DataDrill Installation - Connection to Practice Management Software

This article is designed to provide a generic guide to installing/updating a DataDrill, which is a connection that DataGrabber or NameGrabber can use to gain access into a Practice Management software's patient database. To see which Practice Management software have DataDrill support, reference the article NameGrabber/DataGrabber - Practice Management and Imaging Software Support.

Perform the following steps to download and install/update a DataDrill:

• Download the appropriate DataDrill from the Apteryx Updates Page.
  • If using NameGrabber, download the DataDrill from NameGrabber and DataDrills
  • If using DataGrabber, download the DataDrill from Practice Management Bridges (DataDrills)
• Make sure that all instances of Apteryx software have been closed throughout the entire office, be it DataGrabber or any of the Apteryx imaging software.
• Ensure no File Explorer windows are open to the DataGrabber installation directory.
• Run the downloaded upgrader EXE file as Administrator by right-clicking the file and selecting Run as Administrator (most DataDrills should be run from the server where the Apteryx software is installed)
• The Apteryx Application Upgrader should populate and may ask the location of the Apteryx software, select Yes on all prompts, and as long as it ends stating # file(s) successfully upgraded / No errors, then click Finish.
• Re-launch the Apteryx software and test.
  • The first time bridging, the DataDrill may prompt for a path to the Practice Management database path. Supply the network path, often called a UNC path, to the file it requests.
    e.g., \\SERVER\PMSW\pat_dat.dat

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