Description of Object Types 

The underlying concept of every configuration object, as well as its structure, is described in detail under Configuration Objects. It is assumed that you are familiar with these concepts if you want to access configuration objects using the programming interface.

This section describes the most important elements of the Web Service description for the various different configuration object types. For each object type there is an element that describes the object key (<Objecttype>ID), as well as an element that describes the contents of the object with all attributes (<Objecttype> or <Objecttype>Restricted).

Use the element <Objecttype> for reading operations and the element <Objecttype>Restricted for writing operations. There are two different structures for reading and writing operations because there are normally fewer attributes changed in a writing operation than can be displayed in a reading operation. Note the explanations of the elements ObjectAdministrativeDataRestricted and ObjectAdministrativeData under Cross-Object Type Elements   

In particular the administrative information of all object types cannot be changed. In addition to this, in the object type BusinessSystemServicethere are other differences between reading and writing access.

For more information see Service (SectionBusiness System Service).

If you would like to deal with more complex configuration objects (for example Communication channels), then also see section 6 under Working with more Complex Conifuration Objects in addition to the section relating to the corresponding object type.