Common Elements and Utilities

Optim™ components have many features and utilities in common.

Features common to all Optim components, Archive, Move, Edit, and Compare, are explained in the Common Elements Manual .

To carry out its functions, Optim relies upon user‑defined objects as supplements to objects defined to the database (for example, tables, primary keys, relationships, stored procedures). These user‑defined objects (collectively, Optim objects) are stored in the Optim Directory.

Optim Directory and Common Optim Objects

The Optim Directory is a set of tables in which Optim tracks processing status and store objects needed for processing. You must use the Configuration program to create or configure the Directory tables and stored procedures needed to access the Directory.

Objects in the Directory that are common to Optim include:

Common Utilities

The Archive utilities (Directory Maintenance, Register Files, and Index Maintenance) and the Storage Profile utility are documented in the Archive User Manual. Other utilities that are common to all Optim components are documented in the Common Elements Manual, as follows:

Options

Personal and Product Options are used to maintain the Optim environment. Generally, Product Options parameters enforce site and system requirements, while you can use Personal Options to customize Optim for use at each workstation. (Refer to the Installation and Configuration Guide and the Common Elements Manual .)

Security options allow you to establish as many as three levels of security for using Optim. Functional security allows you to control user access to the interface for functions provided by Optim, object security allows you to control access to specific objects in the Optim Directory, and Archive File security allows you to control access to data in Archive Files. All security options are documented in the Installation and Configuration Guide .