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<Session ID="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad4512m000" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Database Definitions (Copies/Alternatives) (ttaad4512m000)</Title>
	</Header>
	<HelpTopic xml:lang="en"><AimSection><Paragraph class="Default"> 
                                 Use this session to list the database definitions that are used as copies of databases, or as alternative databases, which you can maintain or display in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad4112s000" role="session">Database Definitions (Copies/Alternatives) (ttaad4112s000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
		</AimSection>
		<GeneralSection><Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">If you have started this session by zooming, you can only find and select a record.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</GeneralSection>
		<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>
                                 Related topics
                              </SectionTitle>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tt/onlinemanual/100004" role="manual">To use remote databases</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="ttaad412.dbse"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Database</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Specifies the identification code of the database 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">Database</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Specifies the description of the database definition.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="ttaad412.copy"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Seq.</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Specifies the number of the database copy. You can define more than one copy database definition. The database copy with the lowest number is accessed first.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="ttaad412.syst"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">System Name</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Enter the name of the system where the database is located.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">If the database is on the local system, and the system is not part of a remote database configuration, do not fill this field. Specify the database type of the local database in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad4112s000#ttaad412.torg" role="manual">Database Type</GUIRef> field.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph class="Default">If you use a remote database configuration, enter the name of the system where the database is located.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<SimpleSection><SectionTitle>
                                    Example
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">Assume the following configuration: host 1 : the system where the database is located workst 1: work station 1 workst 2: work station 2</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph class="Default">The application manager works on workstation 1 and starts the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad4110s000" role="session">Database Definitions (ttaad4110s000)</GUIRef> session. He must enter host 1, the system where the database is located, on the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad4112s000#ttaad412.syst" role="manual">System Name</GUIRef> field. This is the system where the database is located. The application manager specifies the database type of the tables in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad4112s000#ttaad412.torg" role="manual">Database Type</GUIRef> field. When he starts the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad4113s000" role="session">Create Runtime Database Definitions (Tabledef) (ttaad4113s000)</GUIRef> session the application manager can specify to dump the tabledef file on the system where the database is located, workstation 1 and workstation 2.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">The application manager must have a remote user file in order to have access to the systems mentioned, to dump the table definition file, tabledef, on the system host1 and workst2.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="ttaad412.torg"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Database Type</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Specifies the database type of the database definition code. The data of tables assigned to a database definition code is physical stored in its database (type).</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph class="Default">If the System name field is filled, on this field the database type of the remote system can be defined. This is used 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>
			<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">For technical reasons <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt" role="package">Tools</GUIRef> Base and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt" role="package">Tools</GUIRef> Base TP can not exist together on one system.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="ttaad412.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. Normally, the bshell accesses the database that has been specified as the first database in the table's database definition.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph class="Default">There may 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="ttaad412.alco"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Copy/Alternative</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Specifies if the database is used as database copy or as an alternative database.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
	</Fields>
</Session>
