayed.

You can save the filter criteria set for the next time the Business Object Repository Browser is called. To do this, choose   Settings   Save Filter  .

Displaying the object types

The display of the object types in the Business Object Repository Browser depends on the filter criteria with which you called the Business Object Repository Browser.

Note Note

If you choose to have the assignment to a package (application component) as well as the relationships to other object types displayed for the object types, only the object types assigned directly to the component are displayed in the component assignment.

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Searching in the Business Object Repository Browser

You can search for object types in the hierarchy of the Business Object Repository.

If an "appropriate" object type is found and you have selected in the whole hierarchy as a search criterion, the hierarchy is expanded at the relevant point.

Activities

You call the Business Object Repository Browser from the Business Object Builder. Choose Business Object Repository and select the number of object types to be displayed in the dialog box Business Object Repository Browser: Entry Screen. Select Other Settings to specify individual filter criteria.