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   <Header>
      <Title>Introduction</Title>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>ERP Enterprise Object Data Management (ODM) is a flexible system that you
		can easily configure to reflect the working practices and requirements of your
		organization. Object Data Management provides various system administration
		facilities to manage general organization data, and to enable setup of
		organization preferences.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>A special user, referred to as the ERP Enterprise super user,
		performs some of the administrative tasks in Object Data Management.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle> Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Particular administration tasks must be performed for Object
		  Data Management to operate correctly. Other tasks are optional, depending on
		  organizational requirements and working practices.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The administrative tasks performed by the ODM administrator
		  can be divided into the following main groups:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Tasks related to authorizing users to access Object Data
		  Management data and perform operations on this data: Object Data Management
		  provides a comprehensive security mechanism to protect Object Data Management
		  data. Only users who are granted the appropriate authorization can access or
		  modify Object Data Management data.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>General tasks related to the working practices of the
		  organization: These tasks include setting up organization-specific data, such
		  as valid security classifications and secondary statuses, as well as setting up
		  masks to generate object (defined in ODM) identifiers in the format used by the
		  organization.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Tasks related to Document Management: These tasks include, for
		  example, defining areas in which documents must be stored.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Miscellaneous tasks: These tasks include, for example, loading
		  initial ODM system data, and exporting system data.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>Some of the administrator tasks described in this document must
		be performed only once as part of system setup, and most likely there will be
		no need to change the data again, such as defining change classifications for
		the organization. Other tasks are general tasks, such as authorizing users to
		perform Object Data Management operations.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle> Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>The standard ERP Enterprise authorization mechanism and Object Data Management roles
		  are used to define the ODM administrators. A specific role or roles must be set
		  up for this purpose, and only these roles must be granted access to the ODM
		  administrator sessions detailed in this guide. Each organization can decide on
		  an administrator role to set up ODM.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <Paragraph>For example, an organization can define one role that is
		authorized to maintain all types of administration data, and another role that
		is only authorized to maintain Document Management administration
		data.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>