A system has three main states:

A

Documented System

is stored in the Rulebase in unparsed form. It holds a copy of the definitions read from an SDF file or cloned from an existing system. It has not been parsed yet, so the System rules can be incomplete or may contain syntax errors.

A Documented System is converted into a

Loaded System

by parsing it (

System

Load

button). The parsing process will check the syntax and semantics of the rules and convert them to an executable form.

The executable rules are stored in the Rulebase ready for use by other IIR processes such as the Table Loader, Search Server and Update Synchronizer.

An

Implemented System

is one that has been physically implemented on the target database. This means that the rules stored in the Rulebase have been executed by the Table Loader to create IDTs, IDXs and IDLs. To achieve this, click

System

Load IDT

button. An Implemented System is available for searching and synchronization.