Business Object

A Portal Platform entity representing a business objects of a back end system

Source iView

The iView from which an OBN operation is activated

Implementing iView / Page

Any iView or page attached to a business object operation

Priority

A value specifying the default operation to be implemented for a specific business object (The higher value has the higher priority.)

Business Object Operation (operation)

A portal entity used by an administrator to define a connection between a business object and implementing iViews

Role

The largest semantic unit within the portal content objects, a role is a folder hierarchy comprising other content objects (worksets, pages, iViews). Roles are assigned to users, meaning that users can only access the content of their specific role or roles

Relation

A defined logical link between two business objects, usually manifested by identical properties

HRNP Link

A UI reference that, when activated (for example, by a mouse click), implements the Hyperrelational Navigation Protocol (HRNP), which enables Drag&Relate navigation