Data Interfaces

Outlook: SAP Business Objects
l Object-oriented
approach with
R/3
l Management of
objects in the
Business
Object
Repository
l Currently, there
are about 160
core business
objects
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Behavior
Restrictions
Rules Methods
Events
In Release 3.0 of the R/3 System, an object-oriented approach has been directly implemented in the SAP
business workflow development. This includes encapsulation of functions and modules, and also
inheritance, i.e. hierarchical relationships between object types.
An object type is the definition/description of all objects generated at runtime. It is thus available at the
time of definition, whereas objects are always edited at runtime.
Objects are defined by a key structure which consists primarily of key fields of the relevant tables which
make up the business document. Besides the key structure, you can define other proerties which
correspond to the database fields of tables.
Methods in R/3 are the implementation of actions (e.g. performed by ABAP/4 reports, function modules
or transactions) and can be executed with the relevant object.