How to Rename a Project in HardTrack Desktop

How to Rename a Project in HardTrack Desktop



HardTrack will allow you to rename a Project, even if you have already Started Logging.

These are the step-by-step instructions on how to rename a Project. 
Please make sure that your copy of HardTrack Desktop is at version 5.1._02.28 or higher.

1) Open your existing Project.



2) Click Project, SaveAs, Enter the new name for your Project, and press Click Save





You have the option to Copy any existing temperature logs from your Old Project into your New Project


3) If the Project that you are renaming is already Logging you need to move the data stream from the old Project to the new Project.  To do this, in the new Project, double-click on one of the sensors and click on Restart Logging.



If your original Project was already Logging, your new Project will show Logging State: Yes


If your original Project was already logging when you Saved your new Project after you click on Restart Logging, you will see a message similar to this:



Click Yes
This will move the data stream, coming from the Device, from the old Project to the new Project.
It will also update the status of the old Project to Stop Logging, without sending a Stop Logging command to the Device.



Click OK, 
There is no need to Swipe the Device.  When the reconnects, to upload Temperature data, it will pick up the Start Logging command, which will not have any effect, because the device is already Logging.

If you see this message, click Yes.


You may also be asked if you want to Restart Logging on other Devices Logging in your Project, Please Click Yes so that all of the data streams that were communicating with your old Project are redirected to your new Project.  This includes other physical Devices in your Project and/or Virtual Devices in your Project, such as a National Weather Service - Average Ambient Temperature sensor.


This should complete the process of renaming your HardTrack Project.

If you are interested in sharing a Device with 2 or more projects, click No when asked if you want to Switch the Sensor from your Old Project to your new Project, you will be asked if you want to Share the Device, which will transfer the data stream from your old Project to your new Project.  HardTrack allows for Sharing a Device among 2 or more Projects, whereby you assign which Sensors on a Device have their Data Stream sent to each of several Projects.