#This page explains how to use complex data type in IBM BPM

Complex Data Variables

• Business objects(also called as Complex data variable) is used to present the business data in the business process.
• It is basically a structure containing related data items.
• A Business Object is commonly used to describe a series of attributes that apply to a concept being worked upon in a process.

Eg1: 'InventoryItem' can be a business object. It can be created as a structure containing multiple related items. The 'InventoryItem' can contain related items like: 'materialNumber', 'description', 'unitPrice', 'quantity'.

Eg2: 'StudentInformation' can be a business data . It can have related multiple items like 'studentNumber', 'firstName', 'lastName', 'DOB', 'stream', ..etc..

Sample screenshot of the complex data

Tutorials

Creating and using complex data types