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SpaceQry FAQ’s

Learn the easy steps to update your SRS database with data from the IFIC databases using SpaceQry software. Keep your database current to match BR's production databases!

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SpaceQry FAQ’s

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  1. SpaceQry FAQ’s How do I update my SRS database with data from the IFIC databases? Steve BoswellSpace Administrative Software Division

  2. “How do I update my SRS?” This has always been the most frequently asked question for SpaceQry users! Following the SpaceQry presentation and workshop held during the Radiocommunication Bureau’s Geneva Seminar 2006, several people suggested that the process of updating the local copy of the SRS database with the bi-weekly IFIC databases be simplified. As a result, a new, simplified procedure has been developed – but first, some background…

  3. Background: Export vs. Import SpaceQry has always had the philosophy of exporting data as opposed to importing data. Historically this is because of having the SRS database exclusively on a CD-ROM in the days when hard-disc space was limited. Because of this, the SRS was almost always used directly from the read-only CD-ROM.

  4. Background: Export vs. Import (2) Today, and in fact for the last several years, disc space is no longer an issue. So it is now relatively easy to maintain an up-to-date SRS database on your hard disc (or even on your iPod) which pretty well matches the BR's database.

  5. Background: Export vs. Import (3) Because of SpaceQry's historical "export" philosophy, the method for updating your local SRS is to export the new data from the IFIC database into the SRS database. To do this you need only…

  6. Updating Your SRS 1) copy the SRS from the DVD onto your hard drive; 2) remove the read-only attribute of the SRS.mdb file; 3) every 2 weeks, download the new IFIC database from the web (or take it from the IFIC CD-ROM); 4) open the IFIC database with SpaceQry; 5) select the File:Export:Update the SRS menu option; 6) select your local SRS as the "target" database

  7. Updating Your SRS 1) copy the SRS from the DVD onto your hard drive… While viewing the SRS_DB folder on the DVD-ROM, right-click on the preferred SRS database… While viewing the SRS_DB folder on the DVD-ROM, right-click on the preferred SRS database, and select the “Copy” menu item…

  8. Updating Your SRS 1) copy the SRS from the DVD onto your hard drive… then right-click on the target folder on your hard drive, and select the “Paste” menu item… then right-click on the target folder on your hard drive, and select the “Paste” menu item…

  9. Updating Your SRS 2) remove the read-only attribute of the SRS.mdb file using the Windows Explorer properties dialogue…

  10. Updating Your SRS 3) every 2 weeks, download the new IFIC database from the web (or take it from the IFIC CD-ROM); IFIC web page: http://www.itu.int/sns/demowic.html

  11. Updating Your SRS

  12. Updating Your SRS 4) open the IFIC database with SpaceQry

  13. Updating Your SRS 5) select the File:Export:Update the SRS menu option

  14. Updating Your SRS 6) select your local SRS as the "target" database

  15. Updating Your SRS …and then click on the “checked folder” button. 6) Wait until the update dialogue has finished…

  16. Updating Your SRS Your SRS is now updated with the relevant data from the selected IFIC database. Doing this procedure every 2 weeks using the latest IFIC database will keep your SRS database in sync with the BR’s production databases. If you have questions or comments about this procedure, please contact the BR team at: brsas@itu.int

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