Creating a New Persistent Object Type

The process of creating a new Persistent Object Type is straightforward and basically comprises the following logical steps: First you must start the Retrieve Table dialog box from the Customization Browser window using the 'Create Persistent' button, then you proceed through a dialog box to the final step of defining the Object Type structure using the dedicated tabs of the Object Type Customizer.

To create a new Persistent Object Type, proceed as follows:

1. In the Customization Browser window, click the 'Create Persistent' button.

   The Retrieve a Table dialog box appears.

2. In this dialog box, the connection between a business object and a physical database object is being defined. To view the tables which are available in the database, select a database Scheme, enter a search string for the Table Name (or enter just the generic placeholder "%") and select the table type where appropriate (table, view).
3. Next click 'Retrieve Tables'. All objects (tables) available in the database which match the criteria are listed.
4. Select the required table or view in the list and click the Configure Object Type button to proceed.

   This will launch the Object Type Customizer which enables you to complete the configuration of the new Persistent Object Type.