Use business components to group and display sources and mapplets in a repository folder. A business component node appears in each repository folder in the Repository Manager and the Designer. You can add an unlimited number of directories to the business component tree.

A business component can refer a source, a mapplet, or a shortcut to a source or mapplet.

The following figure shows directories in which you group business components:

You can use the same source or mapplet multiple times in the business component tree.

If the business component tree is in a shared folder, all directories in the business component tree are shared.