FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND ASYCUDA++ Ó UNCTAD - SITE (V1.15) 2.23 'Login' - the Server Connection Many ASYCUDA++ functions, particularly where the operation has an official status or where the data must be checked and validated, require that your Client PC be connected to the ASYCUDA++ server. See  Section  1  of  this  Reference  Document,    ‘Introduction  to  ASYCUDA++’, for a short explanation of the 'Client/Server' working environment. For  example,  registering  or  assessing  a  Customs  declaration,  or  extracting  a  report  based  on import and export transaction data requires access to the transaction tables or records, which are stored on the server. If the operation of a function requires that you be connected to the server, you will  be  see  on  screen  a  dialog  box  that  prompts  you  to  'login'.  Alternatively,  at  the  start  of  your session you can 'login' directly from the menu option  'Server’, ‘Login'. Login The user can connect to the Server by entering the following details in the Login window: - 1. The login name - the name of the user or the name used to identify the user in the system. 2. The password, which is a distinct set of alphanumeric characters for each user, to enable them to access the system. Note that for security reasons the password entered will not appear on the screen. If your client PC is logged in to the server, then a flashing symbol, (such as J), will appear on the right side of the bottom status line. Logoff This  option  disconnects  your  client  PC  from  the  ASYCUDA++  server.  You  are  then  'logged  off'. While you can still use you PC for certain ASYCUDA++ functions, such as preparing a Customs declaration. Operations having an official status, (such as registration of a declaration or queries of transaction data), will require you to reconnect. When you finish your ASYCUDA++ session, and close the Module by selecting  'Functions’, ‘Exit', you are automatically logged off the server. Replication Choose this option to replace and fully update all reference files from the Server. 'Replication' is the process of copying from the Server to the Client the current version of  all  data files and control tables. Normally any changes to this data are transferred automatically to the Client when  the  user  logs  in  to  the  server  so  that  Client  system  files  are  standardised  across  the  entire server network. If an individual user wishes to retrieve a complete set of tables from the Server they can do so under this option. Replication deletes all server-controlled data from the Client and then reinstalls the data in full. The user will need to login to the Server in order to replicate. Automatic Replication 'Replication' is normally an automatic process. When you login to the server, it checks the version of the files and reference tables on your Client PC to verify that they are the same versions as are on   the   server.   If   any   files   or   tables   on   your   Client   PC   are   not   the   same   version,   the   server automatically transfers the necessary update.