Open a Database

If you had an open database at the end of your last InfoAsset Manager session, the same database will be open the next time you run InfoAsset Manager

Select New Explorer window from the Window menu to work with the database. The database tree is displayed in the Explorer Window.

InfoAsset Manager remembers the last 10 most recently opened databases and the associated Local Folders of each database.

To open a database that has previously been opened

1. Select the database from the Recent databases list under the File menu.

   In the list, standard workgroup and standalone database names are preceded by their database path e.g. snumbat://localhost:40000/Database_Name (workgroup) and C:/Users/Innovyze/Database_Name (standalone).

To open a workgroup database that has not previously been opened

Note: You cannot use the Open / Create database option to open a workgroup database that is already opened as a guest. A suitable message will be displayed if you try to do so. Ensure that you close the guest database before opening it as a workgroup database.

1. Select OpenOpen/Create database from the File menu.

   The Open/Create dialog is displayed.

2. Click the Workgroup image. The Open/Create database dialog closes and the Open Workgroup Database dialog is displayed.

   In this dialog:

3. Enter the Server name and Server port in the Workgroup Data Server section of the dialog.
4. Click Connect. The Status field indicates whether or not a connection is established. A message will also be displayed if it is not possible to connect to the server, and you may need to ask your system administrator for assistance.

   When connected:

5. If the database belongs to a group, select the group from the Group dropdown. This restricts the entries in the Database dropdown list to those that belong to the selected group.
6. Select the required database from the Database dropdown. If no Group is selected, the names of all available databases, including the name of the group they belong to, if applicable, will be displayed in the list.
7. Click OK. The dialog closes and the database tree for the selected workgroup database is displayed in the Explorer Window.

To open a standalone database that has not previously been opened

Note: You cannot use the Open / Create database option to open a standalone database that is already opened as a guest. A suitable message will be displayed if you try to do so. Ensure that you close the guest database before opening it as a stndalone database.

1. Select OpenOpen/Create database from the File menu.

   The Open/Create dialog is displayed.

2. Click the Standalone image. The Open/Create database dialog closes and the Open Standalone Database dialog is displayed.

   In this dialog:

3. Click Browse. This displays a standard Windows Open dialog.
4. Choose the database file (with an extension of .icmm) and then click Open. The Open dialog closes and the name of the selected standalone database is displayed the Open Database dialog.
5. Click OK. The dialog closes and the database tree for the selected standalone database is displayed in the Explorer Window.