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Business objects are used to represent a concrete or abstract real-world semantic entities, the smallest logical units to take part in a business scenario.

Procedure

  1. In the Service Composer perspective, click the node of the package in which you want to create the business object with the secondary mouse button and choose New Business Object.

  2. Choose the package in which you want to create the business object.

  3. Enter a name for the business object.

    Note Note

    To change the prefix for the names of the tables generated for each business object node, from the menu path choose   Windows   Preferences   Composite Application Framework   and enter a value in the Default table name prefix (only capital Latin letters allowed) field. The name of the table created for each business object node consists of the following parts:

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    • Prefix defined for the table name

    • Name of the application

    • Name of the package

    • Name of the business object node

      When you develop your application locally make sure you have unique table names for each business object node.

  4. Choose where you want to put your business object node.

    • To create a new structure, choose Create a new structure.

    • To use an existing structure, do the following:

      1. Choose Use existing structure.

      2. Navigate to the structure node under which you want to put your business object node.

    • Choose Finish.

Result

The new business object node is added to the Composite Application Explorer. You can continue designing your business objects.

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