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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/ff/tools/tools_ff_database_management" xml:lang="it">
   <Header>
      <Title>Database Management</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e375137">
         <Level1>Functions and features</Level1>
         <Level2>database management</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e375142">
         <Level1>Database management</Level1>
         <Level2>functions and features</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>LN data is stored in database tables. LN supports
		several Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMSs). To access a database,
		the LN users
		must be authorized to access the RDBMS.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tt/onlinemanual/100014" role="manual" Update="No">Database information</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>You must specify database information for each database type
		  used by LN.
		  During setup you also must create a database definition and assign tables to
		  it.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tt/onlinemanual/100004" role="manual" Update="No">Remote databases</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>The client/server architecture as supported by <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt" role="package">Tools</GUIRef> enables the user to
		  work with several database types. These databases can be distributed over one
		  or multiple systems. A configuration where databases are distributed over
		  multiple systems is called a remote database configuration.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tl/onlinemanual/000030" role="manual" Update="No">Table sharing</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>In an LN installation with multiple <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Company_tc" role="glossary">companies</Link>, you can require two or more companies to share
		  tables to meet a particular business requirement. For example, if several of
		  your companies purchase items from the same suppliers, these companies can
		  share the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#BusinePartne_tc" role="glossary">business-partner</Link> table.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tt/onlinemanual/000000000000001" role="manual" Update="No">Database administration</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/dba" role="module">Database Administrator</GUIRef> (DBA) module is used by the database administrator to
		  create, maintain, and view links between <Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#000000000000023" role="glossary">LN users</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#000000000000022" role="glossary">database users</Link>, <Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#000000000000021" role="glossary">database groups</Link>, and the
		  tables and indexes repository in the databases.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>