Configuring Microsoft Access

Microsoft™ Access can be used in a limited capacity with HCL Compass for evaluation and testing purposes only. However, it is not supported for production use. HCL Compass MultiSite does not support Microsoft Access databases.

To use HCL Compass with Microsoft Access:
  1. Create one shared directory with full permissions on the computer that will contain your Microsoft Access databases.
  2. Record the UNC path of the share directory. The path must be of this form:

    \\machine_name \share_name\database_directory\

    For example:

    \\developmentserver\project34share\Compassdbs\

The first time you run HCL Compass, you are prompted to create a schema repository. Specify the path to the shared directory and provide a file name for the schema repository. The appropriate Microsoft Access databases in the shared directory are then created and initialized.