Copying Databases

Administrator User Guide

Creating the Main Admin Elements : Databases : Copying Databases

Copying Databases

Copied databases can be used for:

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Copying a template project.

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Merging projects.

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Copying included databases before archiving.

Note:

If you want several users to be able to work on copies of the same data, it may be more appropriate to use Extracts. Refer to Extracts.

Databases can be copied by selecting Database from the Elements option list on the Admin elements form, selecting the element you want to copy from the scrolling list, and then clicking Copy, to display the Copy Database window.

On the form, you can specify the owning team by selecting one from the list of all the teams in the project. You can give the copy a Name, Description and Area Number.

Note that you cannot change the database number of the copied database. This will be same as the original. You cannot have more than one database with the same database number in the same MDB.

Note:

To avoid the risk of database corruption, all copying of databases (i.e. the files inside the Project directory) must be done from the ADMIN module and not by using operating system utilities or commands.

Copied databases can be changed or deleted.