Initial Setup

The initial setup page that users will see upon navigating to the QEST Web App after installing the QESTNet, QEST Web API and QEST Web App products. This initial setup allows a connection to the QEST Platform database to be defined for the QESTNet product, allowing further configuration to take place.

Database Connections

Definitions of the database connections that QESTNet uses for various tasks. A connection to the QEST Platform database, named QESTLab_Data, is required at minimum.

Other database connections that may need to be configured here are:

• If Construction Hive publishing is being used from QESTField, a connection to the Construction Hive publishing database will need to be configured.

• If specialist data integrators are being used that connect to an on-premises database to transfer data between the QEST Platform and other systems, these database connections can be defined here.

Client URIs

Client URIs for various QEST Platform are provided to the QESTNet to allow products to connect to one another.

• If the QESTField app is to be used within an organization, the QESTField URI must be provided

• The QEST Web App URI must be provided

Email

These settings control how emails are sent via products that utilize the QESTNet service. This includes publishing reports by email from QESTField as well as the sending of license monitoring emails to system administrators.

If these settings are not completed, no emails will be able to be sent from these products.

Notifications

If the QESTField Scheduler is in use along with notifications to technicians, these settings allow some configuration of how notifications function.

Data Integrators

If specialist data integrators are being used that connect to another on-premises system to transfer data between the QEST Platform and that system, these connections are defined here. Spectra QEST will advise organizations if this configuration is necessary and provide the required values.

License Usage

Configuration of features related to Checking Concurrent License Use for the QEST Platform. Configuration of where licensing log files are stored, settings for the licensing warning emails (including recipients and transfer interval).

Logging

The QESTNet service generates log files for the purposes of aiding troubleshooting. These settings define where the log files are created as well as what level of details is included.

QESTNet Restart

Allows the QESTNet service to be restarted for configuration changes to take effect.