With the Data Portal, remote users run the exact same full AyaNova program as those within the local area network.
The only difference is instead of connecting directly to the database server, the remote users connect to the Data Portal which than connects to the database server. This difference in connection is via the config.txt configuration file on the remote users computer as per the Data Portal configuration steps.
The purpose of the Data Portal is security and relative speed over a slow connection while still being able to use the full AyaNova program. The Data Portal has been specifically optimized for the slower connection speed of a remote user.
Although the Data Portal has been optimized for use with slower connection speeds, how fast the response is to retrieve data (i.e. printing a report, opening a workorder entry screen, filtering a grid, etc) will be affected by the connection speed between the remote user and the Data Portal.
The AyaNova Data Portal requires that AyaNova be configured for network use.
