Converting User-Created SDB Databases to SDBX Using KnowItAll 2020

Question:

How can I use my own SDB databases in KnowItAll 2020?
 
Answer:

KnowItAll 2020 no longer supports the older SDB database file format. If you created your own databases in the SDB format, you can use KnowItAll 2020 to convert those files to the SDBX file format, which supports higher resolution and variable range spectra:

1.    In MineIt, open the original SDB database file.



2.    KnowItAll will ask to convert the file. Select Yes.



3.    KnowItAll will ask if you would like to use the original spectral to re-create the database.



          a.    If you have the original spectrum files, select Yes.
                  i.    KnowItAll will ask you to navigate to the original spectrum files.
          b.    If you do not have the original spectrum files, select No.

4.    A copy of the database file with the extension SDBX will be created in the same folder as the original SDB database file.