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Getting started with the Memento Database application

Overview

Core functions of Memento Database are available not only from the mobile app but from Desktop Edition for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. The libraries created in Desktop Edition are synced via Memento Cloud and so are available on all devices you use.

Regardless the operating system, with Desktop Edition you can:

• Create Libraries based on 30 types of fields, relink them, add calculations;
• Import data, add and edit data manually;
• Manage, filter, group and mark Entries as favorites;
• Create Library from scratch or work with custom templates;
• Manage users and user groups, share data with the team;
• Create and embed comprehensive scripts.

To start using the Desktop Edition, download it from the official site, install and register an account. To learn more about Memento Database solution, visit Introduction section. To get familiar with the interface, start from Main Window post. To create your fist Library or add an Entry, visit the correspondent links.

Installation

Before you start creating and managing libraries, you need to install and register Memento Database Desktop. It is as easy as the following steps:

1. Download the setup file for 64-bit or 32-bit Windows and launch it.
2. Read and accept the license agreement. Click Next.
3. Choose the destination folder or leave “C:\Program Files\Memento Database” as a default. Click Next.
4. Choose the folder for a shortcut or leave Memento Database folder inside the Start menu as a default. Click Next.
5. Review the previously chosen settings and click Install.
6. Wait a few moment while we set up Memento Database Desktop for you.
7. Click Finish to exit the setup wizard.

Future

In this article we cover the three methods available to get you started in creating your database. We do this under three levels. Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced. However, no matter the level you wish to start with, the first thing one should do is create a plan on paper, an outline or blueprint of what you want to accomplish with your database. See → How:Add a Library

For example, let us say you are an avid reader and have a library of books. You want to keep track of the books you have read, books you have loaned out to family, and books you want to purchase or obtain from your local library. Our blueprint is as follows:

Library Name:
My Books

Fields: See → Field Type

• Series Number - An integer field to enter the number of the series.
• Series name - A text field to enter the name of the series.
• Title - A text field to enter the name of the book.
• Author - A text field to enter the name of the author.
• Genre - A multiple choice list to choose the genre: Horror, Fantasy, Thriller, SciFi, Medical Thriller, Cookbook, Health, Mystery, Finance, Crime Fiction, Legal Fiction
• Short Description - A text field to enter the books introduction.
• Lent To? - A contact field which links to a person in your devices contact app.
• Lent On - A date field to enter the date the book was lent out.
• Rating - A rating field to rate the book from 1 star to 5 star.
• Obtained From - A single choice list to choose from a defined list of options: Library, Local Store, Online, My Bookshelf
• Price - A currency field to track value of the library.
• Status - A single choice list to to define a book as Read, Unread, Want
• Book Cover - An image field for book covers.
• Barcode - A barcode field to record a books ISBN.

Within your library you will have entries which are equivalent to a row within a spreadsheet, and fields which are equivalent to columns within a spreadsheet. In a spreadsheet rows run horizontally while columns run vertically and in Memento it is exactly the same.