IDOs

Use this form to maintain IDO definitions.

An Intelligent Data Object (IDO) is a business object that encapsulates units of information and logic that are called from the client layer to interact with data in the database. For more information, see Understanding IDOs.

IDO definitions include:

• Attributes for the IDO itself
• References to tables in the application database
• Property definitions for table columns
• Metadata about methods defined for the IDO

You can access all of these elements from this form. You can also access the row-level security that can be defined for IDOs.

The metadata that you edit in this form is stored in the Objects database.

Existing IDOs must be checked out before they can be edited. You can only check out IDOs that have the same Access As setting as your environment.  For more information see the Access As Field help topic.

How to:

• Create an IDO for an IDO project
• View and understand an IDO definition
• Edit an IDO definition  
• Delete an IDO from an IDO project
• Modify a table in an IDO
• Add a table to an IDO
• Modify table properties
• Add a Property to an IDO

• Modify an IDO method

• Add a Method to an IDO

Related Topics

Understanding IDOs

New IDO Wizard

Understanding Tables Used by IDOs

Understanding IDO Methods