1. Accordant Structure (10:00 – 11:00)

• Technology and Resources

• Essential Tools (putty, WinCP, EditPlus)

• The File System

• Accordant Database

• Tables, Views and Constraints

• The “Quattro” format – Relation to NOBE

• Accordant Admin Pages

• Modules, Users and Objects

• Images

• DMS Administration

• _sysextra – Using for Building Demo Data

2. Deployment and Management (11:30 – 12:30)

• The Deploy Script (Unix vs Windows)

• Options

• Contents of Support Files

• .htaccess and passwords

• _sysparams and databaseparams

• params

• backup_site – Archive Location

• run_sql – Restoring Databases

• Branded sites – use of brand_get and brand_put

• public_ip – Using IP’s Instead of Logins for Selected Clients

• Deleting a Building

• Exercises in Deployment

3. Report Files (13:30 – 14:30)

• .RPT, .FRM and .INC files

• Using Report Objects

• NOBE vs REPT

• LOAD vs JOIN

• Mapping Nobes to Tables

4. Writing Reports (15:00 – 16:00)

• Practical Examples

• Costing / Density.