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Ensuring access to old copies of Physics's FMPro files (prior years of students). We have previously transitioned staff access to contemporary files from A&S's FMPro v11 server to A&S's v14 server. |
See also
- FileMaker Pro installation instructions
- Filemaker Server Admin of A&S IT's instance
- CCB Instruction's ChemGrades FMPro DB support procedures
Summary
Information below stems from resolution to ticket number, if more details/ context is desired:
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- Data point of use: Recently, Kacey needed to access info in these files which was from more than 10 years ago.
- After this work, Kacey confirmed access via her FileMakerPro v16 application (Windows).
Access
- Staff access is by selecting the button, "Sign In as Guest".
- Admin access is by entering "Admin" for the Account Name, and using the p/w available in Physics IT's LastPass directory.
What was done
To enable access by staff, we made the following changes:
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Kacey confirmed this afforded her access and met her needs.
Details on conversion
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There were 16 databases, from 1990-2000 through 2014-2015, as of 2018-06-18.
All these All older files were v11 files, now converted to v12.
- "Just in case", we retain retained the original, older versions of the files in a sub-directory, "admin/Grad/Old student databases/Original v11 copies of old student databases".
- Under 40MB, total
- That directory also contains a Conversion log of regarding each file converted.