Create and Configure Initialization Blocks

This topic describes what you need to know to understand, create, and configure initialization blocks.

• Create an Initialization Block

• Open an Initialization Block

• Defer Session Variable Processing

• When You Can't Defer Session Variable Processing

• About Dynamically Creating Session Variables and Setting Their Values

• Use a List of Values to Initialize a Session Variable

• Create a Schedule to Update Global Variable Values

• Add an Additional Database Query to an Initialization Block

• Initialization Queries Used in Variables to Override Selection Steps

• Test an Initialization Block's Query

• Change the Order of Variables in an Initialization Block

• Add Dependencies to an Initialization Block

• Disable or Enable an Initialization Block