Technical Document

Summary

This document discusses how to configure QAS products* so that data updates can be rolled out without the need of shutting down the application. The benefits of doing this are:

• No QAS server or user downtime
• An easy and efficient method of applying data updates
• Maximising ROI on QAS software

*QAS products that support the Administrator Console

Solution

This feature is only available if you’re using the following QAS World (V4+) products:

• Pro Web
• Pro Server

And the following criteria is met:

• QAS Administrator Console (Windows) installed and configured correctly to see the QAS Server running
• QAS data set(s) (those wished to be ‘live updated’) have been installed using the intuitive QAS Windows data installer present on all CDROM’s

The process of activating new data set(s) while a QAS product is currently in use is called ‘Live Data Updating’. This service is accessed via the Data Updating pane of the Administrator Console (Windows).

The Data Updating pane on the Administrator Console enables you to:

• Switch to new data for client searches without shutting down the server;
• Revert to the old version of data if necessary
• Select ‘Data Updating’ on the left pane to display this view.

When a new country database is available, the country name, release date and data expiry period appear in the top field on this pane, along with the location of the new data and code. A green square containing a CD also appears on the status bar, and a notice that new data is available appears on the Current Data pane. The server does not start using this data for searching until you click on the Update Data button.

Once the update has been implemented, the name and location of the old data appears in the lower box. If you need to revert to this data for any reason, click on the Rollback button. The server will revert to the previous version of the data, and the more recent version will once again appear in the top field, indicating that it is available to be updated.