Search TipsRepair and Maintenance
Repair and Maintenance repairs or maintains overlays in an SWD, e.g. to replace a database connection. This command allows you to easily resolve any broken data links which show as yellow exclamation triangles (see below).
Select File > Info > Benchmark.
Click the Repair and Maintenance button.
The Repair and Maintenance dialog will be displayed:
Go to the appropriate tab for the connection. In this example PostGIS is being used:
Click the Replace connection button, the appropriate Connection dialog will be displayed:
Check the connection details and click Finish.
Resolving any yellow exclamation triangles (broken data links)
When you move your data to a new location or migrate to a new database you may see yellow exclamation triangles when you open up a project, for example:
These occur because Cadcorp SIS Desktop is trying to connect to data in a location where it no longer exists.
You can reconnect these links using this Repair and Maintenance command.
To see these broken links go to the Files & Folders tab of the Repair and Maintenance dialog.
- All data connections inside the project will be listed and show with a yellow triangle which connections are broken.
- Simply select the broken connection and click Replace Folder.
- Use the displayed file browser and browse to the new location where the data is stored.
- Click OK.
When you return to the map your data will now be visible.
TIP: Remember to save the project to store the new data locations