How to Make a Manual Backup

It is important for administrators to back up their MIDSA data frequently. Administrators can backup respondents’ responses, reports and the administrator’s historical information (session managers, respondents, and assessment versions).

1. Choose the Tasks menu, then System Backup, then Save Backup.
2. MIDSA will save your information in a Backups folder in MIDSA in Documents unless told to save it elsewhere. The backup file will be named “MIDSA Backup” followed by the date.
3. A standard navigation window will appear with the default name in the File name: (Windows) or Save As: (Macintosh) section. Click in that space and replace the name with one of your choice. MIDSA will add the extension “.bak” to the file. If you wish to change the folder where the file will be saved, select the Browse button. Finally, click the Save button.