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Rolling update for bksb portal and reporting


Summary

To apply this update, scroll down to Solution

At bksb we are always looking at ways to improve our software. We take in feedback from all customers and endeavour to add requested features and fix any issues.

This FAQ article links to a rolling update of bksb which can be applied to bring bksb up to the latest version.

Change log:

Reporting

  • Notification of updates available for reporting and portal
  • Resource answer files to show on diagnostic report [02/09/2010]
  • Diagnostic Summary [28/01/2010] (located under Group Summaries)
  • IA Summary made to run faster.
  • ICT 3.0 IA summary
  • All assessment reports available in Learner Results view
  • IA Summary allowed groups with & in name to be used
  • Entry 2 diagnostic Assessments
Portal
  • Pre-loader for the assessment engine and all images within assessments [10/02/2010]
  • Diagnostic report loading time speeded up.
  • ICT 3.0 report support.
  • Ability to enable prompting for DOB, GCSE and ESOL data on login.
  • Diagnostic report now shows resources and worksheets.
Minor change log
  • Changed Mathematics L1 'Est Distance' resource to point to resource 11 instead of 10 [01/02/2010]
  • Fixed issue with wrong date format when uploading from standalone


Cause

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Solution

WARNING: Applying an update to the wrong product may require a re-installation.

There are 2 updates below, 1 for bksb_Portal and another for bksb_Reporting (aka Group Profile)

Default locations:
bksb Portal: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\bksb_Portal\
bksb Reporting:
C:\inetpub\wwwroot\bksb_Reporting\
  1. Download & Save 
  2. Run/open the file
  3. If C:\inetpub\wwwroot\bksb_Portal\ is in the portal location, click update. otherwise, click browse to select the location of the bksb_Portal folder.


  4. Once you have selected the location of your working bksb_Portal, click the Update button
  5. Once successfully completed, the updater will show the following screen:


  6. If the update was unsuccessful, you will receive a message saying that the update failed and an option to view which files were not copied and/or which SQL files could not be executed.
Now follow the same steps as above to update bksb Reporting (making sure to select the bksb_reporting folder.)




If you receive error while updating, use the error list to view the error as this could simply be that a file is in use. If you can't resolve the issue, contact bksb technical support on 01623 627 191 ext 8234



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If you need support with any of the articles, then please use the details below to contact us:

Contact Liam Wheldon
Title bksb Technical Specialist & Programmer
Phone 01623 627191 ext 8234
Email support@bksb.co.uk 


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