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:

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.

Specify any text that describes what the business object is for, the business concept that it represents, how it is used etc. Any description if defined is included into the generated documentation for the business space version. To provide the description for the business object, click on the Menu button in the top right corner of the screen and select “Business object description”.

You can group objects by category. Objects belonging to a particular category are grouped in the Elements Tree. Enter a new category or select from the list of existing ones. You can apply the same category to several objects at once if you paste them under this category in the Elements Tree.