Business Object - Schema

Use this page to maintain a business object's schema. Open this page using Admin > System > Business Object and then navigate to the Schema tab.

Description of Page

The contents of this section describe the zones that are available on this portal.

The General Information zone displays main attributes of the business object.

Click the View Schema hyperlink to view the business object's expanded schema definition. Doing this opens the schema viewer window.

Click the View XSD hyperlink to view the business object's expanded schema definition in XSD format.

The Schema Designer zone allows you to edit the business object's schema. The purpose of the schema is to describe the business object's properties and map them to corresponding maintenance object fields.

Fastpath: Refer to Schema Syntax and UI Hint syntax for a complete list of the XML nodes and attributes available to you when you construct a schema. Also note that the Schema Tips zone in the dashboard provides links to launch these help topics directly.

Note: Generating a Schema A context sensitive "Generate Schema" zone is associated with this page. The zone provides a button that allows the user to generate a basic schema that includes all the fields for all the tables for the BO's maintenance object. Note that each maintenance object has an underlying service and it's possible that some of the child tables in the maintenance object are not included in the service definition. If that is the case, a message is issued and the generated schema would need to be adjusted to remove that child table.

Note: View UI Rendering. A context sensitive "View UI Rendering" zone is associated with this page. The zone is useful for business objects that define the user interface detail using schema attributes and UI Hints. The buttons allow you to view the automatically rendered display and input maps.

The Schema Usage Tree zone summarizes all cross-references to this schema. These may be other schemas, scripts, and web services. For each type of referencing entity, the tree displays a summary node showing a total count of referencing items. The summary node appears if at least one referencing item exists. Expand the node to list the referencing items and use their description to navigate to their corresponding pages.