Manually Updating Taxonomy Files

Report Authority reads taxonomy files from two locations:

1. The "Configuration" folder in the Program Files folder; and
2. A folder in the user's roaming profile.

Taxonomy updates are released as both patches to the software - and in this case, the files in the "Configuration" folder in the Program Files folder are updated - or as separate *.tax files which a user can copy into their roaming profile.  The latter method makes it possible for the user to update their taxonomy without requiring a full software patch to be deployed.

A limitation to the user's ability to update their taxonomy in their roaming profile is whether the new taxonomy release requires an update to the Report Authority client due to new concepts having been introduced in the taxonomy requiring the Report Authority client's code to be updated to support it.  Please refer to the table below to download the taxonomy files and to find out which versions of the Report Authority clients they are compatible with.

Adding taxonomy files to Report Authority (v21)

In version 21.1 onwards of Report Authority, you can add taxonomy files directly into Report Authority by selecting File > Help > Load Taxonomy Package:

This will prompt you to browse for the taxonomy files and once uploaded, Report Authority must be restarted for the change to come into effect.

Taxonomy Files