INTRODUCTION

Database management has received an interface overhaul, allowing for swift backups and restores. Ingress itself is evolving to enhance the user experience, making navigation a breeze. These enhancements contribute to an overall performance boost for Ingress.

 

BENEFIT

This tip, included in the latest Ingress release, assists and complements the first-time user experience by simplifying engagement with basic backup and restore functions within Ingress's Database Configuration.

 

PROCESS – METHOD 1

To Backup the Database in the Old PC

Step 1 – In the old PC, go to System Settings Tab.

Step 2 - Select Database Configuration.

 

Step 3 – By default, the database will be saved in Fingertec Backup in the (C:) Drive. Then click on the Backup Dump and the backup will commence automatically.

 

To Restore the Database in the New PC

Step 1 – In the new PC, Go to System Settings > Database Configuration > Click Browse.

 

Step 2 - Select the Ingress database and Click Open to choose the link.

 

Step 3 – Upon click Restore, a popup window will appear and ask for confirmation for restoration. Click on Yes. Another popup window will appear and shows progress bar for the data restoration.

 

Remark: Please take note that some database will take longer than usual to backup depending on the size of the database, PC performance and also PC processor.

 

 

PROCESS – METHOD 2

For MDB database, the database can also be found stored in a specific folder location. You may found this folder in the Local Disk (C:) > Program File (x86) > Fingertec Worldwide > Fingertec Ingress > Ingress. In that specific folder, you can see the database as a Microsoft Access Database (MDB) format. The size of the file depends on the transactions and number of users stored in the database and can reached maximum size of 2GB.

 

Step 1

Copy this file in a pendrive.

 

Step 2

Paste the file into the new PC at a designated folder.

 

Step 3

Open Ingress, go to System Settings tab > Database Configuration > Database Management.

 

Step 4

Browse for the MDB file that you had paste in the new PC, then Restore. Upon restoration, a window popup will appear and ask for restoration confirmation.

 

Step 5

After restoration has completed, another window popup will appear indicating that the restore process is successful.