VIP HR Manager – System Requirements  

Overview

VIP HR Manager is a network based 32-bit Windows application. The system has been designed on Inprise (Borland) Parabox 7 and is a fully ODBC compliant data set that can be accessed by third party applications and report writers for further data analysis.

MULTI USER WORKSTATION

Client Workstations

• Windows 2000, 2003, XP & Vista
• P500 Mhz or higher
• 512Mb RAM minimum – 1Gb Recommended*
• 1Gb of free hard disk space for application programs
• CD-Rom
• Screen resolution 800 x 600 minimum – 1024 x 768 recommended

* Windows Vista (Professional) requires 1Gb of RAM, 1.5Gb recommended.

Server

• Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server
• 512Mb RAM minimum - 1Gb Recommended
• Approximate DB Sizing : 100Mb per 100 employees for 1 years history

SINGLE USER WORKSTATION

Workstation Server

• Windows 2000, XP and Vista
• 512Mb RAM minimum - 1Gb Recommended*
• 1Gb of free hard disk space for application programs
• Approximately DB Sizing : 100Mb per 100 employees for 1 years history
• CD-Rom – (CD-RW preferably for local back-ups)
• Screen Resolution 800 x 600 minimum – 1024 x 768 recommended

* Windows Vista (Professional) requires 1Gb of RAM, 1.5Gb recommended.

Network Installations

VIP HR Manager can be run in a networked environment in order to provide multi user access to the applications.

Firstly, all programs and data are installed on a network share. Each individual workstation requiring access to VIP HR Manager must load the Borland Database Engine (BDE) locally, in order to communicate with the database.

There is no other requirement for the individual workstations. As both application and the data reside on the server, shortcuts need to be defined to each module of the application that you wish your user to have access to. The Workstation Install option on the installation CD will do this for you.

Security Consideration

At a share level – users must have full read / write access to both the HR application directory and similarly to all sub directories – this is to ensure that they can read/writer to the database, reports etc. The application is structured to allow programs at the top level and then the various data sets stored as sub directories beneath this.

The database is fully ODBC compliant therefore providing for maximum flexibility in terms of reporting and integrating with other applications. It is therefore important that you restrict access to the application directories (and sub directories) to the actual HR system users. This should be implemented through user security on your network operating system.