Specifications

14 System Overview
ID Works Standard and Enterprise Version 5 Administrator’s Guide
Try It Out
Run the project in the Production and Reporting applications to make
sure it behaves as expected and produces error-free results:
• Are text fields wide enough for all the characters that need to be
entered in them?
• Are any composite fields on the Production Form configured
correctly, and coordinated with the corresponding card or report
block field?
• Can you save records to the database—and retrieve them?
Also consider having your Production operators test the project and
make suggestions for improvement.
Implement Production
If your Production users will work with a copy of the database on a
local hard drive, the database must be located in exactly the same
path on all computers in the system.
Consider developing stored database searches for queries that your
Production operators will perform repeatedly. Stored searches are
created using the Advanced Search editor in the ID Works Production
application and exported with projects.
When you export an ID Works project, you make a Project Export File
containing all the information necessary for the project. See the
Administrator online help topic “Export a project” for step-by-step
instructions.
While it is possible to use diskettes as the export medium, it is
recommended that you export large or multi-card projects to a
network drive or high-capacity removable medium, such as a USB
flash drive.
When you import an ID Works project that was previously exported,
you return the files to a form that can be used by ID Works Standard
and Enterprise applications. The import utility creates a directory and
places the restored files in the location specified for project files. See
the ID Works Administrator online help topic “Import a project” for
step-by-step instructions.