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  2. HCL Domino Designer Basic User Guide and Reference

    This guide provides information on using HCL Domino Designer and programming language reference information.

  3. Application Management

    Welcome to the Application Management section of Domino® Designer Help.

  4. Procedure for optimizing and troubleshooting databases
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  • HCL Domino Designer Basic User Guide and Reference

    This guide provides information on using HCL Domino Designer and programming language reference information.

    • What's new in HCL Domino Designer 11 for developers?

      The following features are new for developers in HCL Domino® Designer 11.

    • Accessibility and keyboard shortcuts

      Accessibility features assist users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology content successfully.

    • Application Design

      Welcome to the Application Design section of Domino® Designer Help.

    • Application Management

      Welcome to the Application Management section of Domino® Designer Help.

      • Security in an application

        Domino® offers a multi-layered approach to security. Server administrators can secure databases, servers, and domains. Database designers and managers control the following:

      • Completing an application and managing design changes

        As you prepare to deploy an application, consider these finishing touches:

      • Deploying an application

        The tasks involved with application design, database design, database management, and DominoTMsystem administration may overlap, depending on the size of your organization and the structure of job responsibilities. In some organizations, an application developer may be responsible for both application and database design, while in others, a database manager may handle all database design and management tasks. In addition, database management overlaps with Domino® system administration.

      • Procedure for optimizing and troubleshooting databases
        • Properties that improve database performance

          Properly setting database properties can improve the performance of an active database. Setting database performance properties on many databases or on one, large, active database can also improve server performance. In addition, some of these property settings also help reduce the size of databases.

        • To set database properties that optimize database performance
        • Controlling database size

          Databases whose size is monitored and minimized show increased performance: database operations require less I/O and fewer CPU resources; view rebuilding and updating is quicker; and memory and disk space allocation is improved. The maximum database size is 64GB on Windows™ and UNIX™. Use the following methods to regularly monitor the size of databases and minimize database size:

        • Document archiving tool
        • Monitoring replication of a database

          If there are replicas of a database, use any of these methods to monitor replication daily.

        • Monitoring database activity

          Monitor database activity regularly. If database activity is high and users report performance problems, do any of the following:

        • Notifying users of a moved database

          After you move a database, create a new database with the same file name and path as the database before you moved it. In the new database, create a form and document that provides the following information:

        • Troubleshooting database performance

          You can reduce database performance problems by using:

        • Troubleshooting replication problems

          The following topics suggest solutions to common problems associated with scheduled replications.

    • Domino® Query Language

      Domino® Query Language (DQL) is a facility running on a Domino server that provides a terse, shorthand syntax for finding documents. It supports a wide variety and complexity of search terms. It leverages existing design elements, avoiding the need to write detailed code to access them. DQL consolidates all methods in Domino for searching document contents.

    • Composite Applications - Design and Management

      Composite applications are a key element in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) and contextual collaboration strategy. The ability to create and edit composite applications lets you easily integrate different types of components and technologies.

    • DB2® Access views

      Domino® Designer includes two types of design elements to assist you in managing data contained in DB2® enabled Notes® databases:

    • Programming Overview and User Interface

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    • Formula Language

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    • LotusScript® Language

      Welcome to the LotusScript® Language section of Domino® Designer Help.

    • LotusScript/COM/OLE Classes
    • Java/CORBA Classes

      This section documents the Java/CORBA classes.

    • Connectors

      Connectors provide native access to a wide variety of DBMS products, ODBC, the platform File system, Enterprise Resource Planning systems, and Transaction Processing systems.

    • Javadoc™ for Domino® Designer related APIs

      As part of providing additional Java™ reference documentation, Domino® Designer ships with a help plugin that contains Javadoc™ for additional Domino Designer related APIs.

Procedure for optimizing and troubleshooting databases

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Set advanced database properties to:

  • Optimize database performance
  • Enable or disable transaction logging
  • Allow more fields in a database
  • Allow soft deletions
  • Support Response Thread History
  • Don't allow simple search

  • Use LZ1 compression for attachments
  • Properties that improve database performance
    Properly setting database properties can improve the performance of an active database. Setting database performance properties on many databases or on one, large, active database can also improve server performance. In addition, some of these property settings also help reduce the size of databases.
  • To set database properties that optimize database performance
  • Controlling database size
    Databases whose size is monitored and minimized show increased performance: database operations require less I/O and fewer CPU resources; view rebuilding and updating is quicker; and memory and disk space allocation is improved. The maximum database size is 64GB on Windows™ and UNIX™. Use the following methods to regularly monitor the size of databases and minimize database size:
  • Document archiving tool
  • Monitoring replication of a database
    If there are replicas of a database, use any of these methods to monitor replication daily.
  • Monitoring database activity
    Monitor database activity regularly. If database activity is high and users report performance problems, do any of the following:
  • Notifying users of a moved database
    After you move a database, create a new database with the same file name and path as the database before you moved it. In the new database, create a form and document that provides the following information:
  • Troubleshooting database performance
    You can reduce database performance problems by using:
  • Troubleshooting replication problems
    The following topics suggest solutions to common problems associated with scheduled replications.
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