Workspaces, Types, and Records

AnyDB organizes information at three useful levels: workspaces, Types, and records.

Workspaces organize an area of work​

A workspace brings together the information and tools for a business function, team, or process. A company might have workspaces for CRM, inventory, projects, quality, or HR.

Types provide a shared structure​

A Type describes a kind of business object. It defines the information that records of that kind have in common.

For example, a Customer Type might establish that customer records include a name, status, account owner, contacts, files, and activity.

Records represent individual things​

A record is one actual item created from a Type:

• Customer is the Type; Acme Corporation is a record.
• Project is the Type; Website Redesign is a record.
• Asset is the Type; Forklift 014 is a record.

This shared structure keeps information consistent without making every record identical in purpose or history.