Content Manager OnDemand objects

This chapter contains information that can help you plan application groups, applications, and folders for your reports.

Overview
When you install and configure the Content Manager OnDemand software, you create and initialize a set of database tables that form the internal framework of the system.
Folders
A folder provides users the means to search for and retrieve related reports stored on the system.
Application groups
An application group is a collection of one or more applications that have the same index fields and storage characteristics.
Applications
A Content Manager OnDemand application describes the physical characteristics of a report, processing instructions for the indexing and data loading programs, and information about how Content Manager OnDemand displays and prints pages of a report.
Users and groups
Each user logs on to Content Manager OnDemand with a user ID. Content Manager OnDemand authenticates user IDs and determines the usage and administrative authority available to the user based on the log on user ID.
Content Manager OnDemand user ID relationship to IBM i user profiles
When you install Content Manager OnDemand, a default logon security user exit is enabled that forces a relationship between your Content Manager OnDemand user IDs and your IBM® i user profiles.
Permissions
Naming rules
When you create objects in Content Manager OnDemand, you assign names to the various objects.
Data types and field types
When you define an application group, Content Manager OnDemand creates a structure for a database table with the index and filter fields that you define.

Parent topic: Planning information