This topic describes how the server uses Information/Management S-words. An S-word, or structured word, is a keyword that identifies the contextual meaning of a collected item of data in Information/Management.

The server uses Information/Management PIDT views as table or file names, and maps Information/Management S-words to column or field defaults. You can assign more friendly column names to S-words during the AUTOIMAN definition process. Also, you can define virtual columns to provide functions and data types not present in the Information/Management database.