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Create Data Objects and Configure Value Help for a Data Object

Beginner
10 min.
SAP Workflow Management, business rules capability, Beginner, Tutorial, Cloud, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry environment
Create data objects that hold employee and equipment details, and create value help for a data object attribute.
You will learn
  • How to create data objects for a scenario
  • How to configure the value help for a data object
VandanaVasudevanVandana VasudevanSeptember 29, 2021
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September 19, 2019
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Data objects are the building blocks of a project. They store the input as well as output data of a rule. Data objects consist of attributes that store the data within a data object.

In this tutorial, we will create data objects which hold the employee details and the equipment details. We will also model value help for a data object attribute to choose the values while modeling rules.

  • Step 1

    1. Choose Data Objects > Local Data Objects.

      create data object

    2. In the Local Data Objects section, choose +.

      new data object

    3. In the New Data Object screen, provide the following details for the output data object as shown:

      Name Label Description Type
      EquipmentInfo EquipmentInfo Equipment Information Structure

      You can leave the other fields as it is.

      data object details

    4. Under Attributes tab, choose + in the Simple Attributes table to create a new attribute for the data object EquipmentInfo.

      Attributes for EquipmentInfo

    5. Enter the following details in the new row:

      Name Label Description Business Data Type
      ProductDesc Product Description Product descriptionString
      Attributes for EquipmentInfo

    6. Similarly, create five new attributes with the following values:

      Name Label Description Business Data Type
      Price Price Price of the equipment Number
      EquipmentType Equipment Type Type of equipment String
      ProductID Product ID Product ID String
      Currency Currency Currency String

      Then, choose Activate.

      Five new attributes

      Activating will also save and validate the data object.

    7. Similarly, create and activate EquipmentApproval data object and its attribute with the following values:

      Data Object:

      Name Label Description Type
      EquipmentApproval EquipmentApproval Approval required for the equipment list selected for the new hire. Structure

      Simple Attributes:

      Name Label Description Business Data Type
      ApprovalNeeded ApprovalNeeded Is approval needed for the equipment? Boolean

      Then, choose Activate.

      EquipmentApproval data object

    8. Similarly, create and activate Equipment data object and its attribute with the following values:

      Data Object:

      Name Label Description Type
      Equipment Equipment Details of the equipment opted for the new hire. Structure

      Simple Attributes:

      Name Label Description Business Data Type
      TotalAmount TotalAmount Total amount of all the selected equipment Number

      Then, choose Activate.

      Equipment data object

    9. Similarly, create and activate Employee data object and its attributes with the following values:

      Data Object:

      Name Label Description Type
      Employee Employee Details of the employee Structure

      Simple Attributes:

      IsFullTimeEmployee:

      Name Label Description Business Data Type
      IsFullTimeEmployee IsFullTimeEmployee True if the employee works full time or else false. Boolean

      countryofCompany:

      Name Label Description Business Data Type
      countryofCompany Country or Region of Company Country or Region of company String

      company:

      Name Label Description Business Data Type
      company company Company name String

      jobTitle:

      Name Label Description Business Data Type
      jobTitle jobTitle Job title of the recruit String

      Then, choose Activate.

      Employee data object

    10. Navigate to the Local Data Objects tab to view the list of data objects.

      List of data objects
  • Step 2

    1. Choose Employee data object.

      Create value help

    2. Choose Edit and then choose countryofCompany attribute.

      countryofCompany attribute

    3. Choose Value Help tab and then choose Edit.

      New value help

    4. Choose +.

      Add value help

    5. Choose Value List from the dropdown list.

      Create value list

      Select the newly created Value List.

      Value list

    6. In the Details section, choose + to add a Value-Description pair and then provide the following values:

      Value Description
      USA United States
      DEU Germany
      IND India
      AUS Australia

      Then, choose Save.

      Save value help

    7. As you edited the data object to configure value help, the status will change to Inactive. To activate the data object, choose Employee in the breadcrumb navigation.

      Activate Employee data object

    8. Choose Edit.

      Choose Edit to activate

      Then, choose Activate.

      Activate data object

    9. Choose DetermineEquipment01 in the breadcrumb navigation to navigate to the Data Objects tab.

      Breadcrumb navigation

    For which of the following entities, can you configure value help?

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