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Objects, Types and Records


Getting Started Guide

We recommend reading the getting started guide first if you haven't read that yet.

What is an object?​

Your business contains many real things.

Customers, orders, projects, assets.

AnyDB Business Objects

In AnyDB we call them Objects.

An object in AnyDB represents a real business entity.

AnyDB What is Object

Examples:

  • customer
  • vendor
  • project
  • order
  • warehouse
  • inspection

What an object contains​

Each object can include:

  • fields such as dates, numbers, and status
  • files and documents
  • comments and activity
  • child objects
  • links to other objects
  • buttons to trigger actions and workflows

You open one object and see everything in one place.

AnyDB What does an Object Contain

Objects can also contain other objects.

AnyDB Object Containing Other Objects

Types and Records​

A Type defines the structure of an object.

A Record is one item of that type.

Example:

  • Customer -> type
  • Acme Corp -> record
  • Globex Inc -> record

Types help you:

  • keep data consistent
  • scale without redesigning structure
  • evolve layouts over time

For example, if you need to create a new customer profile, select the Customer Profile type. This will automatically generate a repeatable structured business record for capturing customer information.

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