Eazy Eval

Getting Started With Eazy Eval

This section acts as a hands-on guide to the various operations that can be performed using Eazy Eval. This section can be used as a starter guide for Eazy Eval.

FIRST STEPS

The first step after installation is setting up an Eazy Eval Environment for your organization, and for this the Eazy Eval program is to be connected to the PostgreSQL backend server. Execute the Eazy Eval Pro executable from one of your machines (Not the Exam Center Only module, but the complete control center Eazy Eval Pro). It will prompt you that a connection is needed for the operation of the software. Click Yes and you will be presented with a window from which all the initially needed tasks can be performed.

The Database Configuration Window

Fill in the various slots given in that window according to the information given below.

• Server Name - Host Name or the IP Address of the machine on which you chose to install PostgreSQL. It can be the local machine, or a Linux or Windows 2000/XP PC residing on your network.
• User Name - The username that you chose to create while installing PostgreSQL.
• Password - The password that you opted for while creating an account during the installation of PostgreSQL.
• Database Name - Clicking on the small button provided to the right of this field will populate this control with the name of all the databases that your PostgreSQL server has. If you are running Eazy Eval on your network for the first time then this control will be having two entries 'Template 0' and 'Template 1' in it.
  How to make an Eazy Eval database in case of a fresh installation ?
  
  For fresh installations, before doing anything else you will have to make Eazy Eval create a database with all the needed data structures for storing Question banks and other program related Information. For this, type in the correct Server name, user name and password and then press the 'New' button.
  

  
  The Database Configuration Window with the Create New database screen

  There the user will be asked to provide a name for the new database that is to be created for Eazy Eval. Type in some name and in the slot given for Template, type in the name of default template that your PostgreSQL Environment uses, for creating new databases. Normally this will be 'Template0' or 'Template1'. Press Save to create a database with the name that you have provided. You will be prompted with a message and will be taken back to the Database Configuration Window.
  Now the database name control will have the new database that you created listed there and you can select it to make Eazy Eval use it as the data repository.

After filling in the needed details and after creating and selecting a database, press "Test" to check if Eazy Eval can communicate with database server. If a connection can be established then, a "Connection Ok" message is displayed. Now you can Save the connection settings using the "Save" button and doing this will restart the Eazy Eval Environment and will present you with a Login Screen.

Logging In

If you are logging in to Eazy Eval for the first time then, there will be only a single account named "Admin" which can be used. The "Admin" account is an Administrative or Root account and from this account the user will be able to operate all the features of Eazy Eval. In the time of creation this account is not protected by a password and so you can log into the Eazy Eval environment by typing "Admin" as the user name and leaving the password column blank.

The Login screen

NB: After you log into the Eazy Eval environment for the first time using the "Admin", please don't forget to set some strong password for this account.

At the top right corner of the Login window, there are two buttons, which are explained below.

The Top Right Corner of Login Screen

The first button with the "<>" label can be used to remove any faulty previous database connection configuration. This can be used to reset the active database configuration. The user will be prompted with a message and responding with a "Yes" will result in the resetting of the configuration.

The second button with the "?" label can be used to View information about the Server and the database to which you are currently attempting to log into. This button can be used in scenario's were there are multiple database servers and Eazy Eval databases. Pressing this button will display a message like one given below

Information about the Current Server and the Current Database

After a successful login, the user will be presented with the Eazy Eval Environment together with a graphical menu, from which all the available functions can be accessed.