Sending/Receiving Files

In order to send or receive Jewel databases, you will first need to enter your Auditor password in Maintenance / Properties / Internet tab. If you cannot connect to the Jewel server, check your internet connection and check your password.

Your send/receive options are found under File / File Transfer. Here's what they do:

• Send Database to Jewel server (for local church treasurer): This option sends the database you currently have open to the Jewel server. The church treasurer can then go to File / File Transfer / Receive from Auditor to receive your modified version of their database (and overwrite their version).
• Download Databases from Jewel server: This option pulls up a new window with two columns. The left-hand column shows the databases and backup files in the Documents\Jewel folder of your local computer. The right-hand column shows the databases on the Jewel server, along with the date they were uploaded, and their size. The green databases were uploaded from Auditor, while the red databases were uploaded by Jewel. You can click the column headings to sort the files. Clicking a second time reverses the order of the sort.
• Send Month-end Backup to Conference: Sends the most recent month-end backup generated by your computer to the backup server. Note that this has nothing to do with which database you currently have open. If the last time you clicked "Back Up Data" on the NextStep button was two weeks and 57 databases ago, that's still the backup that will get sent. You will rarely use this option.
• Download Month-end Backups from Jewel server: This option also pulls up a new window with two columns. The left-hand column is still the databases and backup files in the Documents\Jewel folder on your local computer. The right-hand column, though, is the month-end backups that have been sent to the conference by your local treasurers. The file name indicates the month and church. You can sort by clicking on column headings.

Old files are periodically purged off of both the Auditor server and the conference backup server, but are kept on Jewel's backup server. It should be very rare that you need an older file, but if you do, ask and we may be able to find it.