Chapter 2 • Synchronizing at a Glance

Integrity Checks

An integrity check identifies possible problems that can occur during the synchronization process. You must run an integrity check on a link before you can run a synchronization task on that link. When an integrity check passes successfully, you can enable the link and run synchronization tasks on it.

You run an integrity check to validate a link when you:

➤Create a new link

➤Modify an existing link

➤Modify the XML schema file for one of the link’s endpoints

An integrity check verifies both general settings for the link, and the field mappings defined for the link. Each individual check within the integrity check can pass or fail. The integrity check passes only if none of the individual checks within it fail.

If you do not run an integrity check, or if the integrity check does not pass, the link remains unvalidated and cannot be enabled for synchronization.

The Synchronizer generates a report for each run, which you can open by clicking the View Report button in Execution pane (in the lower part of the Synchronizer window). After an unsuccessful integrity check run, you can review this report to identify which individual checks failed and to determine how to fix the link. After the link is fixed, run the integrity check again.

This section includes the following topics:

➤“Checks Performed on General Link Settings” on page 38

➤“Checks Performed on Link Field Mappings” on page 39

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