Opening a company in Visual APS

Last Company
When you exit Visual APS, company connection information will be saved within your windows user profile.  The next time you open Visual APS, the company will automatically load.  The load company at startup setting in general settings will determine whether the last company opened is loaded automatically.

Multiple Companies
It's possible to open multiple companies at the same time. 

You can launch the Visual APS Desktop Client from the LYNQ home page or directly from the shortcut on the desktop. Contact your systems administrator if you do not know the Enterprise Resource Planning database name to connect to.  To be able to use Visual APS you must have rights to the application.  

To open a company in Visual APS

1. Click on the File Menu
2. Click on Open
3. Click New Database Connection
4. In the Server field enter the name of the SQL server where Enterprise Resource Planning resides
5. Select the correct authentication method as setup by your administrator
6. Select the App Role security setting if turned on by your administrator
7. In the Company field enter the Enterprise Resource Planning database name.
8. Click OK to open the company
    

To close a company in Visual APS

1. Click on the File Menu
2. Click on Close

To close all companies in Visual APS

1. Click on the File Menu
2. Click on Close All

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