Working with business object definitions

Business Object Designer provides a tabbed dialog with two screens for creating and editing a definition:

When you first create or open a definition, the Attributes screen displays.

Figure 27 illustrates the screen for defining and editing attributes.

Figure 27. Defining and editing attributes.


For information on using the General and Attributes screens, see "Creating a business object definition".

Opening a business object definition and its contained child

Business Object Designer allows you to open separate windows to edit definitions for a parent business object definition and its contained child.

Figure 28 illustrates the separate windows for editing parent and child business objects.

Figure 28. Separate windows for parent and child business objects.


Notice that the Address attribute in the Contact business object is collapsed in Figure 28. You can expand the attribute so that the Contact window displays all attributes of the Address business object, which enables you to edit the child directly from the parent. To prevent you from changing the same definition in two places, however, the tool automatically closes a child's window whenever you expand the child within its parent.

Figure 29 illustrates the tool after Contact's Address attribute has been expanded and the Address window has been closed.

Figure 29. Expanding the parent's attribute that represents the child.


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