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<Session ID="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad4510m000" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Database Definitions (ttaad4510m000)</Title>
	</Header>
	<HelpTopic xml:lang="en"><AimSection><Paragraph class="Default"> 
                                 Use this session to list the <Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#000000000000019" role="glossary">database</Link> definitions, which you can maintain or display in the <Link href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad4110s000" role="session">Database Definitions (ttaad4110s000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
		</AimSection>
		<GeneralSection><List><ListIntro>Use the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu to:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Define database definitions for a copy of the database, or to specify an alternative database.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Rebuild the table definition file, $BSE/lib/tabledef6.X in the run-time <Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#100005" role="glossary">data dictionary</Link>. <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt" role="package">Tools</GUIRef> uses this file to find and access the tables in the system configuration.</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Paragraph class="Default">Use an alternative database when the actual database fails. When the database fails, the data is retrieved from the alternative database.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph class="Default">Restart <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt" role="package">Tools</GUIRef> to activate the changes.</Paragraph>
			<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<List><ListItem>If you start this session by zooming, you can only find and select a record.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>If you want to create a table definition file on the remote system, make sure that the remote user data is filled in and the variable BSE_REM is set.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</Note>
		</GeneralSection>
		<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>
                                 Related topics
                              </SectionTitle>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tt/onlinemanual/100003" role="manual">To create database definitions</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000001" role="manual">To use an overview session</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000035" role="manual">To maintain records in an overview session</Link>
			</RelTopic>
		</RelatedTopics>
	</HelpTopic>
	<Fields><FieldHelp ID="ttaad410.dbse"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Database</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Specifies the <Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#000000000000019" role="glossary">database</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt" role="package">Tools</GUIRef> environment.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="ttaad410.desc"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Description</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Specifies the description of the database definition.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="ttaad410.syst"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">System Name</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc> 
                                 No Help topic is associated with this item.
                              </FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="ttaad410.torg"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Database Type</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Enter the database type of the database definition code. The data of those tables assigned to a database definition code, is physically stored in its database (type).</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad4110s000#ttaad410.syst" role="manual">System Name</GUIRef> name field is filled in, the database type of the remote system can be defined on this field. You must use this for converting data to the tabledef6.1 file on the remote system.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph class="Default"><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt" role="package">Tools</GUIRef> supports several database types.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="ttaad410.forr"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Force to rd.</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc> 
                                 If this check box is selected, the table is force read.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">If you use more than one database, or database redirections to another system, you can specify which database must be accessed for specific tables. Typically, the bshell accesses the database that has been specified as the first database in the table's database definition.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph class="Default">There can be reasons, for example, performance, to read the table from another database (type). In that case, you can specify to force read table.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="ttaad410.copy"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Copy</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc> 
                                 If this check box is selected, a copy of the database or alternative database exists.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
	</Fields>
</Session>
