Datasets

A Dataset is an object containing attributes as a set of name-value pairs stored as a single XML string within the AIM Workhub Database.

Note: The attributes of a Dataset object do not have to be pre-defined in the Class Library and they have no data type.

A Dataset is usually given an Identifier based on the ID of the object for which it is a dataset. You can use a non-unique name such as ‘Plant Dataset’ in the Context of the owning object. However, in practice, this has been found undesirable for performance reasons as it leads to a very large number of objects with the same ID in the AIM Workhub Database.

Note: Dataset classes should always be sub-classed from the Class DATASET even in a customized Class Library.