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   <Header>
      <Title>Object Families</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e272483">
         <Level1>Object Families</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>Object families are the basis of the ODM linking mechanism.
		Object families consist of a family owner and family members. The family owner
		and the family members are object types. One of the functions of families is to
		determine which object types can be attached to other object types. A family
		owner can be linked to all of the owner’ s members.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Most family data is supplied as part of ERP Enterprise set-up
		data, and is only modified or added to as part of system customization. This
		customization includes data that determines the structure of libraries, and
		data that determines the information that the Object Explorer displays in
		various circumstances. However, the system administrator can determine which
		object types can be linked to other object types with the addition or removal
		of members to existing families. The system administrator can also set up new
		families that must be used to determine folder content profiles.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To create object families for folder content
		profiles</SectionTitle>
      <Keyword type="section" order="d1e272494">
         <Level1>Object families</Level1>
         <Level2>create</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Paragraph>While creating a folder, the users select a content profile from
		a list of defined content profiles. The content profile determines the object
		types that the folder must contain. The content profile is the name of a family
		with specific family attributes. The object types that the folder contains are
		the family members.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>To define a new content profile, the system administrator must
		set up a new family with the correct attributes for a content profile family,
		and then add the required members.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle> Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>To ensure that any new family you define has the correct
		  attributes to function as a content profile, you must only copy the supplied
		  content profile family FFLDR_RSDNT to create new families.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To define a new content profile family</SectionTitle>
      <Keyword type="section" order="d1e272511">
         <Level1>Content profile family</Level1>
         <Level2>define new</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To define a new content profile family, take the following
		  steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>On the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Object Data Management</GUIRef> menu,
			 double-click <GUIRef>
                  <GUIRef href="" role="manual">ODM Configuration</GUIRef> &gt;   &gt; <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Object Types</GUIRef> &gt;   &gt; <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Object Families</GUIRef>
               </GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
            <Figure space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
               <FigIntro>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/sys/dmsys1512m000" role="session">Object Families (dmsys1512m000)</GUIRef> overview session starts, which includes a list of all
				object families already defined:</FigIntro>
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                         SRC="images/tr_screen_ad000430_1.png"
                         alt="[...]"/>
            </Figure>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>On the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Edit</GUIRef> menu, double-click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">FFLDR_RSDNT</GUIRef>, and click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Duplicate</GUIRef>. The related
			 actions described in the appendix must be available for the role to create,
			 duplicate or delete the object family.</Paragraph>
            <Figure space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
               <FigIntro>If the authorizations exist, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/sys/dmsys1512m000" role="session">Object Families (dmsys1512m000)</GUIRef> details session opens in edit mode:</FigIntro>
               <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" height="543" width="634"
                         SRC="images/tr_screen_ad000430_2.png"
                         alt="[...]"/>
            </Figure>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>Change the family name to the name you want to use as the new
		  content profile and change the family description.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Save the information and close the session to return to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/sys/dmsys1512m000" role="session">Object Families (dmsys1512m000)</GUIRef> overview session.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Add members to the family as described in the instructions in
		  the following section.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>To create a new Family, click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">New</GUIRef> in the
		  Object Families session, as long as you have the required
		  authorizations.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To define object family members</SectionTitle>
      <Keyword type="section" order="d1e272578">
         <Level1>Object families</Level1>
         <Level2>define members</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Paragraph>If users request to link objects, the request is presented with
		a list of the object types that are members of the relevant family. For
		example, if a user selects the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Linked Entities</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/fmg/dmfmg0522m000" role="session">Folders (dmfmg0522m000)</GUIRef> session, the user is presented with a list of the
		object types that are members of the FFLDR_LNK_OBJ (Folder Attachment Objects)
		family.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The system administrator can add members to families and remove
		members. However, you must make sure that you add members to the correct
		family.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To add members to a family, or remove family
		members</SectionTitle>
      <Keyword type="section" order="d1e272596">
         <Level1>Object families</Level1>
         <Level2>add/remove members</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="section" order="d1e272601">
         <Level1>Add member to object family</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="section" order="d1e272604">
         <Level1>Remove object family members</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To add members to a family, take the following
		  steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Start the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/sys/dmsys1512m000" role="session">Object Families (dmsys1512m000)</GUIRef> overview session: on the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Object Data Management</GUIRef> menu, double-click <GUIRef>
               <GUIRef href="" role="manual">ODM Configuration</GUIRef> &gt;   &gt; <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Object Types</GUIRef> &gt;   &gt; <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Object Families</GUIRef>
            </GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Select the family for which you want to maintain members.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Family Members</GUIRef> on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu
			 to start the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/sys/dmsys0113m000" role="session">Family Members (dmsys0113m000)</GUIRef> session, which includes a list of object types
			 that are already members of the family.</Paragraph>
            <Figure space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
               <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" height="348" width="606"
                         SRC="images/tr_screen_ad000430_3.png"
                         alt="[...]"/>
            </Figure>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>Choose <GUIRef href="" role="manual"/> 
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">New</GUIRef> from the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">File</GUIRef> menu. A new record appears.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Type in a unique sequence number.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Use the browse arrow to select the object type from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/sys/dmsys1511m000" role="session">Objects (dmsys1511m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To remove a member from the family, take the following
		  steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Complete Steps 1, 2, and 3, as described in the previous
		  procedure.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Select the object type to be removed, and on the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Edit</GUIRef> menu, click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Delete</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>