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 —  Predefined Object Types in Predict  —

General Information

This document covers the following topics:


Metastructure of the Predict Data Dictionary

The metastructure of the Predict data dictionary is illustrated below. Additional object types and association types can be defined with Metadata Administration functions. These objects are referred to as User Defined Object/Association Types or User Defined Entities (UDEs). See the section Metadata Administration in the Predict Administration documentation.

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Global Attributes

The following sections in the object type-specific windows are available for all predefined and user-defined object types.

General

When an object has been added and named, its object ID (name) and object type are shown in this section. Date and time when this object was added and last modified are also shown.

Each object in Predict is identified by its ID. This ID must be unique for objects of the same type.

Note:
Field objects can have the same ID if they belong to different files.

To change the ID of an object, use the Rename command.

Naming Conventions

IDs of all objects apart from verification are checked against the following naming conventions. (IDs of verifications are checked against Natural naming conventions.)

Naming Conventions for Natural

If the object ID is also to be referenced by a Natural subsystem, the Natural naming conventions should also be observed.

SQL Naming Conventions

Naming conventions for SQL objects are given in the part dealing with object type File in this documentation.

Naming Conventions for Extracts

The following extracts are added automatically with the Coordinator:

See the Predict Coordinator documentation for more information. These IDs are reserved.

Keywords

Up to 32 keywords can be assigned to any Predict object, including keywords.

This section provides a table. You can add new keywords to the table and/or delete existing keywords.

See the part on object type Keyword in this documentation for more information.

Abstract

Each object in Predict can have an abstract providing short comments on the object.

This section provides a simple text editor. Edit commands such as Copy and Paste are available in a context menu.

Owner

Each object in Predict can have an owner list.

This section provides a table. You can add new owners to the table and/or delete existing owners.

Extended Description

Each object in Predict can have a description.

This section provides a text editor. See Text Editor in Managing Documentation Objects, which is part of the Predict Description and Generation documentation.

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