Describing a Data Object
To specify that a shared object corresponds to an object collection:
1. Open the Characteristics properties page of the data object.
2. Click the arrow at the right of the Collection box, and select Yes.
The shared object then takes the following form:
Information necessary for execution of operations can be consulted or updated in the data objects.
To indicate that information was obtained from a data object, for example that stock data used by the "Analyze Purchase Request" operation was obtained from the "Stock Data" data object:
Click the link 
button in the insert tool bar to link the "Stock Data" to the "Analyze Purchase Request" operation.
A data object is represented by an open head arrow if it is read by a process without having been updated by one of the processes in the repository. A data object is represented with a solid head arrow if it is updated by a process and not read by any of the processes in the repository.