4.3.2 How to Create Logical Files
Logical files are part of a LANSA file definition. A logical file can only be created once the physical file has been defined to LANSA.
Logical files can be created several ways in LANSA:
1. Manually define a logical file
2. Load an existing externally defined file into the Repository
3. Use a modeling tool.
Option 1. If you manually define the files in the database, you must manually create the logical files for the database.
Option 2. If you load OTHER files, you are given the choice of which logical files you want to load into LANSA. (Refer to 4.10 Load Other File.)
Option 3. If you use the Visual LANSA Logical Modeler or the LANSA for i Modeler, many of the required logical files will be automatically created for your files based on the object relationships defined in the model and on any specified user views. (Refer to Using Modeling Tools.)
Once a new logical file have been added, you must 4.9.1 Making a File Operational.
Also See
Logical Views in the