A business view is a selection of data items from one or more tables. After you create a table, use Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Business View Design to create a business view that contains only the data items that are required for the application. JD Edwards EnterpriseOne uses the business view that you create to generate the appropriate SQL statements that are necessary to retrieve data from the database. After you define a business view, you can attach it to a:

• Form that updates data in an interactive application.

• Report that displays data.

Business views increase performance by moving less data across the network because you include only those data items that an application requires.

Business views are required for creating applications and generating reports. Business views:

• Link a JD Edwards EnterpriseOne application to one or more tables.

• Contain all or a subset of data items from one or more tables.

• Can use table joins to join multiple tables on common fields.

• Are building blocks for text search indexes that enable full-text searching of data.

  To make a business view available for full-text searching, select the Text Search option on the properties form. Do not select this option if you do not plan to use the business view for full-text searching; doing so can negatively affect performance.