Administer GIM Suite – Desktop
Learn the key administrative concepts and tasks needed to set up and maintain the desktop component (i.e. acQuire 4) of GIM Suite, as per best practices.
Who benefits?
- New administrators being introduced to the desktop component of GIM Suite
Learning Outcomes
1. Discuss the administrative roles and tasks related to managing GIM Suite.
- Explain the responsibilities of a Database Manager in acQuire 4.
- Identify the GIM Suite Licence model and user licence types.
2. Demonstrate the ability to configure an acQuire 4 workspace.
- Create an ODBC connection.
- Create a new workspace.
- Configure the workspace options.
- Create a workspace object shortcut.
- Use the workspace configuration tool to create and synchronise workspaces.
3. Use the acQuire 4 manage options to configure the database.
- Create a virtual field.
- Apply validation and styling to a virtual field.
- Create a derived field.
- Create a form definition.
- Define and create a workspace filter.
- Create and manage grids and grid coordinate sets.
- Manage the database through the acQuire 4 interface.
4. Discuss how to pull data from GIM Suite into third party software packages.
- Explain the term Application Programming Interface (API).
- Explain the purpose of acQuire Direct.
- Identify the third-party programs that pull data from GIM Suite using the API.
- Demonstrate how to create a data client view.
- Explain how a data client view allows Microsoft Excel to pull data from the GIM Suite database.
5. Discuss how to export data from GIM Suite to third-party software packages.
- Explain how data push works.
- Identify the different output formats that an acQuire export object supports.
- Explain the purpose of the aggregation tool.
6. Identify methods of transferring data between GIM Suite data instances.
- Describe the purpose of a briefcase object.
- Use a briefcase object to create a data package.
You can participate in this unit at one of these upcoming courses:
Duration
1 day
Medium
Face-to-face 
Virtual Classroom Prerequisites
