Declare Index rules
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Field

Description

Select a concrete or abstract class that defines the scope of the indexes. At runtime, a clipboard page of this class must be a top-level page. Concrete objects in classes derived from this class are candidates for indexing under this rule.

Note these restrictions:

• R-7148 7/11/03 You cannot choose a class that is a member of a class group, except for the container class (corresponding to the work pool). This makes all the indexes for all the concrete classes in that class group have a common structure defined by one Declare Index rule.
• Choose an internal class. You can't index an external class.
• You cannot use @baseclass or the Rule- base class, nor any class derived from the Rule- base class here. R-8041 7/03 B-1076 GABE 2/3/04 You cannot use a class derived from the Code- or Embed- class here.
• You can choose a class derived from the Data- base class, but limitations apply. See More about Declare Index rules.

Enter a name for this Declare Index rule. Begin the name with a letter and use only letters, digits, and a dash character.

No other rules explicitly reference this Purpose value. However, based on class inheritance, a Declare Index rule named ByChild at one level in the class structure may override and therefore prevent execution of a Declare Index rule named ByChild at a higher level in the class structure.