From: Dan Scott Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:25:35 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Document how to load concerto sample data X-Git-Url: https://old-git.evergreen-ils.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=28915dd494bb0e255358581e6961e1ace60dbe7b;p=evergreen%2Fequinox.git Document how to load concerto sample data We might as well make it as easy as possible for people to use the sample dataset that we created! Signed-off-by: Dan Scott --- diff --git a/docs/installation/server_installation.txt b/docs/installation/server_installation.txt index 2cab18ae6a..708f909f79 100644 --- a/docs/installation/server_installation.txt +++ b/docs/installation/server_installation.txt @@ -403,6 +403,19 @@ It also creates the configuration files required by the Evergreen `cgi-bin` administration scripts, and sets the user name and password for the *egadmin* Evergreen administrator account to your requested values. +You can get a complete set of options for `eg_db_config.pl` by passing the +`--help` parameter. + +Loading sample data +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +If you add the `--load-all-sample` parameter to the `eg_db_config` command, +a set of authority and bibliographic records, call numbers, copies, staff +and regular users, and transactions will be loaded into your target +database. This sample dataset is commonly referred to as the _concerto_ +sample data, and can be useful for testing out Evergreen functionality and +for creating problem reports that developers can easily recreate with their +own copy of the _concerto_ sample data. + Creating the database on a remote server ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a production instance of Evergreen, your PostgreSQL server should be