Lightning

Lightning is used to upload your database to the cloud in order to be used in Field Orderz.

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To set up Lightning:

1. Open the GTP Lightning App

2. Go to the settings page

3. Paste in the Lightning App Key you created

   • More information on this can be found here: App Keys

   • The app will close after you save the App Key

   • The app will associate you as whoever the API was made by in STRATUS

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4. Select your fabrication year under the dropdown

5. Select your Database and click upload

   1. Uploaded: This shows when your Database was uploaded through Lightning

   2. Synchronized: This Shows if changes made to your Database have been uploaded through Lightning

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Additional Information:

• The API key must be made by a company admin on STRATUS

• If you have a Database that needs to be removed from your Lightning Upload please submit a ticket through Service Desk with the Database name you wish to remove

• For debugging we may ask to see the log files for Lightning. These files can be found under Documents>GTP Lightning> LightningLog

  • Be sure to grab the most recent log file

• If there is trouble downloading Lightning you may need to uninstall the previous version. To do that go to your Windows search bar, search add or remove programs, search the list for Lightning, and click uninstall

  • The newest version of lightning can be found here: Lightning

• Temporary items in the database will not be uploaded to Lightning. If you want to upload those items to Field Orderz select the desired items and make them permanent