Getting Started

Use the topics in this section to prepare to clone a DMSII database.

Before you clone a DMSII data source, you must create Client control tables. Once they're created, you can populate them with DMSII information sent by the DATABridge Engine and create the actual data tables that will store your cloned data. The resulting data tables are based on information from the Client control tables and any additional customizations you make.

To customize how DMSII data sets get mapped to their corresponding relational database tables, you can use the Client Configurator or you can write user scripts in SQL. The Client Configurator is compatible with command-line operations and can help make reorganizations easier to handle. For more information on the Client Configurator, see the Help in the Client Console. Writing and testing user scripts is typically time-consuming and requires a bit of trial and error. For instructions, see Customizing with User Scripts, in this chapter.