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Business object editor
You can use the business object editor inIBM Integration Designer to build and edit business objects.
The business object editor works with the following views:
- Business Integration view
- Physical Resources view
- Editor area
- Properties view
Business integration view
The Business Integration perspective has a Business Integration view, which provides a logical view of the key resources in each module and library. Within each module or library, the resources are categorized by type. Logical resources shown in the navigation tree do not necessarily have a one-to-one mapping to files. Artifacts that are not necessary for the development of integration applications are not shown in this navigation tree. Business objects are listed under the library data types section.By default, the resources are sorted by type of object. You can also sort all of the resources within each module or library by the folders that contain the resources or by namespaces (which would turn on and display the namespaces of all the resources). The sort options can be selected from the down arrow at the top of the Business Integration view. You can also drag resources from the Business Integration view to the canvas of the business object editor to further work with them.
Physical Resources view
The Physical Resources view shows all of the file-level resources in the modules and libraries. Related projects that are generated when creating business integration applications are still hidden in this view. By default, this view is not open in the Business Integration perspective. Select a module or library and right-click to select Show Files to open the Physical Resources view.The logical contents of the physical file are also displayed in this view.
For example, if you have several business objects in an XSD file, you can expand the XSD file in this view and see all the business objects in the file.
If you have an artifact open in an editor, you can click the opened artifact in the editor area (to focus on it) and then click the Link
open editors with content in the Navigator button 
to quickly locate the file in the Business Integration view.
Editor area
When you open a resource from the Business Integration view with an editor, the resource is displayed in the editor area. The diagrams for the business object editor are composed on the canvas of the editor. When you open a business object in the editor area, you can compose its contents. You can add fields to the business object by clicking on the Add a field to a business object icon 
.
Graphical editors work with the Properties view to show the properties of selected elements on the canvas.
Properties view
When you use the Properties view with the Physical Resources view, the Properties view is a read-only view where you can see information about a selected artifact.When you use the Properties view with editors, you can modify properties of selected elements in the editor.