Creating a Business Object 

Prerequisites

You have identified the:

·        Type of BDoc support required for the business object you want to create.

·        Combo engine, if you want to associate it to a specific property of the business object.

Procedure

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       1.      In Solution Explorer, expand the Business Library node.

       2.      Click the Business Objects node with the secondary mouse button and choose New.

The Add Object window appears.

       3.      In the Name field, replace the default name of the business object with a meaningful name.

       4.      Choose Open.

The Business Object Designer appears.

       5.      Enter the necessary BDoc support, and the corresponding details.

       6.      In the Properties grid, click the secondary mouse button and choose New.

The Properties window displays all attributes of the new property, and the Properties grid displays the important attributes of the property. 

       7.      Enter data as required for the property.

You specify a combo engine for this property, if the property needs to display a list of values at runtime.

If this property need not exchange data with the user database, but needs to provide data based on the user interface logic (for example, data calculated through a method), then select SupplyMethod as the data association type. In this case, you must write a supply method for the corresponding business object.

       8.      Choose Save.

Example

In the standard mobile client application, the BOBPADDRESS business object is modeled to define the contact details of customers. The properties of this business object correspond to the contact details of customers such as country, location, address, telephone and fax numbers and so on. The TOO5TCOMBO combo engine, which is associated with the Country property, provides a list of countries at runtime.