Chapter 4 • Working with Quality Center Synchronizer

Running Link Tasks

You can run incremental synchronization tasks and full synchronization tasks in automatic mode, so that the task is run automatically at specified time intervals. Alternatively, you can run a link task manually. For more information on link tasks, see “Incremental Synchronizations” on page 41 and “Full Synchronizations” on page 42.

Important Note: When you run a synchronization task, any locked record in an endpoint is not synchronized. You can check the report at the end of a synchronization task run to determine if any records were not synchronized, and why they were not synchronized. If a mapped record was not synchronized because it was locked during the run, you can update it by:

➤Running an incremental synchronization task after the record is modified again. For information on incremental synchronization tasks, see “Incremental Synchronizations” on page 41.

➤Resetting the time stamp. For more information, see “Resetting a Link” on page 100.

➤Running a full synchronization task. For information on full synchronization tasks, see “Full Synchronizations” on page 42.

This section contains the following topics:

➤“Running Link Tasks in Automatic Mode” on page 89

➤“Running Link Tasks Manually” on page 91

Running Link Tasks in Automatic Mode

You can run incremental synchronization tasks and full synchronization tasks in automatic mode. The task is run at time intervals you specify in the Scheduling tab. This is useful when there are regular changes to the data you want to synchronize.

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