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 ==== Synchronisation section ==== ==== Synchronisation section ====
-  * **This datafile is part of a synchronisation system:** If checked it means that the synchronisation system is enabled in this datafile. This means that records to be synchronised will be created at appropriate times. If this is uncheckled it means that the synchonisation system is disabled completely and records to be synchronised will not be created in this datafile. +  * **This datafile is part of a synchronisation system:** If checked it means that the synchronisation system is enabled in this datafile. This means that records to be synchronised will be created at appropriate times. If this is unchecked it means that the synchonisation system is disabled completely and records to be synchronised will not be created in this datafile. 
-  * **Synchronisation is active:** If checked, synchronisation is operating as normal. If it is unchecked, the synchronisation system is paused. Records to be synchronised will still be created but they will not be shared between the cnetral server and remote sites. This is sometimes useful when carrying out maintenance procedures.+  * **Synchronisation is active:** If checked, synchronisation is operating as normal. If it is unchecked, the synchronisation system is paused. Records to be synchronised will still be created but they will not be shared between the central server and remote sites. This is sometimes useful when carrying out maintenance procedures.
  
 ==== Register button ==== ==== Register button ====
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 By default all customers are assigned a price category of "A" By default all customers are assigned a price category of "A"
  
-To assign a different category to a customer, choose Customers > Show customers... and find the customer entry. Then set the price category field to a different value+To assign a different category to a customer, choose Customers > Show customers... and find the customer entry. Then set the price category field to a different value (see the [[https://docs.msupply.org.nz/names:adding_and_editing#price_category|5.01. Names: using, adding and editing]] page for details on where this field is).
  
 Here in the Preferences, you specify what percentage change to the default price will be made for each category. Here in the Preferences, you specify what percentage change to the default price will be made for each category.
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 **Print Expiry date of Item on label** When checked, the stock line's expiry date will be printed on the label. **Print Expiry date of Item on label** When checked, the stock line's expiry date will be printed on the label.
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 +**Rotate label 180 degrees** When checked, labels will be printed out rotated by 180 degrees. Perfect for turning labels the right way up if they come out upside down. Can be an issue if pre-printed labels are used and they are the opposite way round to what you expected.
  
 **Allow users to select ward on prescriptions** If checked, **Patient type** and **Ward** drop down lists are displayed on prescriptions. If //Inpatient// is selected as the patient type then the Ward drop down list is enabled and the patient's ward can be selected. **Allow users to select ward on prescriptions** If checked, **Patient type** and **Ward** drop down lists are displayed on prescriptions. If //Inpatient// is selected as the patient type then the Ward drop down list is enabled and the patient's ward can be selected.
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 mSupply allows you to make up to 3 secondary backups to separate locations if you would like to. You can use 1, 2 or all 3 if you would like to. At least one is recommended for security purposes. mSupply allows you to make up to 3 secondary backups to separate locations if you would like to. You can use 1, 2 or all 3 if you would like to. At least one is recommended for security purposes.
  
-===== E-mail tab =====+===== Email tab =====
 You can choose to send orders, reports, invoices and notifications to recipients using e-mail in mSupply. However, before mSupply can send anything by e-mail you must tell mSupply about the server you wish to use and details of the e-mail described below:  You can choose to send orders, reports, invoices and notifications to recipients using e-mail in mSupply. However, before mSupply can send anything by e-mail you must tell mSupply about the server you wish to use and details of the e-mail described below: 
  
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 == Use the following port for SSL == == Use the following port for SSL ==
 The default port is 2048. This is the port used for secure https connections. The default port is 2048. This is the port used for secure https connections.
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 +== Web URL ==
 +The URL of the web server to connect to. If this does not begin with "https:%%//%%" you are shown an alert. You most likely do want to use https if you're making these settings in a live envoronment. And if you're setting up [[synchronisation:introduction|synchronisation]] then you won't get any connection if you don't use https.
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 +== Enable Support DB Integration ==
 +If this checkbox is checked (only possible on the central server) this copy of mSupply will send support information to The mSupply Foundation's support database once a day during a time of low activity on the server at night: this is information about all the remote sites, their names, the type and version of mSupply they are running, whether they are registered, the time they last synchronised with the central server, when their latest transaction was entered and when their first stocktake was created.
 +  * **Username:** The username to use when connecting to the support database.
 +  * **Password:** The password to use when connecting to the support database.
 +  * **URL:** The URL of the support database.
 +  * **Test connection** button: Click this to validate your settings and check the connection to the support database. An alert message will tell you whether the test was successful or not.
 +  * **Push now** button: Click on this button to send the support information immediately rather than waiting for the automatically scheduled time. You will be shown the progress of the data send and told whether it is successful or not.
 == Disable the customer order web module and display the following message: == == Disable the customer order web module and display the following message: ==
 Check this if you want to take the [[web_interface:msupply_customer_howto|customer ordering module]] off line and enter the message you want to display to customers who access the module. Check this if you want to take the [[web_interface:msupply_customer_howto|customer ordering module]] off line and enter the message you want to display to customers who access the module.
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