Overview of business objects

A business object is a container for application data, such as a customer or an invoice.

A business object can be mapped to a specific data type in your data model, or you can construct a business object with a complex structure that includes multiple parameters. Business objects are defined as XML schema definitions.

The application toolkit includes a set of predefined business objects, such as MDM_Connection, which is used to provide the information to connect to the MDM operational server.

Some of the business objects that are included with the application toolkit contain specific information about an entity. Some business objects are used as containers for a set of related business objects. Other business objects are constructs, which are general business objects that present MDM data in a useful way. For example, the MDM_TREE business object is a hierarchical tree representation of MDM data.

You can also create business objects that match your MDM data model. To create business objects from your MDM data model, you will need to import a WSDL file that you create using MDM Workbench.

To see the list of business objects, select Data from the Library on the left side of the Process Designer window. Double-click on a business object to display information about the business object, such as the business object parameters.