Connecting to the Inventory database

VWorks Software Setup Guide : Setting up and connecting to Inventory database : Connecting to the Inventory database

About this topic

This topic describes how to connect to the database for the Inventory Editor. After establishing a connection to the Inventory database, you can open the Inventory Editor from the VWorks Tools menu.

Prerequisites

The Inventory Editor requires the VWorksInventory data source, which must be configured in MySQL ODBC. If you are using a computer that was not provided by Agilent, see Installing and setting up a MySQL ODBC for instructions on how to install MySQL and set up the ODBC data sources.

Procedure

To connect to the Inventory database:

1 In the VWorks window, click Tools > Options. The Options dialog box appears.

2 Under Inventory DB Setup, verify the following, and then click OK.

• Enable database connection is selected.

• DBUser is vworks

• DBPassword is vworks

3 VWorks Plus only. In the Audit Comment dialog box, enter a comment. For details on audit trails and records of interest, see Using compliance features.

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