WebSphere Adapter for SAP Software

Metadata of SQI business objects

The metadata generated by enterprise service discovery provides the adapter with instructions on how to process SQI business objects. Metadata is generated at the business-object level, the operation level, and the property level.

Business-object-level metadata

You can view (and modify) the metadata values associated with the business object. Use the Properties tab within WebSphere® Integration Developer to modify the values.
Note: Do not change the metadata element name.

The following table describes the business-object metadata elements of an SQI business object.

Table 1. Business-object level metadata
Metadata element Description
TableName The name of the table that this business object represents.
DataDelimiter The character used as the delimiter in parsing returned data. The default value is |. The enterprise service discovery generates the default value.
Type The interface type the business object is supporting, which for the SAP query interface is SQI.

Property-level metadata

The following table describes the property-level metadata elements of an SQI business object.

Table 2. Property-level metadata
Metadata element Description
ColumnName The name of the business-object parameter, which is the actual column name in the SAP table.
PrimaryKey An indication of whether this property is a primary key.
ForeignKey Provides the foreign key relationship (if IsKey is true), which is the reference to the parent table key parameter.

Operation-level metadata

The operation-level metadata for an SQI business object specifies which data should be returned from the SAP table.

The following table describes the operation-level metadata elements of an SQI business object.

Table 3. Operation-level metadata
Metadata element Description
sapWhereClause Retrieves information from SAP tables. The default value is populated by enterprise service discovery.
maxRows The maximum number of rows to be returned. The default value is 100.
rowsSkip The number of rows to skip before retrieving data. The default value is 0.

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Last updated: Mon 30 Oct 2006 03:34:55

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