The Seminars in this listing can be selected in any combination to create a custom seminar for your site, containing only those topics which are of interest to you and your staff. Workshops and exercises are incorporated throughout the seminars.

Please keep in mind that the minimum seminar is one day.

Predict Seminars

Introduction To Predict
Setting Up Predict
Metadata Maintenance - Customizing Predict
Managing Information In Predict
Managing Extended Information In Predict
Cross Referencing Applications In Predict
Retrieving Information From Predict
External Objects And Predict
Predict Case Study

Introduction to PREDICT
Purpose:	This Seminar is intended to give the participant an understanding of what PREDICT is and what it does as a data dictionary. The seminar concentrates on the basic structures and objects which can be managed by PREDICT.
Duration:	1/2 day
Contents:	PREDICT as a Data Dictionary PREDICT Structures and Terms Review of PREDICT Objects Available Documentation Objects External Objects Interfaces PREDICT Architecture Menu Structure Functions and Uses Navigation PREDICT and Documentation Maintenance Retrieval Linking Objects Documentation Architecture

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Setting Up PREDICT
Purpose:	This Seminar is intended to give the participant an understanding of how to set up basic control structures and objects in PREDICT to help manage application and database information.
Duration:	1/2 day
Contents:	Planning the Use of PREDICT Structures and Controls Naming Conventions Determining What Will be Documented Basic Organizing Controls Users and Owners Keywords Standard Files Standard Name Lists Standard Fields Aliases & Synonyms Changing Defaults General Defaults Extended Description Skeleton Default Profile Securing PREDICT NATURAL Security General Defaults Maintenance Options Protection

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Metadata Maintenance - Customizing PREDICT
Purpose:	This Seminar is intended to give the participant an understanding of how to customize PREDICT with user definitions and user defined objects. It will also cover the activation and set-up of PREDICT User Exits and Models.
Duration:	1/2 day
Contents:	What the Metadata System Does Maintaining Customized Defaults Creating User Defined Objects Available Documentation Objects What Objects Should be Added Defining the Object Defaults Object Attributes and Screen Layout Defining Associations for the Object Activating PREDICT User Exits Requirements Creating Retrieval Models Updating PREDICT Help

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Managing Information in PREDICT
Purpose:	This Seminar is intended to give the participant an understanding of how to create and maintain various objects in PREDICT relating to basic data tructures, and how to ensure they are set up to allow active use by support staff.
Duration:	1 day
Contents:	Information Management Schemes Managing Link Objects Maintaining Keywords Maintaining Users Creating Users Users as Owners Managing Data Objects Managing Data Objects Maintaining Databases Maintaining Files Maintaining Fields Linking Data Object Informatione Maintaining Relationships Relationship Types Enforcement

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Managing Extended Information in PREDICT
Purpose:	This Seminar is intended to give the participant an understanding of how to reate and maintain various objects in PREDICT related to applications and their relationship to data structures, and how to ensure they are set up to allow active use by support staff.
Duration:	1 day
Contents:	Information Management Schemes Using Link Objects Using Keywords Using Owners and Users Maintaining Verification Rules Defining the Rule Creating Rule Code Automatic Rules Free Rules Copycode Rules Managing Application Objects Maintaining Systems Maintaining Libraries Maintaining Programs Creating Program Entries XREF Facility Re-Document Facility Extended Descriptions

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Cross Referencing Applications in PREDICT
Purpose:	This Seminar is intended to give an understanding of how to use the Cross Reference (XREF) System to access information about an application. Includes how to search, create sets for later use, and how to link the information into the PREDICT Dictionary for system wide views.
Duration:	1/2 day
Contents:	XREF Facility What XREF Creates System Requirements Using XREF Information Using XREF Sets Re-Document Facility in PREDICT What Re-Document Creates System Requirements How Re-Document Uses XREF Application Comparison and Verification Validating PREDICT Consistency

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Retrieving Information From PREDICT
Purpose:	This Seminar is intended to give the participant an understanding of how to use the Retrieval System to access information in a usable form. Includes how to narrow searches and how to check the impact of changes on whole systems.
Duration:	1 day
Contents:	PREDICT Retrieval System What Can Be Retrieved Display Information Lists of Information Cross-References Implosion and Explosion Parent - Child Listings Retrieval Models Retrieval Objects Keywords User / Owners Databases / Files / Fields / Relationships Rules Systems / Libraries / Programs What is Available for Each Object SYSDICH Helproutines for Application Use What Helproutines are Available When and How to Use Them Extending PREDICT User Created Retrieval Programs PREDICT Architecture PREDICT DDMs and Views

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External Objects and PREDICT/font>
Purpose:	This Seminar is intended to give the participant an understanding of how to incorporate information from pre-existing structures (files, tables, views, copycode, security definitions) into PREDICT. Also covers how to generate external objects such as DDMs, Files, Copycode, and Indexes. This seminar is does not teach DBA Skills.
Duration:	1/2 day
Contents:	Generation Structures Which can be Generated User Views and DDMs Administration of Generated Objects Disconnection Purging Implementations Selecting and Displaying Implementations Refresh Function File Implementation Plans Incorporation What Incorporation Does When and What to Incorporate

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PREDICT Case Study
Purpose:	To provide a setting for the participant to use all the skills learned in the seminar setting to create a PREDICT documentation set.
Duration:	Varies
Contents:	A description of a client and their business as wells as the system to be created and what the business needs are. The case study will describe the types of information to be maintained and give general instructions on what to enter in PREDICT. The participant will use this create a PREDICT document set with the results to be output as a series of retrieval reports. The result should be a document set which can be used as a reference or starting place for the participant in future activities.

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