Application groups

An application group represents the data that you store in Content Manager OnDemand and the documents that you query, view, print, and FAX using Content Manager OnDemand client programs. For example, the data can be reports generated by a z/OS® application program, index data generated by ACIF, and annotations created by users.

When you define an application group, you specify properties of the application group, such as the organization of the database and the storage characteristics for the files that are to be stored in the application group. You also define the database fields that will hold index data extracted from the reports that you store in the application group.

Content Manager OnDemand extracts index data from the reports that you load into an application group and places the data in the database fields that you define. Content Manager OnDemand uses the index values to identify the documents that meet the search criteria entered by a user.

When you define an application group, you can also select the types of application group messages that Content Manager OnDemand saves in the system log.

When you define an application group, you specify permissions that let users access and maintain the application group and application group data. You can identify the groups and users that can access data stored in the application group with Content Manager OnDemand client programs. You can specify the types of functions that users can perform, such as viewing, printing, and annotating reports. You can assign administrator authority to a user or a group. Administrator authority allows a user to update the application group, for example, to authorize other users to access data stored in the application group.

Content Manager OnDemand organizes information about an application group into sections: General, Message Logging, Storage Management, Permissions, Field Definition, Field Information, and Advanced Index Information. Each section contains options, fields that you can use to enter information about the application group, and command buttons.