Contents of the generated definition

The business object definition that ODA for Manugistics generates contains:

This section describes:

Business-object-level properties

ODA for Manugistics generates the following information at the business-object level:

Application-specific information at the business-object level allows you to:

At the business-object level, application-specific information format consists of parameters separated by semicolon (;) delimiters. The name of the parameter and its value are separated by a colon (:) delimiter. The syntax is:

TN=TableName; SCN=StatusColumnName:StatusValue
 

where TableName identifies the database table, StatusColumnName is the name of the database column used to perform logical deletes, and StatusValue is the value that signifies that a business object is inactive or deleted.

The AppSpecificInfo that ODA for Manugistics generates at this level contains a value only for the name of the database table or view. For information on specifying a value for the status column, see Application-specific information at the business-object level.

Attribute properties

This section describes the properties that ODA for Manugistics generates for each attribute. For more information about the attributes, see Business object attribute properties.

Name property

ODA for Manugistics obtains the value of the attribute's name from the column name in the database table or view.

Data type property

When setting the type of an attribute, ODA for Manugistics converts the data type of a column in the table or view to a corresponding IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter business object type. This conversion is done in two steps. First, the data type in the database is converted to a JDBC type. Then, the JDBC type is converted to an IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter business object type. The first conversion is done by the JDBC driver that you are using. Please refer to the JDBC specification (2.0 and above) for details on individual database type mapping to a JDBC type. Table 14 shows the conversion from the JDBC Type to the corresponding IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter business object type.

Table 15. Correspondence of data types

JDBC type WebSphere Business Integration Adapter business object type
BIT
 
BOOLEAN
 
CHAR
 
STRING
 
VARCHAR
 
STRING
 
LONGVARCHAR
 
STRING
 
INTEGER
 
INTEGER
 
NUMERIC
 
INTEGER
 
SMALLINT
 
INTEGER
 
TINYINT
 
INTEGER
 
BIGINT
 
INTEGER
 
DATE
 
DATE
 
TIME
 
DATE
 
TIMESTAMP
 
DATE
 
DECIMAL
 
STRING
 
DOUBLE
 
DOUBLE
 
FLOAT
 
DOUBLE
 
REAL
 
FLOAT
 
BINARY
 
STRING,
 

add

BYTEARRAY=TRUE
 

to

AppSpecificInfo
 
VARBINARY
 
STRING,
 

add

BYTEARRAY=TRUE
 

to

AppSpecificInfo
 
Note:
If a column's data type is not one of those shown in Table 15, ODA for Manugistics skips the column and displays a message stating that the column cannot be processed.

Cardinality property

ODA for Manugistics sets the cardinality of all simple attributes to 1.

MaxLength property

ODA for Manugistics obtains the length of a string from the length specified for the varchar, char, or text data type.

IsKey property

If the column is a primary key in the table, ODA for Manugistics marks it as a key attribute. However, if a view, instead of a table, is selected as the source node to generate business objects, ODA for Manugistics does not mark the column as a key attribute. In this case, the key attribute needs to be set manually.

IsForeignKey property

ODA for Manugistics does not set the IsForeignKey property. You can set it in Business Object Designer.

IsRequired property

If a field is designated not null in the table or view, ODA for Manugistics marks it as a required attribute. However, ODA for Manugistics does not mark the key field as required because there may be a sequence associated with it, or it may be an identity column.

AppSpecificInfo property

ODA for Manugistics includes two parameters for the AppSpecificInfo property at the attribute level. The syntax of the specified parameters are:

CN=ColumnName
 

where ColumnName is the name of the column in the database table or view associated with the specific attribute.

BYTEARRAY=true|false
 

ODA for Manugistics recognizes columns with binary data and creates an attribute of type String with an AppSpecificInfo property of BYTEARRAY=true.

Note:
You can set additional AppSpecificInfo parameters in Business Object Designer. For information about these parameters, see Application-specific information at the attribute level.

Verbs

ODA for Manugistics generates the verbs specified in the BO Properties window. It creates an AppSpecificInfo property for each verb but does not populate it. For more information, see Application-specific information format for verbs.

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