Editing the Basic Data of an Object Type (SAP Library

Editing the Basic Data of an Object Type

Use

The basic data contains both changeable, general information about the object type and information generated automatically by the system.

Prerequisites

You have selected an object type for editing in the Business Object Builder. You are on the screen Change Object Type <object type>.

Procedure

Choose

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The takes you to the screen Object Type <object type>: Edit basic data. The object type information displayed above the tab pages cannot be changed.

On the tab page General, edit the name and the description of the object type. Assign the object type to the data model if required, in order to define it as a business object.

If the object type corresponds to an SAP organizational object type, select Organizational type. If this flag is set, the object type supports the interface structure object. The business object type must have an attribute that refers to the SAP organizational object type.

Note

SAP supplies SAP organizational object types, which support the requested interface as well as being linked to a business object type as an attribute. Examples of this are:

SAP organizational object type	Description	Example of business object type used by the organizational object type
BUS0005	Shipping point	BUS0008
BUS0007	Purchasing organization	BUS0002
T024	Purchasing groups	BUS1068
T024D	MRP controller	BUS0008
T024L	Work/office for material	BUS1001
TVKGR	Sales group	BUS3031

Edit the default method and the default attribute on the tab page Defaults.

Result

The transport data defined when the object type was created is displayed on the tab page Transport data. If the object type was created as a delegation type, the delegation data is displayed on the tab page Customizing. Information about entry, last change and generation is located on the tab page Change data.