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Decision Support Tool 2.1 - Advanced User Information
The Decision Support Tool (DST) user interface is independent of the data tables it is normally shipped with. It is possible to have several different DST configurations:
- Stand alone – the data is embedded with the user interface.
- Centralised – a single MS-Access format copy of the data is stored at a central location and users install just the user interface (“application-only” version of the DST) on their workstations.
- Client-Server – the data is stored in a database server, such as SQL-Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc., at a central location and users install just the user interface (“application-only” version of the DST) on their workstations.
- Web service – the users install just the user interface (“application-only” version of the DST) on their workstations, and access data via the Internet.
Appendix 2 of the NOCC Decision Support Tool 2.1 Users' Guide gives details about connecting the DST user interface to a data source.
- Application (*.mdb) – an install script for the design version of the DST application, plus documentation. The design version may prove useful to software developers who wish to see what public procedures are available within the application, should it be necessary to integrate it with a third-party software system.
- Data (*.mdb) – an install script for the design version of the DST data tables. The database also contains the ‘Reconstitute Data’ part of the user interface, which will need to run, once, to make the data usable.
| File: | SetupNOCCDstApp.exe |
| Version: | 2.1.29 |
| Date Published: | 2007-10-12 |
| Language: | English |
| Download Size: | 1,015 KB |
| Estimated Download Time: | 4 min @ 56K (Dial-up) |
| 1 min @ 256K (DSL) |
| Description: | Contains the NOCC Decision Support Tool - Application plus documentation.
You will need to have MS-Access 2000, or later, installed to run this application. |
| File: | SetupNOCCDstData.exe |
| Version: | 2.1.29 |
| Date Published: | 2007-10-12 |
| Language: | English |
| Download Size: | 12,666 KB |
| Estimated Download Time: | 38 min @ 56K (Dial-up) |
| 9 min @ 256K (DSL) |
| Description: | Contains the NOCC Decision Support Tool - Data plus documentation.
You will need to have MS-Access 2000, or later, installed
to run this application. |
This is the normal configuration – the user interface uses the data from internal tables.
Download the “data only” version of the DST (setupNOCCDstData.exe), run it once to reconstitute the data, then store it in a central location on the Local Area Network (LAN). Download the “application only” version of the DST (setupNOCCDstApp.exe) and install it on each user workstation. The first time each user runs the DST, he or she will need to use the Data Source button to select a Data Source Type of “MS-Access”, a Data Source Location of “External data”, an ADO Provider of “Microsoft Jet 4.0 OLE DB Provider” (or later), and enter the full path to the central database into the Data Source text box. The adjacent “…” button can be used to navigate to the central database file.
Download the “data only” version of the DST (setupNOCCDstData.exe), run it once to reconstitute the data, then import the data into the required central database server. Download the “application only” version of the DST (setupNOCCDstApp.exe) and install it on each user workstation. The first time each user runs the DST, he or she will need to use the Data Source button to select an appropriate Data Source Type, an appropriate Data Source Location, an appropriate ADO Provider, enter the name of the central database server into the Server text box, and enter name of the server database into the Data Source text box. ADditional details, such as user id and password, may need to go into the Properties text box.
Either of the DST versions that contain the application code (i.e. Application Only or Application Plus Data) can be used to connect to the RESTful web service for the DST. The first time each user runs the DST, he or she will need to use the Data Source button to select a Data Source Type of “NOCC Data Cube”, a Data Source Location of “Standard NOCC data cube”. This will link to the http://data-cube.mhnocc.org/ (the public access credentials are: user "guest", and password "guest" - both the user and the password must be entered in lower case letters) web service. Full details will be published shortly on this web page in a PDF document. If you need to fast-track your own software development project that will use the NOCC Data Cube, and cannot wait for the forthcoming documentation, please send an email to amhocn-dst-helpdesk@strategicdata.com.au and we will supply you with our draft documentation.
Note that the "Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0" library is required by the DST to process the Extended Markup Language (XML) data received from the NOCC Data Cube. This library may need to be intalled on each user's workstation in order to access the web-based data. The DST notifies the user if the library is not installed with the message: "A software component called 'Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0' is not installed on this workstation. The NOCC Decision Support Tool (DST) requires this component in order to interpret the NOCC Extended Markup Language (XML) data downloaded from the NOCC Data Cube web site. Without this component, it is not possible for the DST to process any XML data no matter what source it comes from." The message also includes instructions on how to obtain the library.
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