Chapter 2 • Synchronizing at a Glance

Checks Performed on General Link Settings

The following table displays which checks the Synchronizer performs for each endpoint when you run an integrity check. Depending on the entity type synchronized in the link, not all of these checks are performed for every link.

Check Name

Check Description

 

 

Endpoint

Checks that the Synchronizer can successfully connect to

Connection

the endpoint using the settings defined.

 

 

User permission

Checks that the user used to connect to the endpoint has

check

sufficient permissions to perform the required tasks.

 

 

Endpoint

Checks and validates additional parameters that may be

parameters check

defined for the endpoint.

 

For example, if an alternate root folder is defined for

 

requirements synchronization, checks that the folder

 

exists in Quality Center.

 

 

Fetching endpoint

Checks that the Synchronizer can obtain the database

schema

schema for the endpoint.

 

 

Specified filter

If a filter is defined for the endpoint in the link, checks

exists

that the filter exists in the endpoint.

 

 

Subtype exists

Checks that the mapped requirement type exists in the

check

endpoint.

 

 

Endpoint events

Checks the following;

check

➤ If the endpoint is set to handle record creation in the

 

 

other endpoint, it is also set to update the other

 

endpoint.

 

➤ If the endpoint is set to recreate records, the other

 

endpoint is set to handle record creation.

 

➤ One endpoint only is set to handle record creation for

 

the mapped requirement type.

 

 

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