Business Object Designer Express does not allow you to have two business objects with the same name in the same project, which might occur in either of the following situations:
For more information, see Preventing duplicate definition names.
In this case, Business Object Designer Express displays an error message with the text: Business object with this name already exists.
If you attempt to open a definition from a file and your local or ICL-based project already contains a definition with the same name, Business Object Designer Express displays the Import Results dialog box illustrated in Figure 25.
Figure 25. Preventing duplicate names: Keep Local or Import.
In the Import Results dialog box, do the following for each business object definition listed as having a duplicate name:
Alternatively, you can use Select All BO Action as to specify either of two actions for every business object definition listed as a duplicate name. To overwrite all the business object definitions in your project with the definitions you are importing, select Overwrite Local. To refrain from importing the business object definitions that have duplicate names, select Don't Import.
The Actions drop-down list in the Import Results dialog box provides the following options:
To make this change, enter the new name in the New Name column as shown in Figure 25.
To make this change, enter the new name in the New Name column as shown in Figure 25.