TREND 963 User Guide - Manual (Page 78)

Using 963
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4. Specify the location and name of the backed up file by typing the path and filename into the File Name
box. If required 963 variables can be used to help specify the path and filename. The default is to back up
the file to the directory in which 963 is installed, the filename is trend96X and includes the date and time.
The location of the file can also be specified by clicking Choose file location and browsing to the required
directory. To return to the default settings click Generate default file name.
5. Click Next>. The dialogue box changes.
6. Select either All, Last Day, Last Week, Last Month, Last Year or Custom data range to specify the
data that is to be archived. If Custom data range is selected click Choose Date to display another dialogue
box click the start date for the date range. Click Next and click the last date in the range and click Finish.
7. Click Finish.
8. A dialogue box is displayed asking if data is to be deleted form the database, click Yes to archived the data
and delete it from the original database, or click No to just archive it.
3.17.2.2 Backup the Database
963’s database can be manually backed up to a dat file (suitable for archiving) to ensure that data is secure. The
database is backed up to a specified directory and date and time-stamped. This file can be restored if necessary e.g.
the database becomes corrupt as described in the 'Restore a Backed up Database' section of this manual.
After backing up the database in this way you may wish to delete Historic Records, as described in the ‘Delete
Historic Records’ section of this manual, to reduce the size of the database.
To backup the database:
1. Log in as described in the ‘Log In’ section of this manual.
Note that if running 963 Secure you must be in the ‘System Administrator’ workgroup.
2. On the Database menu click Backup database. The Backup database dialogue box is displayed.
3. Click Next>. The dialogue box changes.
4. Specify the location and name of the backed up file by typing the path and filename into the File Name
box. If required 963 variables can be used to help specify the path and filename. The default is to back up
the file to the directory in which 963 is installed, the filename is 'trend96X' and includes the date and time.
The location of the file can also be specified by click in Choose file location and browsing to the required
directory. To return to the default settings click Generate default file name.
Note that the database can only be backed up to a local drive unless 963 has been correctly configured to
backup to a network location as described in the 'Configure 963 to Backup to a Network Location' section
of the 963 Engineering Manual, and the PC running 963 must be logged on to the network using the
network user name specified during that configuration process.