About Distribution

Definition: Distribution

In order to give users access to the shared database that you administer, you must provide access to both the data and to the database objects that reference that data. The process that you follow to provide access to objects in your shared database is called distribution.

To whom do you distribute?

You can distribute objects and data as follows:

• To Analyst and Budget workstations in the tier immediately below you in a multiple-tier environment

• To administrator workstations in the tier immediately below you in a multiple-tier environment

• To the shared database

Importance of distribution

It is important to ensure that users have immediate access to the most current versions of objects. If there is a discrepancy between the version of an object that users are working with and the version that is in your shared database, the users will be unable to contribute data based on that object to the shared database.

Note: Everything that you distribute comes from your personal database. Always ensure that an object is current before distributing it to other users.