Baan ERP 5.0x: How to set up table sharing for DEM tables?
Sharing DEM tables is not necessary. In Baan ERP there is the central modeling company (defined in session ‘Enterprise Modeler Parameters’, tgbrg0100s000) where a DEM company can be defined. Below some reasons, why the central company is implemented the way it is. 1. Both in BaanIV and BaanERP all texts (not helptext) is stored in the current company. 2. Both in BaanIV and BaanERP all helptexts are stored in company 000 (The difference between BaanIV and BaanERP is that in DEM BaanIV created helptexts first were stored in the current company, and afterwards converted to helptext in company 000 (session: ‘Convert Text to Helptext’). In BaanERP, helptext is immediately written into company 000. 3. Linking DEM tables (logical table linking), the side-effect is that ALL texts (not only DEM, but also from Distribution, Manufacturing and all other packages) are shared too. That will be in most cases not the intention. 4. That’s the reason why the central modeling company is implemented, usin
