BOD Definition tab

The Definition tab includes the name of the object, its status and a field to record a meta-data description of the role of the business object. In addition, certain objects inherit properties from parent objects. The definition of which object inherits properties can be viewed on the Definition tab as well as the join between the parent and child objects.

Note: The Object Type defaults to Standard, which is fully editable. Any object that is not a Standard type is generated outside of BOD: you can use these non-standard objects in your queries and reports, but they are read-only in BOD to prevent changes to their required structure.

By default, the BOD Definition tab is found under Tools > Business object designer: From the toolbar, choose New > Design Business Definition (or select an existing object, then from the toolbar choose Edit), then select the Definition tab.

■ Name - The name of the BOD object. Caution! Do not use SQL Server reserved keywords as object names. Examples include ADD, GOTO, JOIN, and WHILE.

■ Active - Indicates whether the object is Active (being used). If unchecked, the object is archived.

■ Inherits from - If the object inherits from another object, the name of that object appears here and a red X appears next to it. The red X allows you to remove the inheritance, making this object stand alone. If the object does not inherit from another, a Browse button appears. Clicking the Browse button lets you find an object in the Document Browser and select it as the base object from which this one will inherit.

■ Description - A text description of what the object is meant to do. This appears in the tool tip help and also in the summary in the Document Browser.

■ Default Display Property - Indicates which property should be returned when the business object is referenced as a foreign-key by another business object.

Displays a tree view of business objects related to the open object. Branched objects inherit properties from the top Root object. To establish a branch, first create a new Design Business Definition. On the Definition tab, select Browse next to Inherits from and select the root object. After you click Create Object, make any required changes to the branched object, then Save.

Note: If you create a Copy of a Root object, you must recreate any branched objects that you require. Branch relationships are not saved during the copy. You cannot copy branched objects.