Selecting a different database

This support note applies to:

Profiles (AU)
AE Tax Series 6 & 8 (AU)

Article ID: 26305

When you have created a new database for your Solution 6 data, you can choose to switch between databases on individual PC's by using the File > Select Database option in Contacts and Configuration.

Access to the new database is set up at selected workstations, allowing you to restrict access to any new database. You can choose to restrict access to the new database by only setting it up on workstations for the employees authorised to access that particular database.

To select a database already set up on a workstation

In Contacts, from the File menu, select Select Database. The Select Database window appears.
Click on the down arrow in the Database Name field. The list of databases appears.
Highlight the database you wish to open and click OK.

This routine can also be run in the Configuration and Datasafe modules.

To select a database that doesn't appear in the Select Database window

For each PC that requires access:

In Contacts, from the File menu, select Select Database. The Select Database window appears.
Click on the down arrow in the Database Name field. The list of databases appears.
Select Other. The Choose Database window appears.
Navigate to the data directory of the new database and click OK. The directory you select must contain the file Cds.dir.