# Housekeeping

When you use Remote Links to copy stock data between computers or onto memory sticks, an inbox and outbox are used as a temporary store for outlet data. As time goes by, they will contain an ever-increasing amount of data. From time to time, it is worthwhile removing this data as it serves no purpose. On this screen you also have access to the log file which is kept to show all the transfer actions which have taken place. Click on the View Outbox button to display a report of which outlets and audits are in the outbox. Click on the Tidy Outbox button to remove all of the files and folders in the Outbox. You can specify how many audits you want to keep in the outbox after doing a Tidy. Type the number into the box and use a zero to indicate that you want all audits to be tidied. Important : Before doing this, you should ensure that the all Remote Links transactions have been completed. i.e. Data that has been prepared should have been transferred. Click on the View Inbox button to display a report of which outlets and audits are in the Inbox. Click on the Tidy Inbox button to remove all of the files and folders in the Inbox. As with Tidy Inbox, you can specify how many audits to keep. Important : Before doing this, you should ensure that the all Remote Links transactions have been completed. i.e. Data that has been transferred to this computer should have been installed. Click on the View Log File button to display the Remote Links log file. This will show details of every action taken in Remote Links, e.g. The date and time that the Pig & Whistle was prepared. It is a useful file to keep in case there are any problems with data transfers. You can use it to track down exactly what the problems were. Click on the Tidy Log File button to remove the Remote Links log file. As time goes by, the log file will become fuller. Periodically, it will be worthwhile removing the logfile. Only do this when you are sure that all Remote Links transactions have been completed. Once removed, a new log file will be created for all future operations. View Outlets not Received is used by a head office to check and list which audits have not been received back from stocktakers.

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