Definition

Generic objects can be any type of object that you require to collaborate with your business partners and run business processes.

Use

When you work on a collaboration in cFolders, you can create objects of different types for it, such as documents, folders, materials, bookmarks, and so on.

System administrators can also add new customer-specific object types to the existing object types in cFolders. This enables you to use object types specific to your industry or company in your collaborations. The system administrator creates the generic object and gives it a name and an icon, which are used to display it in the cFolders system.

You define a generic object in an XML file which you upload to the cFolders server using WebDAV. For more information about creating generic objects and the structure of generic objects, see the configuration guide for cFolders in SAP Solution Manager.