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<Session ID="/baanerp/dm/sys/dmsys1512m000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Object Families (dmsys1512m000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to create a new <Link href="/baanerp/dm/glossary/glossary#000065" role="glossary">object family</Link> or view existing object families. Object
		  families enable you to group various objects. Each family has an owner and a
		  member or several members, based on the type of family.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <Paragraph>You can click the corresponding commands on the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Specific menu</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <GeneralSection>
            <List>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Object Properties for Browser</GUIRef>: Starts the <Link href="/baanerp/dm/sys/dmsys0114m000" role="session">Object Properties (dmsys0114m000)</Link> session. Use this session to define the
				object family by the linked object type.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Family Members</GUIRef>: Starts the <Link href="/baanerp/dm/sys/dmsys0113m000" role="session">Family Members (dmsys0113m000)</Link> session. Use this session to link a new object as
				a member to the current selected object family.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Virtual Family Content</GUIRef>: Starts the <Link href="/baanerp/dm/sys/dmsys0110m000" role="session">System Objects Links (dmsys0110m000)</Link> session. Use this session to group object
				families. Virtual family contains only other object families as members and
				does not contain any object as a member. Only the system administrator can
				group the object families.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Browse</GUIRef>: Starts the <Link href="/baanerp/dm/com/dmcomobjbrows" role="session">Object Browsing (dmcomobjbrows)</Link> session. Use this session to start a browser
				window to view the properties of the object family and the family's
				members.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Browser Options</GUIRef>: Starts the <Link href="/baanerp/dm/sys/dmsys0115m000" role="session">Object Browser Details (dmsys0115m000)</Link> session. Use this session to specify
				whether to display only member of the object, display other families, wherein
				the owner of the current selected family also acts as owner of the other
				families.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </GeneralSection>
      </GeneralSection>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/dm/onlinemanual/000043" role="manual">Object Families</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="dmsys112.fmid">
         <Header>
            <Title>Family</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The object family ID.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="dmsys112.fown">
         <Header>
            <Title>Owner</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The owner of the object family.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="dmsys112.fdsc">
         <Header>
            <Title>Description</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The description of the object family.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="dmsys112.virt">
         <Header>
            <Title>Virtual</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The virtual object family. If this check box is selected, the object family is virtual which is used to group various
		  object families.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="dmsys112.sysf">
         <Header>
            <Title>System Defined Family</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The system-defined object family. If this check box is selected, the family is a system defined family, which you cannot
		  modify.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
   </Fields>
</Session>