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Mastering SAP ABAP
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Mastering SAP ABAP

by Paweł Grześkowiak, Philipp Deth, Wojciech Ciesielski, Wojciech Ćwik
May 2019
Beginner to intermediate
548 pages
12h 39m
English
Packt Publishing
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Nodes and entities

Every BO contains multiple entities. There are several types of entity that can be used. The following list describes each of them:

  • Nodes: These are basic entity types that are used for the data models of our business objects. Nodes are attributes that describe the features of a business object. They can be divided into two types: a persistent node, to keep data taken from a database, and a transient node, to keep data loaded on demand.
  • Actions: These are operations that are performed on a node. An action is always triggered by the user through the user interface. It can be anything your user wants to do with an object, such as save or archive it, or even something a bit closer to business, such as deliver a sales order ...
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