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Specifying General Properties

The editor of business objects has several tabs – Attributes, Forms, Update Rules, Delete Rules and Presentations. The Property window contains the following properties:

Name

Specify the name of the business object uniquely identifying it within the business space version. The following restrictions apply:

  1. The name must start with a character (not digit) or underscore symbol. All other symbols in the name must be either characters (including underscore symbol) or digits. No spaces or special symbols are allowed.
  2. The name must be unique among the names of other business objects, business object groups and notifications.
  3. The name must not start with one of the instance prefixes – This, That, Added, Removed, LoggedIn, Changed or Failed.
  4. The name must not be one of the reserved names – File, Day, Question, EmailSender, ReceivedEmail, IncomingEmail.
  5. The name must not coincide with the name of the basic attribute types – Number, Date, Duration, Timestamp, Shortcut, Document or Picture.