The following is a typical situation illustrating the usefulness of object-based navigation:
A source iView displays a customer list.
A Customer business object is created with the operation Details.
Two navigation targets are assigned to the operation Details:
Customer Details, showing contact information about the selected customer
Customer Stock Status, showing information relating to the customer's orders
Two users, A and B, having different roles, click an OBN link for business object Customer, operation Details.
A is a sales person, B is a sales manager and a sales person.
The navigation triggered for user A returns Customer Details.
The navigation triggered for user B returns Customer Stock Status. User B is allowed to see both targets, but the sales manager role has the higher priority.