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Building Blocks

The following items are the building blocks of EDL statements:

Objects

Database objects such as computers, servers, volumes, files, and so.

Note: In EDL, COMPUTER and SERVER are equivalent objects. You can use them interchangeably.

Attributes

Object attributes that appear as columns (fields) in the object table. Computers have such attributes as name, operating system, size, and free space. EDL applies the correct attributes to each object.

Relationships

Connections between various types of database objects. EDL is aware of the relationships between objects.

Keywords

Predefined symbols and words that have special meaning in EDL.

Operators

Combined objects and values in EDL expressions.