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Specifying Relations

This topic provides information for using the eight CA 2E relation types and includes examples that illustrate and explain how each individual type is used.

You specify a relation through the Edit Database Relations panel. Relations are specified as relation statements that have the following format:

Subject              Relation                        Object


OBJ                       REL                     OBJ

Subject OBJ is the name of a file, REL is the name of a relation type, and Object OBJ is the name of a file or field.