Applications

In Content Manager OnDemand, an application is an object that describes the physical attributes of a report or input file, such as the type of data in the input file, the code page, and whether the input data contains carriage control characters. An application also contains instructions that the data indexing and loading programs use to process the input data.

You typically define an application for each different type of report or source of data that you plan to store in Content Manager OnDemand.

When you define an application, you assign the application to an application group and specify the physical and logical characteristics of the report. The physical characteristics of a report include
  • The code page
  • The type of data found in the input file
  • Information about carriage control characters
The logical characteristics of a report include the different ways that you want to present the information that is contained in the report to your users.

The Content Manager OnDemand data indexing, loading, and viewing programs process the report by using the information that you specify to the application. For example, you can specify the parameters that the Content Manager OnDemand indexing program uses to locate and extract index data from the report.

You can also create logical views for the application. Logical views represent different ways to display pages of the report. You can configure printing options, such as defining a default printer for users and printing options for AFP and line data documents.

Content Manager OnDemand organizes information about an application into the following sections:
  • General
  • View Information
  • Indexer Information
  • Load Information
  • Logical View Fields
  • Logical Views
  • Miscellaneous Options
Each section contains fields that you can use to enter information about the application.