FactSage 8.2   -  List of Database Files


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Database Files stored in \FACTDATA   

FactSage Standalone Version

FactSage Network Server Version

Activating a Private Database – Adding it to the List

Including/Excluding Databases in FactSage Calculations

Database Information


1.  Database Files stored in \FACTDATA

To locate the \FACTDATA directory on your PC, at the top of the FactSage main menu click on ‘Tools > FactSage version, directories, …’ and consult the Data directory.  For most Standalone and Client Versions the databases are stored in \FactSage\FACTDATA . 

In FACTDATA the data are stored as compounds (base.* files) and solutions (soln.* files). A protected public database (e.g. FToxid) may several files (e.g. FToxid53base.* where * = cdb, crf, iw0, iw1; FToxid53soln.* where * = fdb, idx, ini, iw0, iw1, rtf, sdc, sdi)

Screenshot showing the summary of public databases in FactSage 8.2.

  • FactPS, ELEM and SGPS are compounds-only (pure substances) databases. All the other databases contain both compound and solution data.

  • FactPS, FToxid, FTsulf, FTsalt, FTmisc, FThall, FTOxCN, FTfrtz, FThelg, FTpulp ELEM and FTdemo are included in the FACT package of databases.

  • FTsulf is a new FACT database and SGTE(2022) is a new SGTE database in FactSage 8.2.

  • FTlite and FTnucl are special FACT databases that are leased separately.

  • FactPS, FToxid, FTsulf, FTsalt, FTmisc, FThall, FTlite, FScopp, FSlead, FSstel and SpMCBN have been updated in FactSage 8.2.

  • For detailed database information go to the FactSage Main Menu and click Documentation.
  • The FACTDATA databases and indexes are protected.   Do NOT edit a \FACTDATA file - this will cause the database to become corrupt and cause FactSage to go into protected (FactSage-Setup) mode. (The BINS databases can be edited using the Compound and Solution modules – it is recommended that you first copy the databases to another directory so that the original files remain in tact.) 

    In the FactSage main menu click on 'View Data' - this opens the View Data module.  Then click on the ‘Summary’ button for a complete list and status of all the FactSage database files stored on your PC.


    2. FactSage Standalone Version

    For a Standalone Version (the PC has a dongle) the databases are stored in the \FACTDATA subdirectory of the FactSage installation (typically \FactSage\FACTDATA). 


    3. FactSage Network Version

    For a Network Server Version (the Server has a password) the databases are stored in the Server\FACTDATA directory.  Each time a Client PC runs FactSage it checks the Server directory to see if it has a copy of the latest databases.  When necessary the databases are automatically copied from the Server and updated in his Client\FACTDATA directory. When a new or updated database is added to the Server\FACTDATA this will be copied to the Client\FACTDATA directory the next time the Client runs FactSage. 

    If you have a private database that you wish to share with others on the network, simply copy it to the Server\FACTDATA directory – FactSage will make sure all the clients get a copy. 


    4. Activating a Private Database – Adding it to the List

    If a private database file is stored on your PC, in order to include it in FactSage calculations you must add it to the List of databases (i.e. tell FactSage what the database is and where it is stored).   In the FactSage main menu click on 'View Data' - this opens the View Data module.  Click on the ‘Summary’ button for a complete list and status of all the FactSage database files – specify the directory where your private files are stored (we recommend that you do not store private data in \FACTDATA).   You will now see which databases are already on the List (see ‘OK’) and which are not but could be (see ‘>No<’).

    Now click on 'Add ...' – this opens a ‘List of Databases’ Window. (In the other FactSage modules clicking on ‘Data Search > Databases …’ has the same effect.)

    Two methods are offered for you to add databases to the List:

    If the database is coupled (compound and solution databases with the same database nickname) you must add both databases to the List.   


    5. Including/Excluding Databases in Calculations

    Even though a database has been activated and appears on the List, in order to include or exclude it in a calculation, for example in Equilib, Reaction, Phase Diagram and Mixture modules, click on the 'Data Search' menu bar within these modules.  This opens the Data Search Window which lists all the activate databases.   Click on a database checkbox in order to include or exclude that database in the data search.


    6. Database Information

    Extensive documentation is available for most of the databases.   In the FactSage Menu Window click on the 'Documentation' button located in the Database group - this opens the FactSage browser and displays a 'tree-view' index of the database documentation.   

    The same database documentation may also be accessed through the internet - go to www.factsage.com and click on 'Documentation'.

    Even if you do not have access to the databases you can still consult the database documentation.


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