Configuring the Content Update Server Utility

Configure workstations to automatically install updated MDref content.

Before you begin

For MDref to be updated automatically:
  • Automatic Update must be running on the server computer.
  • A user must be logged into your server computer because Automatic Update requires a desktop environment in which to run.

About this task

Use the Content Update Utility to:
  • Check whether MDref updates are available for the workstations on your network.
  • Specify whether workstation computers can download MDref package content as required from the server.
  • Specify whether workstation computers can process MDref package content in the background.

Procedure

  1. Double-click the MedicalDirector Maintenance icon .
  2. In the MedicalDirector Maintenance window, select Database Tasks > MedicalDirector Clinical.
  3. Double-click the Content Update icon.

    If this is the first time you have run the Content Update Utility during this session of working in MedicalDirector Maintenance, select a configuration and enter your username and password.
  4. The Content Update Server Utility window lists computers on your network, with an icon that indicates whether Clinical updates are available for that computer:
    • A red Red Stop icon icon indicates that no update is available.
    • A green Green tick icon icon indicates that an update is available.
    Tip:
    The list of computers in the Content Update Sever Utility window includes all current and obsolete computers that have ever accessed Clinical.
  5. If you want to:
    • Prevent content updates from being downloaded by workstation computers, in the Content Update Server Utility window, click Settings > Disable Content Update.
    • Prevent extra content updates from being automatically downloaded to workstations and saved for later installation, in the Content Update Server Utility window, click Settings menu > Disable Background Processing.
    • Prevent a computer from being listed in the Content Update Sever utility window, in the Content Update Sever Utility window, right-click the computer and set Hide Computer. Hidden computers are listed in grey text. To unhide a computer, right-it and set Unhide Computer.

Results

Updated MDref content is automatically downloaded to the configured workstations and installed when a user:
  • Logs in to Clinical.
  • Opens a patient's record.
  • Accesses Product Information, Consumer Medicines Information, or NPS.
  • Accesses the Pathology, Cytology, or X-ray Request modules.