Citavi for DBServer

Citavi for DBServer is primarily meant for larger organizations with special technical and organizational needs.

Central Location for Projects

When you use Citavi for DBServer, your Citavi projects are saved on an SQL server. The Citavi projects are created by the database owner. The database owner can also grant this permission to another user.

The files linked to the project (PDF files, cover images, etc.) are saved in a folder on a network drive. All Citavi users should have access to this folder.

This image provides an overview of the connection between a local Citavi installation and the Citavi projects that are saved on the database server.

Easy License Management

Citavi for DBServer makes it possible to work with concurrent licenses. This means that you no longer have to worry about which team member is using which license or have to transfer licenses if a Citavi user leaves the organization.

Different Permissions for Each User

The database owner selects the Citavi users for each database. The database owner or project leader can assign roles to each user so that he or she either can edit projects or has read-only access.

Differences between Citavi for Windows and Citavi for DBServer

	Citavi for Windows	Citavi for DBServer
Where Citavi is installed	Windows PC	Windows PC or application server
Licensing	One license key for each Citavi installation	One license key file per server installation containing information on the number of per seat or concurrent licenses.
Where Citavi projects are saved	Local hard drive, USB flash drive or another portable drive, or a network drive	SQL Server and/or local hard drive and/or network drive
Where attached files are saved	Local hard drive, USB flash drive or another portable drive, a network drive, or a synchronization service (DropBox, etc.)	Network drive or WebDAV server
Full-text search in attached and indexed files*	Not available	Available
Where Citavi licenses are saved	On each user's computer (named license)	Centrally on the SQL server either as per-seat or concurrent licenses.
Recommended team size	Up to three concurrent users	No limit
Permissions	All users have the same permissions	Three roles with different permissions: Project leader, author, reader

* Citavi 5.3 and later

With Citavi for DBServer, Citavi projects are saved on an SQL server. Citavi projects are created by the database owner. The database owner can give this right to another user.

Files attached to the project (PDF files, cover images, etc.) are saved in a folder on the network drive that is accessible to all Citavi users.

Users with a license for Citavi for DBServer can also create and edit local projects.