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Automation Engine's Object Orientation

AE shows processes in the form of objects. Each object is responsible for a work step and represents a certain task. This means that processes are composed of various objects on a modular basis.

This concept has tremendous advantages:

Clarity
All processes are clearly structured.
Simple maintenance
You can easily modify them.
Extensibility
It is easy to integrate new requirements.
Distributed processes
You can split complex processes into simple steps.
Re-usability
Subtasks can be integrated into various processes.

Object names can consist of up to 200 of the following characters: A-Z, 0-9, $, @, _, -, .. TimeZone object names are an exception; they must not exceed 8 characters.

Opening Objects

When you open an object in the UserInterface, you will first see its most significant tab.

In jobs, this is the Process tab provided that it includes a content. Otherwise, the Attributes tabopens first.

The Attributes tabalso opens for SAP Connection objects.