<aside> 💡 Auto-Backup Settings can be adjusted to take backups of the customer database at specific intervals. Users can also change how many backups to retain on the device. Click the arrows for more information on each step.

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Auto-Backup Settings 📖

1. Navigate to Backup screen

   Begin on the Customers Screen, and hit the Maintenance button. Then Select Backup.

   

   

2. Open Auto-Backup Settings

   • In the top right corner, hit Options
   • Select Auto-Backup Settings from the list

   

   

3. Adjust Auto-Backup Settings

   The Auto-Backup Settings Screen is where users will determine if a backup database is taken automatically, what is included in the backup, and how often the app will backup the database.

   When finished making changes, hit the Backup button in the top left to return to the Backups Screen. Then hit Done to return to the Customers Screen.

   <aside> 💡 Enable Backups: Toggle the Automated Backups feature ON/OFF

   • Backups To Retain: Set the number of backups to store on the device. Older backups will automatically delete as new ones are taken.
     • MOVEHQ RECOMMENDS RETAINING 20-25

   

   • Include Photos: Toggle whether the Automated Backup will include images from the database

     • If users take a lot of photos, they may want to lower Backups to Retain to compensate for the larger files.

     

     Adjust the wheels to set the interval and unit of time. In the image above, the app will automatically backup the database every 4 Hours.

     Setting the interval too extremely in either direction will cause the device to have too many or too few backups. This may make data recovery more difficult or impossible.

     MOVEHQ RECOMMENDS A NORMAL INTERVAL OF BETWEEN 4-12 HOURS

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4. When doing a large or complicated job, users may want to increase the interval to 15-20 Minutes. This will take more backups throughout the process, protecting progress should something go wrong. Just remember to change it back to the NORMAL INTERVAL when finished.