Create Training Database

To access: VOTER FOCUS ADMIN > System Utilities > Database Utilities > Create Training Database

This program creates a copy of your Voter Focus database that can be used for training or testing against the FVRS Training database. The name of the county Training database is Vr6T. The program creates Vr6T by making a copy of a full backup of the production (Vr6) database.

If you have an existing version of the Training database and you want to refresh it with the latest information, simply create the Training database as you did the first time. The existing Training database will be completely replaced.

You are not able to recreate the Training database if there are users currently working in the database.

Because your local Training database interacts with the Training database on FVRS, it is important that the local Training database be created as soon as possible after creation/refreshment of the FVRS Training database. Otherwise, you may have data-synchronization issues. You might need to work with your IT staff to ensure a backup is taken immediately after the FVRS Training database is created, so that you can use this backup to create the local Training database.

Note:  State officials indicated in June 2010 that the "policy for refresh of the training database is that it will be refreshed the Monday after the FVRS maintenance window."