Overview Editor for Business Objects

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Use to modify a Business Object, add attributes to a Business Object or configure the attributes of a Business Object.

You can use Business Objects to model the business entities involved in the process you are designing.

Business Object
Use this section to configure the properties of the Business Object.

Description
Use this field to provide a short description that summarizes the functionality of the Business Object.

Documentation
Click to edit existing documentation or to add new documentation for a Business Object. Use this documentation to describe what this Business Object represents, how to use it and any warnings the user should take into account. Business analysts often use this field to describe what they expect the developer to implement. If you use this field to communicate ideas between the business analysts and developers then you must update it after the developer finishes the implementation.
After you publish your project BPM WorkSpace uses the information in this field to provide contextual help to the end user.

Details

QName
Namespace and name that identify the type. For customized types it shows the namespace and name of the original type.

Type
Specifies the type is a TYPE or an ELEMENT.

Based on Resource
The resource where the original type is stored.

Attributes
Use this section to add new attributes to the Business Object or to configure the properties of existing attributes.

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Click to view or hide the list of attributes in the Business Object.

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Click to add a new attribute to the Business Object. More

Attribute
Use this section to configure the properties of the attribute, to delete it or to assign it a position within the Business Object.

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Click to view or hide the details of an attribute.

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Click to delete the attribute from the Business Object. More

Move Up Icon
Click to move the attribute up in the list of attributes. Use this action to re-order the attributes in a Business Object. By default the attributes in a Business Object are ordered in the order you created them.

Move Down Icon
Click to move the attribute down in the list of attributes. By default the attributes in a Business Object are ordered in the order you created them.

Description
Enter a short description that summarizes how to use this attribute.

Documentation
Click to edit existing documentation or to add new documentation for an attribute of the Business Object. Use this documentation to describe what the attribute represents, including allowed and default values. This documentation is only available from Studio. You can use it to describe the attribute to other developers working in the project or to warn them about the consequences of changing its properties during development or its value in run-time.

Type
Select the type to assign to the attribute. This list contains all the available types you can assign to this attribute. The value you select in this list determines the type of the default value, and might change some of the properties you define in this editor.


Modeling and Implementation Guide for Oracle BPM, "Modeling Business Objects"