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Production libraries

Information about production libraries

About production libraries

 

Use

Use production libraries for study objects that have been tested in the target application and that will be reused in other studies.

Users

Oracle recommends allowing only librarians to work in the library.

Number to create

You can create one or many. Oracle recommends creating multiple production libraries to maximize scalability.

When planning library development, encourage the use of standards. As the number of libraries grows, you can restrict searches to specific libraries so that you are searching only for study objects that are related to the study that you are developing.

Adding study objects

Oracle recommends that you develop an approval process for adding study objects to a production library. The approval process, which happens outside of the Central Designer application, might be conducted by a standards committee.

After a study object has been tested, approved, and added to a production library, you can add the study object to additional production libraries without retesting it. Therefore, you can use the principles of reuse for building libraries as well as studies.

If you use the Copy > Link option, the new study object retains a link to the original study object.

Modifications to study objects

To maintain the integrity of a production library, do not modify study objects that are in the library, except in unusual circumstances in which the change must be propagated to all studies that use the study object, or if the change:

  • Is trivial, such as a spelling mistake.
  • Does not affect testing.
  • Is necessary for all users.

Oracle recommends modifying a study object outside the production library, and then adding the modified study object to the production library as a new study object.

Searches

Oracle recommends that you allow users to search production libraries and view all published objects in them.

Questions to consider while planning

  • How will you use categories and keywords to organize your study objects?

    A good categorization strategy will help you find study objects more efficiently. You can use categories for higher-level categorization and keywords for lower-level categorization.

  • What naming convention will you use for study objects, mappings, and functions?

    A naming convention will help you identify different types of study objects in your search results and will prevent you from giving the same name to two study objects in different libraries.

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