Chapter 3 • Creating Synchronization Links

5Select Run full synchronization task to run full synchronization tasks automatically for the link. For more information on full synchronization tasks, see “Full Synchronizations” on page 42. The following options are available:

➤Schedule every. Runs full synchronization tasks for the link at the specified time interval. The time interval can be specified in hours or days. The first time interval starts when you start the Synchronizer server.

Note: You cannot schedule a full synchronization to run more frequently than every hour.

➤Run task at. Runs full synchronization tasks on the link at the specified time each day. By default, tasks run every day.

Click the browse button to open the Days of Week dialog box, and select specific days of the week to run the task. On these days, the tasks will run at the time you specified in the Run task at option. For an illustration of the Days of Week dialog box, see step 4 above.

6You can now define the filters for the link. For more information, see “Setting Filter Options” on page 56.

Setting Filter Options

After you define the general properties for a link and its scheduling options, you can define filters to be used during synchronization. When the Synchronizer looks for new records that have been created in the endpoints since the last synchronization, it includes only records that match the selected filters.

Records that have already been mapped are always synchronized, even if the filter for the endpoint changes or if they no longer match the filter.

To set filters for a defects synchronization link:

1Verify that you are working in edit mode. For more information, see “Editing Synchronization Link Settings” on page 99.

2Click the Filters tab. The filter options are displayed, according to the entity type you are synchronizing.

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