AE : Application Engine
Application Engine 1.It is a People Tool and It is used to develop batch programs or online programs that perform the backed processing against the data. 2.It consists of the 2 distinct components .They are Designer->Consists of the batch programs. Run time Environment->To run and monitor the programs. 3.A program is a set of SQL statements. 4.It does not generate SQL or PeopleCode, but it executes SQL or PeopleCode as a part of program. 5.It is designed for batch processing where data must be processed without user interaction. 6.AE resides on database server. APPLICATION ENGINE PROGRAM ELEMENTS: ====================================== 1.PS AE consists a set of processes to execute a given task and made up of several elements.They are i) Sections It is a set of ordered steps that gets executed as a part of the program.The execution of the program starts with the section defined as MAIN. ii) Steps Steps are the smallest unit of the program that can be committed within a