How to set up the Copy Live to Demo as a Scheduled Task for Self-Hosted Customers

To set up the scheduled task on the server to copy live to demo, do the following:

1. Open up Task Scheduler on the FIMS database server
2. Create a basic task 

Choose the time to run it on this screen: 

Choose start a program: 

Set up the task: 

• Program/Script field: The program you are running will be the 'copytestopen.bat' file. Note that this file may not be on the C drive of your server, you may have FIMS installed elsewhere.
• Add arguments field: Add the following again changing the drive letter to what yours is on your server:

• Start in field: Put in the path as noted below, however again you may need to change the drive letter to whatever yours is on your server:

Check the checkbox to open the properties: 

Select to run whether user is logged on or not:

Check the checkbox to 'Allow task to be run on demand' option so that you can click Run in Task Scheduler if need be and put a limit on how long the task should run. Again be sure to stagger your tasks on the server so they do not run at the same time:

4. Make sure that in c:\npo\found\fims that there is a txt file called 'y.txt' and that inside that file the letter y is typed, nothing else is needed. If there is not a y.txt file in that directory, create one.