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====== 3.02. Logging in ====== | ====== 3.02. Logging in ====== | ||
- | When mSupply starts you will be presented with the log-in | + | When mSupply starts you will be presented with the login window: |
{{ : | {{ : | ||
- | <WRAP info center round 550px> | + | <WRAP info center round 550px> |
- | * You should select | + | ===== Username ===== |
+ | Select | ||
+ | * Only users from your facility will be displayed. If the list is long, you can type the first few characters of your username in the //Search users// field to shorten the list to usernames that begin with what you have typed, sorted alphabetically. | ||
+ | * If you're just opening mSupply for the first time after installing it, select //user 1(pass= user1)// | ||
+ | * Each time it opens, | ||
- | * Enter your password. | + | ===== Password ===== |
+ | Enter your password. | ||
- | * From the drop down list, select the store which you want to login to. Most mSupply users will be operating with a single store, but for users operating with more than one store, the login screen allows you to select any of the stores to which you have access. If you have been working with one store and want to change to another one see [[admin: | ||
- | * Supervisors and other Level 1 users will have an additional menu item, // | ||
- | * If you have enabled the Hospital Info System (HIS) in the user login permission settings (see [[tables_fields: | ||
- | * View any messages that might be displayed | ||
- | | + | <WRAP center round info 60%> |
+ | If using the //user 1(pass= user1)// name, type '' | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | ===== Store ===== | ||
+ | Select the store you want to log in to from the drop-down list. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | * After selecting the desired store, all transactions you process will relate to that store. | ||
+ | * **Supervisors and other Level 1 users** will have an additional menu item, // | ||
+ | * **HIS** - if you have enabled the Hospital Info System (HIS) in the user login permission settings, and at least one licence is allocated to HIS (see [[his: | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Messages ===== | ||
+ | View any messages that might be displayed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Click OK ===== | ||
+ | Finally, click //OK// to login. If login is successful you will be taken to the navigator | ||
+ | As with all windows in mSupply, pressing the **Enter** key at any point produces the same result as clicking on the highlighted button, which, for this window, is the //OK// button. | ||
+ | </ | ||
<WRAP important center round 550px> | <WRAP important center round 550px> | ||
- | There are various options that can be set that cause a successfully logged-in | + | There are various options that can be set that cause a user to be taken to other screens or shown other information |
</ | </ | ||
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+ | ===== Journal file ===== | ||
+ | If one has not already been set up and if you are using a single user copy of mSupply, after logging in you will be asked to select the location for the journal file. A good place is to put it in the same folder as the datafile. You will only be asked to do this once. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The journal file is a place that mSupply records every database transaction that occurs after the last backup. It is used for repairing a damaged datafile and for investigating some types of errors. | ||
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