One direction sync

[Opera]

Hi,

We have a database running in FM17Advanced on our server.

Our users on the IPads are entering data in their offline copy and once a day they sync to the server.   At the end of the day all data should be gathered on the server.  The data on the spokes aren’t from any use for them anymore.

Is it possible (or useful) to sync only from the spokes to the hub and not bi-directional in that case ? What about updating version in that case ? 

 

Thank you

[nick360Works]

Opera,

Yes, if the iPad users are only sending in data from a particular table and do not need to pull data from the hub server a One-Way Sync from the spoke to hub on that table could make sense. However, it is not strictly necessary as bidirectional would still work, the benefit would be that if there is a large of amount of records or data on that table, it would save space and would make initial syncs faster.

Within the MirrorSync configuration, you can set each table to sync either bidirectionally or one-way on a table to table basis if you would like.

None of these changes would affect your ability to update the version number for when changes are made to the hub file. However, you may need to use "empty clones" when running an initial sync for new iPad users due to the need for a one-way spoke to hub table to be empty of records.

[Opera]

Thanks a lot for your quick reply.

I will give it a try and let you know my experiences...

best regards

[Opera]

Dear Nick,

It works perfectly !! Thanks a lot