Update DB structure create or update database structure
Copy current data copy data from current database to the updated one
Backup current tables left the current tables in database named like bck_xxx
Refresh APC-wide categories updates APC-wide (parent) categories
Refresh other constants updates Codepage constants, Language constants, Bin constants
Redefine field defaults Updates field templates, which is used when you adding new field to slice
Redefine slice templates Updates only slice templates, which is in standard AA installation
Add new view templates Templates for javascript, constans, discussions views, ... you can see in 'ActionApps Core' slice. If you haven't defined any view of some type, the templates are used as default values for new views.
Overwrite existing templates Check this, if you want overwrite existing view templates with new ones. Default is not to overwrite (unchecked)
Add statistic fields (fix) New fields (display_count, disc_count, disc_app) in v1.8 should be added to all slice definitions
Add item id fields (fix) Add 'id' and 'short_id' definitions to fields tabl for each slice, where the definition is missing. It allows searchbar in Item Manager to create filter also on Short id field, ...
Fix missing fields fields Add missing mandatory fields in slices (status_code.....)
Update modules table AA version >2.1 supports management not only slices, but other modules too. Module table holds IDs of modules (just like slice IDs), which should be copied from module tables (table slice). The default site and poll module is also created/renewed with this option.
Add entries to Cron Alerts, cross server networking and database optimization are run by cron.php3, their entries are added to table cron if not yet there.
Add generic email templates These are examples of each email type.
Add Links module Before you can use Links module, you have to prepare database for it (create root category). This option create root category if it is not set already.
Write to database Check this for real work with writing to database
Before you write the data into database, please check if following data are correct. If not, please correct it in config.php3 file.AA http domain: /AA image path: /apc-aa/images/AA doc path: /apc-aa/doc/Administrator's e-mail: webmaster@my.domain.org
5 characters of database password Fill in first five characters of the database password (see DB_PASSWORD in config.php3 file) - it is from security reasons