Can I install CoCASA on a network so that my staff can enter data at their computer but the data is saved in one central database?
Yes. There is a way to install CoCASA on your network (or a shared drive) so that your staff can enter data in one, central database. There are a few steps required to have this option set up. We recommend that you contact us at nipCoCASA@cdc.gov to assist with setting up your centralized database. It is important to note, however, that difficulties with using CoCASA from a shared drive have been documented. In some cases (particularly where users are accessing it remotely rather than from one central site) the software has been very slow to respond (slower than it is normally). Others have had the application unexpectedly close. If these problems are experienced, we recommend that you go back to using the database on your individual hard drives and exporting data to one, central database on a periodic basis.
Yes. There is a way to install CoCASA on your network (or a shared drive) so that your staff can enter data in one, central database. There are a few steps required to have this option set up. Steps for setting up a centralized/shared database: 1. Install CoCASA on each machine that will be using the shared database. 2. On the machine that has the database you want to share, use the “Copy Database” function under “Utilities -> Database functions” to make a copy of the application database out on the shared drive. 3. Then on all the machines that need to use the shared database (including the machine that you used to do the “Copy Database”), you will need to use the “Change Database Location” function to point the application to the database out on the shared drive. Every time you start up CoCASA, the splash screen has the pathname of the database that CoCASA is ‘pointed to’ so you can verify that the correct database is being used.
