Define New Configuration

If you installed only the components for workstation machines of Connected Business, you will need to configure the connection to the database manually. To create a new configuration setting, follow this procedure:

  1. In the Configuration Tool window, click the New button from the menu options. A new configuration is added in the Company setup list.

  2. Provide the configuration name for the new configuration.

  3. Provide the information for the Company Database and Offline Database connection and the web service to use (if connecting over the internet).

Company Database Connection

To provide details for the company database, click on the ellipsis button beside the Company Database field. This will bring up the Database Connection window for the company database.

  1. Enter the Server Name (or pick up the server from the list of servers detected by the Connected Business Application).

  2. Provide the Database Name.

  3. When connecting via LAN, you may choose to use a local cache database or not. Switch from using the cache database or not by clicking on the Cache Enabled / Cache Disabled button beside the Company Database. When using internet connection, the Cache Enabled option is selected and cannot be modified since caching is required when working over the internet.

  4. The login authentication type, User ID and password are provided as default from the installation. You may modify this information as necessary.

  5. Click on the Test button to test the connection.

  6. Click Save and Close button from the menu options.

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Offline Database Connection

  1. To view the connection settings for the offline cache database, Cache Enabled must be set from the Company Database field. If Cache Disabled is specified, Connected Business will connect and use the company database for caching.

  2. Click on the ellipsis button beside the Cache Database field. This will bring up the Database Connection window.

  3. Click on the Test buttons to test the connection.

  4. Click Save and Close button to save and close the Database Connection window.

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Web Services

The web services allow the Connected Business to connect to the internet. By default, the web service is installed in the local host of the computer where Connected Business is installed. During installation, the user can specify a website to install the web services given that the website is running on Microsoft IIS. The user can also specify a folder in the local host to install the web services to. It is recommended that the user does so.

Prior to connecting to the internet, the web service component must be configured appropriately from the installation. To avoid getting errors, follow the instructions and look for known issues in the installation of the web services of Connected Business.

To connect to the remote server via internet,

  1. Provide the web service URL in the Business Service URL field.

  2. Test the validity of the web service by clicking on the Test button.

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  • Wednesday, 29 August 2012