Business object properties revision

When a business object's displayed state is Published, you cannot modify the business object's properties, fields or anything else about the business object. This is explained in "Create-Publish-Revise cycle".

To be able to revise a business object, you must first change its state to Revision In Progress. To do this, go to the Data Modeler menu bar and click Tools > Revise BO. Clicking the Revise BO menu item changes the displayed state of the business object to Revision In Progress.

Once the displayed state of the business object is Revision In Progress, you are able to make changes to the business object.

A revision is created for a business object every time you publish it by clicking Publish BO. The current revision for a business object displays at the bottom of the Business Object Properties panel.

To view a list of revisions to a business object, select Tools > Builder Tools > Data Modeler. Select the business object from the Object Browser and click List All Revisions. You can also access a business object's revision list by selecting Tools > List All BO Revisions. The revisions are listed in reverse chronological order in the Business Object Revisions section. You can revert to a previous revision of a business object by selecting the previous revision and clicking Publish.

You can compare two revisions of a business object by selecting them and clicking Compare. You can also compare to business objects with different names. The results display in the Comparison Result section. To view the results in a new window, click the button next to the Compare menu. You can also export the comparison results to a text file by clicking Export.