Common elements and utilities

Optim™ components have many features and utilities in common.

To carry out its functions, the Optim solutions rely upon user‑defined objects to supplement objects defined to the database (for example, tables, primary keys, relationships, stored procedures). These user‑defined objects (collectively, Optim objects) are stored in the Optim directory.

Optim directory and common Optim objects

The Optim directory is a set of tables used to track processing status and store objects needed for processing. You must use the Configuration program to create or configure the directory tables and stored procedures needed to access the directory.

Objects in the directory include:

Common Utilities

The Archive utilities are directory maintenance, register files, and index maintenance, as well as and the storage profile utility. Other utilities are common to all Optim solutions:

Options

Personal and product options are used to maintain the solution environment. Generally, product options enforce site and system requirements, while you can use personal options to customize the solution for use at each workstation.

Using security options, you can establish as many as three levels of security for using the Optim solutions. Use functional security to control user access to the interface for functions, object security to control access to specific objects in the Optim directory, and archive file security to control access to data in archive files.



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