In general, you must do the following to create a schema holder:

1. Establish the appropriate server permissions needed for pulling the schema image into the schema holder.
2. Perform some preparatory steps.
3. Create and then connect an empty OpenEdge database. This database becomes your schema holder and contains your schema image.
4. Create the schema holder, which involves specifying connection parameters and pulling the schema from the data source.

The following sections describe these steps in detail.