| • | The AyaNova Data Portal is a web server application useful for remote users with a windows computer and full time internet connection. |
| • | The AyaNova Data Portal allows remote users to run the exact same full AyaNova program as those within the local area network. |
So instead of connecting directly to the database server, the remote users connect to the Data Portal which then connects to the database server.
This difference in connection for a user connecting via the data portal is via the config.txt configuration file on the remote users computer as per the Data Portal configuration steps.
| • | The advantage of the Data Portal is security and relative speed over a slow connection such as a VPN or via the internet 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 first. |