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title: Business Operations Entity (2017/01)
slug: legacy-docs/business-operations-entity-201701
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createdAt: 2025-03-11T07:03:30.744Z
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All business operations entities are structured as follows:

`entity`:

- `UID` string: The unique identifier of the business operation
- `SingularName`  string: The name of the operation in singular form. This value is useful for displaying in entity properties dialogs.
- `PluralName`  string: The name of the operation in plural form. This value is useful for displaying in user and role properties dialogs.
- `FullName`  string: The name of the current operation along with its parent operations (if any). Since many operation names aren't unique, this value is useful for differentiating similar business operations.
- `TargetEntity`  EntityType: The target entity for a given operation (“devices” in this instance)
- `Parent` BusinessOperation: An operation instance indicating the operation from which permissions are inherited. This value will be "null" if there is no parent operation.
- `Descendants`  BusinessOperation\[]: An array of operation instances that inherit permissions from this operation. This value is "null" if there are no descendant operations.
- `Permissions` Permission\[]: The permissions entity associated with this operation. See the [Permission Entity (2017/01)](docId\:HORbsQTI93-eAFZzFtgMy).