Omnidex Grids are straightforward to administer. Each grid node is a separate Omnidex environment, with an environment file, indexes and data. For convenience, there are methods to share a single Omnidex environment file across multiple nodes. There are also methods to share data files across multiple nodes.

Before creating an Omnidex Grid, you must first have a partitioning scheme and a distribution plan. These will be needed during the steps of creating an Omnidex Grid.

There are several ways to create Omnidex Grids:

1. To create an Omnidex Grid in an interactive tool, use the Omnidex Administrator.
2. To create an Omnidex Grid with scripts, use Omnidex SQL statements such as CREATE and CREATE TABLE.
3. To create an Omnidex Grid using environment files that are compiled with OACOMP, use Environment Rules.