QMF objects

QMF works with the following objects:

Data

Information represented by alphanumeric characters contained in tables and formatted in reports.

Query

Specifies the data you want and the action you want to perform.

Form

Describes how retrieved data should be formatted into a report or chart.

Procedure

Contains one or more QMF commands that can be run as a group.

Profile

Contains information about how to process an individual user's session.

These objects are brought into a temporary storage area where users can change and display reports or charts online without actually changing the database. When the user is satisfied with the changes, the objects can be saved in the database, as shown in the following diagram: