Business object attribute properties

Business object architecture defines various properties that apply to attributes. This section describes how the connector interprets several of these properties and describes how to set them when modifying a business object.

Property Meaning
Default Value Not used.
Max Length Not used.
Name Name of the attribute as it appears in the MetaSolv API.
Type All simple types are of type String.
Foreign Key Not used.
Key Defines the Key value of the business object.
Required

Note:
The connector does not support specifying an attribute that represents a child business object or an array of child business objects as a key attribute.

Special attribute values

IsIgnore, IsBlank

The MetaSolv API requires that every attribute be specified when the API object is sent to the server. For both CxIgnore and CxBlank, the connector uses the WebSphere Business Integration Adapter-defined blank value.

The connector uses IsBlank as the business object equivalent of a fixed-length string, up to the maximum length of the attribute.

Date Format

The connector expects dates in the WebSphere Business Integration Adapter generic date format (YYYYMMDD hhmmss). However, the time information is ignored, because the MetaSolv API does not support time.

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