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ActivMan
New Features
Components
Quick Start
Multiple Sites
Main Application
Create a new user
Create a new group
Create a new template
Create a new network connection
Create a new database connection
Using tags
Using functions
Modify existing users
Extracting students from MIS
Importing users
Apply Template
Get Missing IDs
Options
Usage
Using actions when importing
AutoImport
Introduction
Configure
Usage
Creating a new database connection
- Select 'New' on the 'File' menu, and select 'Database'
- Enter the name of the server (NETBIOS name) and SQL instance, e.g. "SERVER\SIMS"
- Select the database MIS type
- Enter a username and password to access this database/server
- Enter the database or click 'Find'. Find will attempt to "find" the database for you.
- To test the entered settings, click 'Test'.
- Click 'OK' when finished
Find
If you are unsure what the database name is then enter the server, username, and password, then click 'Find'. The prorgam will connect to the specified server and attempt to find the correct database for the specified MIS.
Test
Once you have entered the server, database, username, and password, you can click 'Test' to test the connection to the database.