Object name & name

Question

Hi all,
When we try to create a bussiness object through transaction SWO1,it asks us for object name & name.
Can anyone please tell me the difference between them & what actually they are?
Regards,
Bhumika

Answer 1

For Object name :
Descriptive, English ID of a business object in the Business Object Repository (BOR).
Business objects are identified in the BOR both by their object ID (for example, SalesOrder) and by an internal, technical key (for example, BUS2032). Both means of identification must be unique among all object types.
Business objects are often addressed using the object ID from external applications, whereas within the BOR they are usually identified using the internal key. Initially only the internal key was used, but the extensive use of business objects gave rise to the need for addressing them using an ID. For compatibility reasons, both means of identification are now maintained.
The object ID is in English and can be a maximum of 32 characters, using both uppercase and lowercase.
Examples:
o  Material
o  BusinessPartner
o  SalesOrder
The object ID is also used as a proposed name for container elements in the workflow container and task container, if an element is to be created there with a reference to an object of the type in question.
for NAME :
The name should be meaningful enough for it to be used to select an object type.