Use the Business Data Item Properties dialog box to define data items for the Data of Interest shape in your orchestration diagram. Data items become BAM activity items when you export the BAM activity definition.
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Name
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Type a name for the data item.
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The business data item name may not begin with a space or a number, may not contain the following characters (` ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) - + = [ ] {{ }} \ / | ; : ' " , . ? < > € « »), may not contain non-space whitespace characters, and may not contain two spaces in a row. For additional information about Business Data Item name character limitations, see the WC3 XML schema datatypes character limitations at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=54506.
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Data type
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From the drop-down list, select the data type for the item. Data types include:
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Maximum length
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Type the maximum length of the business data item.
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This field is only enabled for text data items.
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Description
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Type a description for the data item.
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ODBA does not export data item descriptions as part of the BAM activity definition.
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Tasks
How to Define Data of Interest with ODBA
How to Export a BAM Activity Definition from ODBA
Other Resources
Defining Business Processes with ODBA