From OpenEvsys

This is the first draft of the OpenEvSys user manual. It is a work in progress, and we are adding to it constantly. If you want to improve on the current chapters, contribute new one, or write a short tutorial, create a wiki account and get stuck in. We will be glad to help you out, or suggest areas that we think need improving.

Contents 1 OpenEvSys Concepts 2 Installation 3 Working with records 4 Administrative Functions 5 Tutorials

OpenEvSys Concepts

• Who did What to Whom?
• Events Standard Formats
• Roles
• Documentation
• Monitoring

Installation

• Installation: General installation guide.
• Walk-through: Install OpenEvSys on Windows using WAMPServer 2
• Installing OpenEvsys on Macintosh using MAMP
• OpenEvSys Sample Data: a set of Events that you can upload into OpenEvSys to help you become familiar with the tool.

Working with records

• The OpenEvSys User Interface
• Main Record Types
  • Browsing Events
  • Browsing Persons
  • Browsing Documents
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
• Analysis
  • Advanced search
  • Advanced search - spanish
  • Saved queries
  • Saved queries - spanish

Administrative Functions

• Form Customization
• Micro Thesauri Customization
• User Management
  • Creating Users
  • Creating Roles
  • Setting Permissions
• Localization

Tutorials

• Creating a New Event
• Uploading Documents
• Translating the Interface into other languages
• Backing up and restoring OpenEvSys
• Customizing the Interface
• Making charts using OpenEvSys and Excel