Ag Leader SMS Basic and Advanced Manual - Manual (Page 93)

Data Backup, Transfer, and Maintenance
Backing up and Restoring Data
The software provides you the ability to create a backup copy of all the data and settings that you have stored in the
system. Backup files can then be restored at a latter date to go back to a previous state of your data or to recover data
that may have been lost.
Backup
This feature creates a compressed backup of all the data, archived files, and settings that are stored in your Data
directory. It is recommended that you periodically create backups of your system to protect the data you have loaded
into it and the management settings that you have made. Advanced allows you to create backups for all your projects,
a single project, or selectively pick specific projects you want to backup at the same time.
Note: Basic users have limited access to project editing or control, and are limited to five. Basic users can
provide a backup that can be restored into Advanced, and vice versa.
How to create a backup of your systems data.
Backup Scheduling...
This feature allows you to define a date/time when a backup of either all your projects or a single project will occur,
unattended. This is extremely useful in situation where you have very large projects and need to have backups occur
overnight when you don't need access to your projects. Your computer must be left on for a scheduled backup to
occur, but the software must be closed. You also do not have to be logged into your computer for the backup to occur,
as the your computer login is required to setup a backup so that the backup can occur without you having to physically
login to your computer.
Schedule Backup
Restore
This feature allows you to select one or more backup files that were previously created, to restore your data, archive
files, and settings to the same state that they were when you created the backup(s).
Note: When you perform a restore in Basic, up to five projects can be restored. Any projects beyond the
first five will be ignored. You can also select to have it replace existing data if you want.
How to restore a system data backup file.
Transfer Settings, Setup Files, Etc.
The transfer options provide a means of sharing various settings and setup files that you have created or modified,
with other users of the software. You can transfer selection lists, properties, attributes, backgrounds, analysis function,
operations, years, operational instances, products, vehicles, implements, containers, operators, legends, print layouts,
import templates, export templates, reports, and charts. If you transfer an item, such as a report or analysis function
that uses an attribute or property that is user-defined the transfer will automatically add the attributes or properties that
you defined and are unique to your system to the transfer list under the appropriate item group. This insures that your
transferred items will function properly on another users system even though they may not have all the same items in
their system that you have.
Transfers can also be used by Advanced users to "sync" items and settings between projects. This means that you
can setup all your custom settings and items in one project, select all the items for transfer, click the Set As Transfer
Project Default button, and now when you open any other project it will check to see if it has the latest transfer loaded
and if not it will ask you if you would like to load the latest transfer. The result is that you can quickly and easily share
your items with all the projects you use, which is extremely useful when you have items that you add that you would
like to add to all your projects for general use.
How to export and import Transfer Information
Transfer Export Dialog
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