Census Components

Census Server
Census Server includes the shared databases that contain the issues and definitions (such as queries, reports and layouts) for a Census project.

Census Enterprise Server uses Microsoft SQL Server as the backend database. Census Small Business Server uses Microsoft Access.

Census Web
Census Web is a Web-based application that users run to enter issues, query the database, and generate reports.

Census Web Server
Census Web Server is the Web server component of Census Web and should be installed on a Web server (a machine running Internet Information Services).

The Census Web Server installation includes a Microsoft Windows service (Mq Issue Agent) that takes care of generating and sending e-mail notifications.

Census Admin
Census Admin is a Microsoft Windows application for administering Census projects. For example, you use Census Admin to create projects, create users and user groups, customize the issue fields, and set up e-mail notifications.

Census Web Admin
Census Web Admin is a Web-based administration tool. It allows you to add and edit users, make Microsoft® Visual SourceSafe™ databases available from Census Web, to enable workflow, create new tabs, set up choice fields, and to enable e-mail notifications.

Census Web View Editor
Census Web View Editor is a Microsoft Windows application that you use to create Web Views (HTML/ASP pages) for your Census projects. Web Views are HTML/ASP pages that provide access to Census projects through a Web browser.