NVivotools works with them just as NVivo does, by attaching them to SQL Server. nvp) are simply Microsoft SQL Server files. Simply download and install it, and you are ready for the next step. The Developer Edition is available free of charge (subject to licence conditions, which it is your responsibility to comply with). This includes Linux (for x86, 圆4 and ARM), Mac and Windows, plus Solaris SPARC and 圆4, HP-UX Itanium and IBM AIX. nvpx) files are actually SQL Anywhere databases, they can be accessed on any computer on which SQL Anywhere can be installed. Otherwise, read the following section for instructions on installing SQL Anywhere. If you have NVivo installed, then NVivotools will automatically use the instance of SQL Anywhere that is bundled with it. You only need read the correspondingly titled of the following sections: NVivo for Mac on Mac If, on the other hand, you wish to access NVivo for Windows files, then you will need an appropriately configured instance of the correct version of Microsoft SQL Server which in turn requires a Windows machine. If you want to access NVivo for Mac files (and this may be sufficient for you even if you ultimately want to use NVivo for Windows, since NVivo for Windows is able to import and export NVivo for Mac files), then installation is quite simple and straightforward. NVivotools is able to minimise the difficulties of working with different database engines by using SQLAlchemy. The Windows version uses Microsoft SQL Server while the Mac version uses SQL Anywhere. These files are, in face, relational database. The core of NVivotools is its ability to make sense of NVivo's proprietary file structures. Make NVivo part of your tookit, not your whole world. Interface with the rest of your IT world. Use some of the plethora of data management tools or your own coding skills to take charge of your data. NVivo's GUI isn't bad, but sometimes you'd prefer to be able to automate. Make your research data available to whomever your want (including your future self), not only those with their own current NVivo licence.Ĭhoose the tools you want to manipulate your data.

Some reasons why you might want to do this include:įreeing your work. The core of NVivotools its ability to convert qualitative research data (sources, nodes, coding, etc.) into and out of NVivo's proprietary format. Thanks to the wonderful Wooey some of these tools are now available for use on our server at.

A range of tools to help you get more out of NVivo(tm).

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