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How Siebel CRM Desktop Manages Synchronization Duration

Several factors determine the duration of a synchronization, such as the amount of data that is available to the user, network bandwidth, server performance, client performance, and so forth. To shorten this duration, you or the user can do the following:

• You can modify the application configuration. For more information, see Regulating the Number of Records That Siebel CRM Desktop Synchronizes.
• The user can adjust settings through the synchronization filter dialog box. For more information, see Filters Reduce the Number of Siebel CRM Records That Are Available in Siebel CRM Desktop.

The duration of an incremental synchronization session is typically shorter than for an initial synchronization because Siebel CRM Desktop downloads all objects during an initial synchronization while it only downloads those objects that are changed during an incremental synchronization.