Articles by Randy Bownds
Director of Data Products
Occasionally, we receive data requests for products that we are unable to find online. We call these products untraceable.
Untraceable products present a challenge for our data team, since the only information we have is whatever …
At D-Tools, we define three levels of data completeness. These allow us to focus our efforts on the information our subscribers need the most, improving both response time to specific requests, as well as overall …
Wow. What an amazing year it has been. We started out in January knowing only one thing: we needed to improve the quantity and quality of our data. So we embarked on a mission …
Welcome to The Data Edge! This new section of the D-Tools blog is here to provide the latest information about what is happening with D-Tools data. Find information about manufacturer updates, new data services, new …
Welcome to a new era for data services at D-Tools! Back in January, our CEO Adam Stone took a hard look at how we collect, publish, and manage data for our MVP and Data Subscription …
Have you recently updated to System Integrator 5.5, or a new customer just getting started with SI5.5? If so, we’d love to get your opinions on the experience of installing and using our newest version.
This …
In SI5.5, the Promote Revision feature will occasionally malfunction, causing the selected revision to not be promoted, and promoting another revision instead. This can lead to the user thinking that a revision has been promoted …
In the current release of SI5.5, standard reports will not run on a project if there are any wires in the project with wire length = 0. This is a bug which will be fixed …
If you’re getting an error message after updating to SI5.5, it may be something you can quickly fix for yourself.
Check out this list of common problems and what you can do to fix them: SI5.5 …
This document discusses how to back up and restore custom reports. The process is slightly different depending on whether you are using SI5, or SI5.5.
This posting describes how to undo the SI5.5 desktop update and roll back to the previous version of SI5 originally installed from disc. This is useful if you mistakenly update your desktop, but your system …
SI5.5 is now available to all users. Please see the links below for important information about this release.
Launch Notice – when and how to download
Features and Enhancements – what’s included
Known Issues – important information about known issues and …

