Creating Sites
Use the Site Creation Wizard to create the Sites that save your Asset Management data. It guides you through the process of naming, creating and configuring a database for use with Vector Asset Management. You can also use the wizard to create multiple Consoles, or to access an existing Site located elsewhere on your network.
First-time Users
If you are a new user, or if you want to evaluate Vector Asset Management before buying, we recommend you select Create Evaluation Site in the Site Creation Wizard's Site Creation Mode dialog. This option creates a Site based on a Microsoft Access database, and the Vector AM defaults so you can start using it immediately. You do not need to have Microsoft Access installed.
Advanced Users
The Site Creation Wizard gives you great flexibility in creating and locating the Site components, and in preparing the Client Kit that must be installed on the PCs you want to access from within Vector Asset Management. The Production Site options also enable you to select the type of database you want to use to house your Site data. Vector AM supports Microsoft Access through Jet, native SQL Server or SQL Server Express, Oracle, or any type of database using ODBC. To use ODBC, the database must have a defined Data Source. Vector AM can automatically create Data Sources for Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle databases.
To start the Site Creation Wizard, click Create New Site in the Console's Enterprise Management folder.