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Staffinder Support: Upgrade Information

Upgrading from Staffinder versions prior to 3.x:
Due to many structure changes in prior versions of Staffinder we are only providing the upgrade utility to upgrade from 3.x to 4.x. If you are still running a version prior to 3.x you will need to contact our tech support for help to upgrade to version 4.0. We will be happy to convert your existing data once you have upgraded.

Upgrading from Staffinder 3.x to 4.x:
below you will find the upgrade instructions on how to get your system running in the shortest amount of time.
The installation for both the Enterprise and Standard Editions are described below

Upgrade Process:

If you have not installed the client portion of Staffinder you will need to refer to the installation instructions here prior to importing your data.
Note: You must have registered the product before you can import your data.

Standard Edition Steps:

You will find the import function in the Database Configuration Utility on your start button. This icon will only exist if you installed the client and selected "Administrator" during the installation. Refer to Figure 1 below.

You will need to provide your registration information prior to copying your existing data.

Specify the location of the Staffinder 3.0 database.

click Copy Data. It's that easy!

Enterprise Edition steps.

Run the upgrade utility from the start menu. This icon will only exist if you installed the client and selected "Administrator" during the installation. If you did not do this you can browse for the file and double-click the "dbupgrade.exe" file in the location where you installed the server files.

You will need to provide the location of your existing 3.x database. If your upgrading from the standard edition you will need to locate the sfse.dat file in your server directory. If your running the enterprise edition you will need to locate the database configuration file db.cfg.

Click the Copy button when you are ready to go.

After the database is converted, you can now visit your workstations to install the new Staffinder client. After the client is installed on the machines, they should be able to log into Staffinder and see the data copied from the old database.

Remember, only information such as departments, employees, In/Out board settings and such will appear in the new database. Employee status will be blank until they start using the program.