Administrative Functions of ASF › Initializing the Definition Area › The Steps of Initialization › Step 3. Initialize the Area

Step 3. Initialize the Area

Press [PF3] to invoke the Initialize Definition Area function. This function stores the following records in the definition area:

• The OOAK owner records for the relational definition records
• One RDEFREC (record definition record) for each definition record type
• The AREAREC (area record)
• The GCTLREC (generation control record)

The definition records need to be loaded into the definition area only. The Initialize Definition Area function of the Administrator Control screen is used only when the ASF system is initialized.

Add Non-SQL Defined Records

Non-SQL defined records that are to be made available to ASF should be added to the schema IDMSR as soon as the system is initialized, before any tables are created through ASF. This ensures that you will not be adding record, area, and set descriptions whose names duplicate names of schema components created by ASF.