Database design and implementation

This section discusses the design and implementation of IMS™ databases, including analyzing your data requirements, planning, designing, and implementing each database type.

  • Analyzing data requirements
    One of the early steps of database design is developing a conceptual data structure that satisfies your end user's processing requirements.
  • Designing full-function databases
    After you determine the type of database and optional functions that best suit your application's processing requirements, you need to make a series of decisions about database design and use of options.
  • Designing Fast Path databases
    After you determine the type of database and optional functions that best suit your application's processing requirements, you need to make a series of decisions about database design and the use of options.
  • Implementing database design
    After you design your databases and application programs you must describe their characteristics to IMS before you can use them.
  • Developing test databases
    Before the application programs accessing your database are transferred to production status, they must be tested. To avoid damaging a production database, you need a test database.