ADS Environmental Services Profile Software 950015B6 - Manual (Page 43)

Profile Main Screen 2-3
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Understanding the Profile Database
Organization
Objects in Profile databases are displayed in a hierarchical format
with six object levels (from highest level to lowest level): database
level, group level, location level, monitoring point level, device
level, and data entity level. Refer to the following cutaway
illustration of the Profile main screen:
The different levels of the Profile database
Each level of the Profile database is represented by an icon—reveal
the contents of a level by single-clicking the framed plus (+) symbol
next to its icon.
• Database The database level is the top level. Each
database is an .mdb file. Databases are composed of locations
and location groups. Profile allows you to create as many
databases as necessary to organize your project data; however,
only one database may be displayed and accessed at a time.
• Group The next level below the database is the group level.
Groups contain user-defined subsets of monitor locations.
Typically, monitor locations associated with a specific flow
monitoring project will be defined in the same group. Large
projects may be divided into two or more groups. Select any
group from the left side of the main screen to display the
monitor locations contained in that group on the right side of
the screen.