Changing a Laptop identifier

The location of a laptop (set in Settings.mdb) has a bearing on various cross checks, output locations etc. Therefore, to change it all the related things need to be accounted for.

Check List

Template:Discussion As of today this is only brainstorming, this list has not been tested. Trish, can you think of anything else? Ttenbergen 19:22, 9 December 2009 (CST)

We’ll need to

• confirm with the statistician whether there is impact
• Add a folder regional_server\programs\<new name> (rather than re-name, to facilitate backing out if we can’t finish)
• Add a folder regional server\data\<new name>
• Add a folder regional server\output\<hosp>\<new name>
• Update the information in S Locations
• Consider if any tmp studies will be affected
• Ensure that there is no code specifically mentioning the current location of the laptop (e.g. the long stay warning)
  • find/search through all VBA modules for the current name
  • address all finds; note: just changing the find to the new name may lead to undesired results, make sure the change is the right thing to do.
  • make sure that the location name is not mentioned in any of the queries; I can't think of a nice way to automate this.
  • Find out if any queries explicitly use the old location, decide whether to replace with new one; I can't think of an easy way to do this, likely have to do it the hard way
• change the location in Settings.mdb
• get local collector to send, and make sure all arrived, incl. in output DBs