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tutorial:log_in [2021/05/23 23:46] – [Username] Mark Glover | tutorial:log_in [2022/02/15 12:48] – Gary Willetts | ||
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===== Username ===== | ===== Username ===== | ||
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Select your username from the list. | Select your username from the list. | ||
* 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. | * 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. | ||
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===== Store ===== | ===== Store ===== | ||
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Select the store you want to log in to from the drop-down list. | Select the store you want to log in to from the drop-down list. | ||
* Most mSupply users will only be able to access a single store. For users who have access to more than one store, the login screen allows you to select any of the stores to which you have access. Once you have logged in you can switch the store without logging out - see [[admin: | * Most mSupply users will only be able to access a single store. For users who have access to more than one store, the login screen allows you to select any of the stores to which you have access. Once you have logged in you can switch the store without logging out - see [[admin: | ||
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===== Messages ===== | ===== Messages ===== | ||
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View any messages that might be displayed. | View any messages that might be displayed. | ||
===== Click OK ===== | ===== Click OK ===== | ||
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Finally, click //OK// to login. If login is successful you will be taken to the navigator screen.< | Finally, click //OK// to login. If login is successful you will be taken to the navigator screen.< | ||
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. | 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. | ||
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There are various options that can be set that cause a user to be taken to other screens or shown other information after logging in successfully. For example, [[other_stuff: | There are various options that can be set that cause a user to be taken to other screens or shown other information after logging in successfully. For example, [[other_stuff: | ||
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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. | ||
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+ | 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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