All objects are contained and controlled within the same contextual folder hierarchy. Users are able to define custom fields for classes of records and set common Keyword terms to enable others to quickly classify their paper documents.

Objective delivers the flexibility to practice centralised or decentralised records management.

For organisations practicing centralised records management, Objective provides the ability for Records Managers to register, sentence and dispose of multi-part files, produce and make use of bar-code labels, create archive schedules with triggers, transfer to storage agencies, move to inactive storage and use Objective to track moved, requested, borrowed and overdue items from anywhere in the system.

Alternatively, Objective provides the management controls to adopt a decentralised, enterprise-wide approach to Records Management. Staff across the organisation, in the course of their daily work, use Objective to access, revise, approve and publish documents as set by the business rules. Through using Objective, the requirements for compliant records management are inherent in these rules. The end result is that users are not burdened with an additional task of managing records but compliant records management occurs without the users even knowing it.