A delegate is an action or operation that an application can apply to a business object of a particular type. Each distinct object type, identified by its type identifier, can have its own set of task delegates (the set of delegates for one type might not be the same as the set of delegates for another type). The configuration information for a delegate is stored in an LDAP directory.

When a delegate is created, it is named, assigned to a type identifier, and the reference where the delegate resides is defined. A repository type is specified, and a description can also be entered for the delegate.

For more information on creating, updating, finding, deleting, importing, and exporting delegates, see Task Delegate Administration.