Retek business object structure

Retek supports two categories of business objects: Retek generic business objects and message-specific business objects. These differ from one another in their representation of the payload:

Retek Message Header business object

All Retek generic and message-specific business objects include a Retek Message Header business object that contains the information needed inside the broker for filtering and routing operations.

Each attribute of the Retek Message Header business object is either a container attribute or a simple attribute that does not contain a child business object.

The Retek Message Header business object has the following attributes:

Retek business object verbs

Retek message type encapsulates, besides the type of entity, information about the action performed on the entity. Support is provided for three verbs: create, update (called modify in Retek), or delete. Shortened forms of these verbs are appended to the entity type. Thus, by looking at the ending of the message type, you can identify the verb for a Retek message business object. For message types ending in Cre, a create verb is assigned; for message types ending in Mod, a modify verb is assigned; and for message types ending in Del, a delete verb is assigned.

Example: The following are the message types pertaining to the Appointment entity type:

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