This document covers the following topics:
Object Description is available as an optional plug-in unit for Natural Studio.
With Object Description, you can document Natural sources in Predict via Natural Studio, and you can manipulate and retrieve data stored by Predict on the server.
In addition, you can use Object Description to manage external objects (generation, comparison and administration).
Some functions are only available in Predict.
In this version of Object Description, it is not possible to create new object types. This is currently only possible with Predict.
In this version of Object Description, generation and incorporation is supported for Adabas and DB2 structures. This includes generation and incorporation of the following:
Adabas databases (incorporation only),
Adabas files,
DB2 databases,
DB2 procedures/functions (generation only),
DB2 storagegroups,
DB2 tablespaces,
DB2 tables/views,
DDMs for Natural (generation only),
activation of automatic processing rules (generation only).
Generation and incorporation of other external objects is currently only possible with Predict.
With Object Description, locking of documentation objects takes place. This feature is not supported in Predict. See Locking of Documentation Objects for further details.