Object Subtypes
Oracle LSH ships with predefined object types, including Program definitions, Program instances, Table definitions and instances, Report Set definitions and instances, and so on. Each object type includes a set of operations allowed on objects of that type; for example, Modify or Submit (for a complete list, see Object Types with Operations). One subtype (called "Default") is shipped for every object type.
All user-defined objects must be created based on an object subtype. An object's subtype helps determine its security and classification requirements. If you choose to, you can create additional subtypes; for example, Clinical and Financial. You can then differentiate security and classification requirements for different subtypes of the same object type.
For example, you can create two subtypes—Clinical and Financial—for Outputs. You can then assign different roles to the same operations on the two subtypes, so that some people can view financial reports but not clinical ones, and others can view clinical reports but not financial ones.