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Defining business objects
Predefine the business objects in IBM Integration Designer to be used by the project created in the next topic.
To predefine new business objects using the business object editor.
Procedure
- Expand the new module located inside of the Business Integration section of the IBM Integration Designer window.
- Right-click the Data Types folder
and select New > Business Object.
- Type a new Name in the Business Object window.
For example, Customer to create a customer business object.
- Click Finish. The new business object is added to the Data Types folder.
- Click the Add a field to a business object
icon and add the necessary fields to the business object.
Figure 1. Add Business object fields icon
- Click the Save icon.
- Repeat the previous steps for each business object to create.
Results
The new business objects are defined.
What to do next
Create a project, which is used to organize the files associated with the adapter.
Configure the module for deployment
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