Administrative Functions of ASF › Initializing the Definition Area

Initializing the Definition Area

The IDMSR Schema

A system-supplied schema, IDMSR, is provided with the installation of CA IDMS/DB. This schema describes the areas, sets, and records that ASF uses to define data tables:

• Descriptions of the definition records used to store information about data tables defined through ASF
• The definition area, IDMSR-AREA, where the definition records are stored
• One secondary area, IDMSR-AREA2, where the data tables are stored

Before ASF can be used to define data tables, the definition records must be loaded into the definition area by performing the Initialize Definition Area function on the Administrator Control screen.

In addition to loading the definition records, the initialization function also establishes defaults for the ASF system, which can be changed at any time.