Preventing duplicate definition names

Business Object Designer does not allow you to have two business objects with the same name in the same project, which might occur in either of the following situations:

If you attempt to open a definition from a file and your local or ICL-based project already contains a definition with the same name, Business Object Designer displays the Import Results dialog box illustrated in Figure 25.

Figure 25. Preventing duplicate names: Keep Local or Import

In the Import Results dialog box, do the following for each business object definition listed as having a duplicate name:

  1. Click Action and select an action from the list. An explanation of each action is provided below.
  2. If you selected Keep Import/Rename Local or Keep Local/Rename Import, type the new name for the business object definition in the Name column as shown in Figure 25.

Alternatively, you can use Select All BO Action as to specify either of two actions for every business object definition listed as a duplicate name. To overwrite all the business object definitions in your project with the definitions you are importing, select Overwrite Local. To refrain from importing the business object definitions that have duplicate names, select Don't Import.

The Actions list in the Import Results dialog box provides the following options:

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