Setting Up New Databases

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Setting Up New Databases

RetailEdge comes with loaded with Demo and Training databases.  If you are interested in setting up a training or demo database, you should NOT create an entirely new database but simply switch the database that RetailEdge is pointing to.

 

See Also: Using the Training Store

 

To setup a new database:

 

1.Create a new folder to hold the new database files.

 

2.Exit all workstations out of RetailEdge.

 

3.Create a new folder (e.g., REData_NewData) in the same folder that holds the RetailEdge data. (Typically the Server/Data folder located within the folder where the RetailEdge program is installed).

 

4.Copy all files from the ...\Server folder into the new folder. Note: Don't copy any *.LCK files.

 

5.From the Server folder, run the RetailEdge_Status program.

 

6.Choose Set Databases option from the Tools|Administration menu item

 

7.Add the new database. You'll need to provide a database name (e.g., New_RetailEdge_Database) and the Server Folder (..\Server\REData_NewData).

 

8.To connect to the new data in RetailEdge, open RetailEdge and then choose Settings|Server Connection from the Tools menu item.

 

9.Change the DBName to New_RetailEdge_Database.

 

10.Press the Save button.

 

Note: Once you are connected to the new data you might want to change the company's description so that the program's title bar clearly indicates the data set (e.g., DIFFERENT DATABASE).