Patent ID: 8239371

Claim:
A computer implemented method, the method comprising: selecting, by a processor of a computer acting in response to user input, a plurality of business objects nodes (BONS) to be included in a business object-modeled database view entity, the plurality of BONS being associated with and selected from at least two of a plurality of business objects (BOs), the plurality of BOs each being a pre-defined data structure including one or more of the plurality of BONS, and the BONS each having associated attributes; defining, by the processor in response to user input, join conditions of the selected plurality of BONS; defining, by the processor in response to user input, the view entity as a set of attributes selected from the attributes of the plurality of BONS and connected to each other by the join conditions; saving the view entity to persist the defined set of attributes of the view entity; and presenting a graphical representation of the view entity, including an indication of the set of attributes of the view entity.