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Prerequisites

The Construction toolset uses information that is stored in the Host Encyclopedia for a CA Gen model. The Host Encyclopedia is the primary source of information for system generation and database generation. Before Construction begins, each type of generation requires complete information from certain diagrams. The type of generation and the required diagrams for each type are:

Database generation requires:

• Data Store
• Data Structure

System generation requires:

• Data Model
• Dialog Flow Diagram
• Screen Design Diagrams for online applications
• Procedure Action Diagrams
• Data Structure

Referential Integrity generation requires:

• Data Structure
• Data Model

To produce these diagrams, use CA Gen at the workstation.

CA Gen requires consistency for the portion of the model for which it is constructing the application system. The CA Gen Consistency Check feature verifies consistency for the model, or selected objects from the model. The workstation toolset includes a Consistency Check option to use to check the model before uploading it to the Host Encyclopedia.

After uploading the model to the Host Encyclopedia, you can use the host Consistency Check to validate the model. The host and the workstation Consistency Check functions use the same rule base.