Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress Dynamics Basic Development

Administration window

The Administration window, shown in Figure 3–8, provides access to Progress Dynamics tools that let system administrators set up and maintain the application environment.

Figure 3–8: Progress Dynamics Administration window

Table 3–6 provides a brief overview of the Administration window menus. These functions are covered in detail in later chapters of this guide.

Note: Some of the frequently used functions are also available from the AppBuilder main window or the Development window.

Table 3–6: Progress Dynamics Administration window

Menu	Description
File	Described in detail in the "Administration and Development File menu" section.
Application	Contains a number of miscellaneous maintenance functions (such as Translation, Status, Multi Media Type) described in later chapters).
Deployment	Includes a number of deployment-related options, including tools for creating, exporting, and importing Deployment Datasets—sets of database records in the Repository or in your application database that must be deployed with the application. For more information on deployment, see OpenEdge Development: Progress Dynamics Administration .
Security	Contains functions you can use to define: Users and categories of users. Login companies or other organizational entities to which you can apply security. Security controls or tokens (such as menu items, buttons, and folder tabs), ranges of data, and database fields to which security can be applied. For more information, see Chapter 13, " Defining Progress Dynamics Application Security."
Session	Contains functions you can use to manage data used by all of the parts of session management, including Configuration information and definition of Logical and Physical Services used by the Connection Manager, etc. For more information on session management, see OpenEdge Development: Progress Dynamics Administration .
System	Provides access to a number of functions you can use to set up your system, including: Setting a site number. Importing and managing entity data describing your database tables to the Repository. Managing online help. Managing messages. Most of these topics are discussed in Chapter 4, " Preparing to Build Application Objects."
Transaction	Provides access to Audit Control, where you can view auditing information at the database record level.
Links	Provides access to other Progress Dynamics windows.
Window	Lets you alternate the setting for whether invoking the same function more than once will bring up multiple copies of the supporting window or only one. It also provides links to other windows in the session.
Help	Accesses the online help, which provides information about the Administration window user interface.