Develop database parameters or specifications.

Develop database parameters or specifications. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 2 occupations and seen in 6 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Design databases. in Thinking Creatively .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 6 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 6 (100%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 3 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.032% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Design database applications, such as interfaces, data transfer mechanisms, global temporary tables, data partitions, and function-based indexes to enable efficient access of the generic database structure. · Database Architects · importance 4.1 · direct LLM exposure
• Set up database clusters, backup, or recovery processes. · Database Architects · importance 3.9 · direct LLM exposure
• Write and code logical and physical database descriptions, and specify identifiers of database to management system or direct others in coding descriptions. · Database Architects · importance 3.5 · direct LLM exposure
• Establish and calculate optimum values for database parameters, using manuals and calculators. · Database Architects · importance 3.1 · direct LLM exposure
• Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system, or direct others in coding descriptions. · Database Administrators · importance 3.1 · direct LLM exposure
• Revise company definition of data as defined in data dictionary. · Database Administrators · importance 2.7 · direct LLM exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Database Architects
• Database Administrators

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Develop database parameters or specifications.},
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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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