Using an Object Discovery Agent to create a business object definition

This section describes how to use an Object Discovery Agent (ODA) to generate business object definitions for application-specific business objects. An ODA is an optional component of an adapter. When you install a pre-defined adapter that has an ODA, its ODA is installed automatically. If you are developing a custom adapter and you want to use an ODA to create business object definitions, you can use the Object Discovery Agent Development Kit (ODK) to develop one. For more information about developing a custom ODA, see Developing an Object Discovery Agent.

To configure and run the ODA, use the Business Object Wizard in Business Object Designer. Business Object Wizard is a graphical user interface to ODAs that manages the discovery and content-generation process. This section provides the following information:

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