Business objects
- access to (relational) data
Designer -- define data model
- universes, classes, objects -- shield from tables
Business user -- deploy views
- select, order, summarize, aggregate, tabulate
slide: Business objects
(Business) frameworks
- collection of components
- generic solution for a class of problems
- frame of mind for solving problems
- set of architectural constraints
slide: Business frameworks
core business processes
- Accounts Receivable/Payable
- General Ledger
- Sales Order Management
- Purchase Order Management
common business objects
- Business Partner, Address, Number, Currency
foundation object model classes
- Command, Entity, Dependent, Collection/Iterator, Factory
slide: SanFrancisco object layers