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.

At run time, execution of an ODA involves the following components:

Figure 34 shows the components of the ODA runtime architecture.

Figure 34. Object Discovery Agent Architecture


To configure and run the ODA, use Business Object Wizard within Business Object Designer Express. Business Object Wizard is a graphical user interface to ODAs, as well as managing the discovery and content-generation process. This section provides the following information:

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