Contents

About this document

  • Audience
  • Related documents
  • Typographic conventions
  • New in this release

  • New in Business Object Designer Express and Express Plus
  • New in Business Object Designer Express version 4.2
  • Business objects

  • Business objects in the WebSphere business integration system
  • Business object definitions
  • Business object instances
  • Business object structure
  • Flat business objects
  • Hierarchical business objects
  • Overview of the development process
  • Setting up the development environment
  • Stages of business object development
  • Business object design

  • Determining business object structure
  • Representing one entity
  • Representing multiple entities
  • Design considerations for multiple entities
  • Designing application-specific business objects
  • Contents of application-specific business object definitions
  • Designing for an existing connector or data handler
  • Designing generic business objects
  • Generic business object design standards
  • Designing for event isolation
  • Attributes in a generic business object
  • Evaluating existing generic business objects
  • Determining mapping requirements for business objects
  • Using Business Object Designer Express

  • Working with projects
  • If Business Object Designer Express is running without System Manager
  • If Business Object Designer Express is running from System Manager
  • Starting Business Object Designer Express
  • Opening a business object definition from Business Object Designer Express
  • Opening a business object definition from a project
  • Opening a definition from a file
  • Preventing duplicate definition names
  • Working with business object definitions
  • Opening a business object definition and its contained child
  • Business Object Designer Express functionality
  • File menu
  • Edit menu
  • View menu
  • Tools menu
  • Window menu
  • Developing business object definitions

  • Creating a business object definition
  • Creating a flat business object definition manually
  • Creating a hierarchical business object definition manually
  • Deleting a business object definition
  • Deleting a definition using Business Object Designer Express
  • Deleting a definition using System Manager
  • Using an Object Discovery Agent to create a business object definition
  • Before using an ODA
  • Using the ODA to create business object definitions
  • Entering values and saving a profile
  • Setting up logging and tracing
  • Moving through the source-node hierarchy
  • Providing additional information
  • Using multiple ODAs simultaneously
  • Shutting down ODAs running on iSeries
  • Notices

  • Programming interface information
  • Trademarks and service marks
  • Index

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