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Chapter 11 TECHNICAL ADMINISTRATION This section presents the technical aspects of preparing data for access by users of INFORM/V. It describes, first, the procedures for establishing INFORM Groups, then the mechanics of file linkage when the elements for a report are drawn from more than one file, and, finally, the procedures for defining INFORM/V security. Unlike Sections 1 through 10 of this Guide, this section is written for database administrators. It is assumed that the reader has a thorough knowledge of DICTIONARY/V, IMAGE/V or TurboIMAGE/V databases, and MPE/V. DICTIONARY/V is used to establish INFORM Groups and to define the security for INFORM/V users. It is the job of the database administrator to define the data elements in the dictionary and to organize the data appropriately for the reporting needs of the INFORM/V users. The first step in preparing the data dictionary for INFORM/V users is to be sure that all elements the user needs are defined in the data dictionary. In addition, each of these elements must be associated with its file (MPE, KSAM, or data set file), and each data set must also be associated with its database file. Once the data elements are defined in the data dictionary and are associated with a file, you can begin organizing the data for use with INFORM/V. You use the dictionary maintenance program DICTDBM to establish INFORM/V Groups and to associate elements and files with them. You also use DICTDBM to establish INFORM/V security.