Open a Database

You have permission to open the following types of database:

• Database that you have created and are therefore the owner of.
• Database that you have been made a member of (i.e. a member of at least one of the database's workgroups) and to which you have been given login credentials.
• Publicly-accessible databases.

The Heurist Index makes available to all users all Heurist core databases as well as all registered end-user generated databases. These include curated templates: well-developed schemas developed by the Heurist team or members of the Heurist community (communities of practices such as HuNI and FAIMS).

To open an existing database

1. If you have just created a new database, you can click the database link in the Confirmation page.
2. If you are not logged into any database, navigate to the Heurist Project Page and click Browse Databases or navigate directly to the Heurist server address (e.g. http://heurist.sydney.edu.au/heurist/). From the displayed list of registered databases, select the database. You may need to press Login to display the Login page.

Alternatively, if you know the specific URL of the database (e.g. http://heurist.sydney.edu.au/heurist/?db=dbname, where dbname is the name of your database) you can open it directly by entering the URL in your browser (you can bookmark the URL in your browser for convenience.)

3. If you are logged into a database, select Database | Open Database from the Main Menu (top-right of the Home screen). A list of databases (sorted alphabetically) on the server is displayed:

Databases are sorted alphabetically. To find a database in a long list, press Ctrl-F to search for part of the name.

This list can be filtered as follows:

• User (the default). Shows only databases that you have access to (i.e. databases available to all users, or databases that you are either the owner of or belong to as a workgroup member).
• All. Shows (registered) databases created by everyone, and therefore may include databases that are restricted to you.
• Administrator. Shows only databases that you are an administrator of.

Click the database you wish to open.

Note. If your login details have been stored within the browser, you will be logged in automatically. The database opens in a new browser tab; it does not close the original database if one is open. You can therefore have several databases open in separate browser tabs.

4. If the Login page displays, enter your Username and Password (those you supplied when you registered and which are also contained in your registration confirmation email):

Note. For some publicly-accessible databases you may be able to login as a guest user using the guest credentials (e.g. Guest/Guest).

The default Remember me option is recommended when you are on a secure computer. Your login details are remembered for each database you create (for 30 days), allowing you to open the database without having to re-enter your login details each time.

Note. If you forget your current password, you can apply to get a new password by selecting Click here to reset it. The new (randomly generated) password is mailed to your email address (as registered within your User Profile settings). You may edit the password once it has been reset (see Profile | Preferences). If you do not receive an email within 30 seconds or so after clicking this link, Heurist may not be set up properly to function with your server's email system, in which case you should contact the database owner, or system owner (if you are the database owner), and ask them to change your password.

5. Click Login. The database opens in a new browser window, showing the Home Screen.

To Log Out Of or Log Into a Database

You can explicitly log out of or log into a Heurist database via the log out / log in button at the top right of the Home screen.

If you navigate to the database Home Screen but are not logged into the database, most of the menus will be hidden.

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