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Some professional show secretaries do shows in various parts of the country and as a result have sets of data that are completely unrelated to each other. It is beneficial for these secretaries to be able to keep this data separate and to be able to quickly and easily switch between the data that they have from the various locals. ShowPro supports multiple databases to provide this ability. If you do not need multiple database capability then the ShowData database that is installed by default will be sufficient. |
When you select Databases from the Start Screen the following dialog is displayed...
Click Select to change to a different database. |
This is how the databases will look when you first install ShowPro. My ShowPro Data is the database that you will use for your initial shows. You can change the name of this database if you like. USEF Sample Show Data is a database that contains the complete sample USEF show that is included with ShowPro. Click New to create a new database. Click Delete to remove a database that you now longer need. You will be prompted to confirm this action. Click Clone to make a copy of an existing database (see below). |
You can create as many databases as you like and name them appropriately...
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ShowData is always the database that is currently selected. When you select a different database the current ShowData database is renamed to DB001, DB002, or perhaps DB003. These are names used to store databases that are not in use. The database you have selected will then be renamed from DB001, DB002, etc. to ShowData. Since the current database is always ShowData, backups are always of the ShowData database. This makes is possible to backup data from Jane's computer and restore it to Beverly's computer by simply having or creating a database and selecting it. |
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You can use the Clone button to make a copy of the selected database minus any shows. This allows you to leave last years shows behind which you'll still be able to access, and create a new database for this years shows. | |
Make sure you have the database selected that you want to clone when you click the button. You'll then type in a name for the new database...
You'll then be able to select your new database. | ||
Note: When you restore data it is important to have the correct database selected. You could restore the wrong database overtop of your data if you are not careful. |
