Connecting to a MICHAEL database

The MICHAEL platform is base on a Web architecture. It means that you will use its functionalities with the unique help of a Web browser such as Firefox or Internet Explrer, whether it is for searching contents or editing contents.

The production module stores its data within a database . In order to edit data, you first need to connect to the database, using a username and a password which has been given to you by a system administrator. Before using any functionality of the production module, you thus need to know three pieces of information :

1. The URL of the database
2. Your username
3. Your password

Once you have this information, you may proceed to connect to the database and work on data.

1) Login procedure

1.1) Predefined instance and language

In some circumstances, the URL will let you connect to a specific database using a specific user interface language. In such circumstances, you will get an identification form close to this one:

In this form, you simply need to provide the correct username and password. If you provide wrong information, you will get the same form again (or the one explained in the following section). Once you click on the Login button, if your identification is successful, you will be redirected to your personal homepage .

1.2) Generic login form

In some circumstances, you will get a generic login form, such as this one:

This form is use when the URL used don't provide specific information on the database and language, or when you just logged out or provided a wrong username or password.

To connect, you will need to provide four information. First you need to select the instance or database between all hosted instances in the list. Then you provide username and password, and finally the user interface language you want to use. Be careful, not all user interfaces languages may be appropriate for the database selected. Please stay with the information provided by your system administrator.

If you provide wrong information, you will get the same form again. Once you click on the Login button, if your identification is successful, you will be redirected to your personal homepage .

2) Logout procedure

When you have finished working on the database content, you should log out of the system. If you don't use the production module for 30 minutes, you will be automatically disconnected, but we strongly encourage you to log out once you have finished working.

To do so, you must use the Logout link provided in the user interface. In your personal homepage, you will find a link at the top of the viewer area:

When you are browsing the content of the database, you will find a Logout button at the bottom of the page in your browser:

As soon as you click on one or the other, you are disconnected and you go back to the login form.