11.3 Restore Data
Restore Data option is used to restore data from the backup copy of data. In the previous topic, we have learnt the steps to take backup of data. In this topic, we will discuss the steps to restore data from the backup. Generally, the need for restoring data arises when your company’s data is corrupted due to any reason such as hard disk crash, virus or so on.
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To restore data, open Company menu and click Restore Data option. On clicking the Restore Data option, a Data Restoration window appears. Given here is a screenshot of Data Restoration window.
Figure 11.3 Data Restoration
Normal Backup Restoration
Select this option if you want to restore data from hard disk or any other removable disk. On selecting this option, a Path for Restoration data field gets active. Specify the path from where data is to be restored. You can also select the path by clicking the Browse button.
FTP Backup Restoration
Select this option if you want to restore data from FTP Server. On selecting this option, a FTP Backup Restoration group gets active. Under this group, following data fields appear:
Server Name
Specify the Server Name from where data is to be restored.
User Name
Specify the User Name for the Server from where data is to be restored.
Password
Specify Password for the User Name specified in the above data field.
Backup Folder
Select the folder from where data is to be restored.
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After entering appropriate data in the data fields, click the Ok button to restore data from the backup folder.
On clicking the Ok button, a Data Restoration message box appears, asking your confirmation to restore the data. Click the Yes button in the message box to restore data.
On successful restoration of data, a Data Restoration Successful message box appears. Click the Ok button to close the message box.
è If you are restoring the full data of a company and a company with the same name exists in BUSY then BUSY will open a Company Exist message box. It will ask you whether it should overwrite the existing data for the company. If you click the Yes button, BUSY will overwrite the existing data with the backup copy. If you click the No button, BUSY will create another company with the same name. To differentiate the two companies BUSY will append the current date with the newly created company.
Similarly, if you are restoring the data of a single financial year of a company and a company with the same financial year exists in BUSY then BUSY will open a F.Y. Exist message box. It will ask you whether it should overwrite the existing data for the company. If you click the Yes button, BUSY will overwrite the existing data with the backup copy. If you click the No button, BUSY will create another company with the same financial year. To differentiate between the two companies BUSY will append the current date with the newly created company.
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