How To Set Busy Data Directory
How to Set Busy Data Directory
This option appears in
Company menu, if you are running BUSY in
File-Server mode. Data Directory refers to the directory where you want the
company data to be stored. By default, BUSY stores company data in the COMP000x
directory under the parent directory DATA stored under the path, Hard
Drive\BusyWin.
For example, you have installed
BUSY in C drive of your computer under BusyWin directory. Further you have
created a company in BUSY. In such a case, the default directory for company
will be C:\BusyWin\DATA\COMP001. Similarly, if you create a second company then
it will be stored under COMP0002 folder under DATA folder.
An important point
here is that the data directory is different from the directory or folder where
BUSY, the application is stored. Let us understand with the help of an example.
You have installed BUSY in C:\BusyWin. You want to set the data directory in
another drive, D. You can store the data in a different directory with the help
of the Set
Data Directory option available
in the Company menu. You can
store the data on the hard disk or a removable disk such as a pen drive, zip
disk and so on. Thus, it is not necessary that the data should be stored in the
same directory as the application. The two storage directories can be
different.
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You can set the data directory by
using the Set Data
Directory option in
the Company menu.
Click the Set Data
Directory option. On
clicking the Set Data
Directory option,
a
Set Data Directory
window appears.
Given here is a screenshot of
the Set Data
Directory
window.
In the window, following two
options appear:
| · | Set Data Directory Manually |
| · | Read Data Directory from Security File |
Let us discuss these options in
detail.
Set Data Directory Manually
Enable this option to set data
directory manullay i.e. specify teh path where data is to be stored. On enabling
thsi option, following group gets active.
Data Directory
Under this group, following two
options appear:
Data Path
Enter the path where you want the
data to be stored and click the Ok button. By default, the path is
'C:\BusyWin\DATA'.
Generate Security File
Select this option if you want to
generate a security file. Security file is generated to hide data directory
details from the clients. The benefit of generating security file is that you do
not have to give path details where thedata is stored to the Users. Instead you
just have to give the path of the security file to the Usesr and they can then
be able to work on the data. On selecting this option, a group gets activated.
The group is:
Generate Security File for User Name
In this group two data fields, one
button and one option appears. The data field, button and option are:
| · | Company Code |
| · | Security File Name |
| · | Generate File |
| · | Required Password on File |
Company Codes
Specify the code of the companies
to which the user will have access. Companies code must be separated by
semicolons (;). For example, you want that user can access only three companies
Comp001, Comp002 and Comp003. In such a case, you have to specify
Comp001;Comp002;Comp003 in this data field.
Security File Name
Specify the path and the name for
the security file. You can also select the path by using the Browse
button.
Generate File
Click this button to generate the
security file.
Required Password on File
Select this option if you want to
make the file password protected. Benefit of giving password is that only those
clients to whom you have disclosed the password will be able to connect to the
data directory. If you select this option then a Security File
Password window
appears. Given here is a screenshot of Security File
Password
window.
| · | Specify the password for the file in the Password data field. |
Read Data Directory from Security File
Select this option if you want to
read data directory details from the security file. This option is more useful
for the Users. To use this option it is necessary that you have already created
a Security file. In this option, you have to specify the name of the security
file from which the information is to be read. After providing a valid security
file name, you will be able to connect to the data. On selecting this option, a
Read Server
Information from Security File group gets activated. In the
group there is one data field. The data field is:
Security File Name
Specify the path for the required
security file or you can select the path by clicking the Browse button. If you select a file on
which password has been provided then you have to give the password for the file
and only then you can connect to the data.
Above information is Valid for Current Session Only
Select this checkbox, if you want
that the path or configuration specified above will not get saved and is valid
by the time you have not closed BUSY. After closing the BUSY, when you open it
again then the default data directory will appear and not the one on which you
have last worked. On the contrary, if you do not select this checkbox then the
the information specified in the window will get saved and next time when you
open BUSY then the saved information will be displayed in the window.
After entering the necessary
details, click the Save button to save the Server
information.
The default data
directory depends on where BUSY is stored. For example, if BUSY is installed in
C drive then the
default data directory will be C:\BusyWin\DATA. If BUSY is installed in
D drive then the
default data directory will be D:\BusyWin\DATA. If you want, you can change the
path of data directory to another
location.
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We have discussed the setting of
data directory till now. Another important application of Data directory is in
the case of Multi User version of BUSY. Let us discuss this in detail.
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