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Set Up a User Tops Database

GeoVista gives you the ability to edit user tops, and to save those edits in a database. If you want to use this option, your systems administrator must first set up your connection to the database.

System Administrator Steps

Follow these steps to set up a user tops database for a single user, with Jet.

• If you want to set up a user tops database on a server, so that multiple users can access the data and make changes, you will need to set up a SQL server connection and create a SQL server user tops database. Contact Divestco Support for assistance.

1. From the client's workstation, search your network for the server install.
2. In the GeoVista folder, double-click the usertopdbmngr.exe file to open the Usertop Database Manager dialog box.

3. Click <Connect> to open the Data Link Properties dialog box.

4. On the Provider tab, select Microsoft Jet 4.0 OLE DB Provider and click <Next>.
5. On the Connection tab, enter the location of the user tops database shipped with GeoVista (gvusertops.mdb), or if you already have a user tops database, enter that location. To search the computer, click the ellipsis button <...>. Leave the default values for the remaining fields.

• Click <Test Connection> to check if GeoVista can successfully link to your database.

6. Click <OK> to establish the connection and open the Login dialog box.

7. For User Name, enter admin, and for Password, enter admin. Click <OK>. You will see a Login Successful message.
8. Click <OK>. The Usertop Database Manager dialog box will appear with default user details.

9. Click <New> to create the client's log on information.

10. In the Name field, enter the client's name, for example, Tech Writer.

• This might be the name of a user or the name of a company, depending on the type of associated database. If your company has spent considerable time and money developing a user tops database with exactly the information you want, then you should enter a name that will identify this database.

11. Enter a shorter name (typically the client's initials), in the Abbreviated Name field.

• The abbreviated name will display next to any edits this client makes in the user tops database.

12. From the Role list, select User. Or, if you are setting up a user name for a large database that other users might want to import into their GeoVista database, set the Role to Super User.

• There are four user types, each with a different level of access: Administrator (handles user accounts and has full rights), Super User (can import, edit, and view), User (can edit and view), and Restricted User (can only view).

13. Assign a password for the user.

13. Click <Save> to add the new user.
14. Click <Exit> to close the dialog box.
15. Launch the client's GeoVista software install.
16. From the Main Menu bar, select Options | User Tops Database to open the Data Link Properties dialog box.
17. Make sure this dialog box has the same settings you entered earlier. Typically, GeoVista retains your earlier settings.
18. Click <Test Connection>. You should see a Connection Successful message.
19. Click <OK>.
20. From the Main Menu bar, select Options | Identify User to open the Identify User dialog box.

19. Choose the client's abbreviated name from the Select an Author list, and click <OK>.
20. The client can now edit the tops for any wells.

What do you want to do?

• Import user tops