Specifications

ID Works Basic Version 5 Operator’s Guide
1 System Overview
Datacard® ID Works® Basic identification
software includes four applications:
ID Works Designer lets a System Administrator
create projects that meet your organization’s
specific needs for card designs, report designs, data entry, and
database access.
In some organizations, one person performs all the Designer
functions. In others, a graphic artist may be responsible for card
designs while a programmer, database administrator, and/or
manager develop the Production Forms, reports, and connections.
ID Works Production lets you use the projects you create in the
Designer application to gather information, access your database,
and print identification cards.
ID Works Reporting lets you generate and print image-rich reports
from your database.
ID Works Administrator contains tools to manage user accounts,
monitor security, and configure your ID Works software.
Introducing the ID Works “Project”
An ID Works project is similar to a folder or directory on a computer: it
is the container that holds information about an identification
implementation.
A project usually contains a Production Form and a card design
(although a card design is not required). Optionally, your project can
contain one or more report designs and one or more stored searches.
By using field connections, information entered in a Production Form
can be saved in a database, printed on a card, used in a report, or all
of the above. The Production Form can also be used to query an
existing database so that you can add or change information in the
database or print cards and reports using information in the database.