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About Incremental Synchronization

Typically, the first data downloaded by disconnected users from the Oracle BI Server is a full download of historical data. After the full download, disconnected users periodically download updates of data. This requires that the Oracle BI Server allows the disconnected user to download most recent data on a periodic basis.

Incremental synchronization allows incremental data downloads. Because different organizations have different requirements, you can set up incremental data in various ways, depending on user characteristics and organizational policies. You can control the following:

• Which users download incremental data sets and how often.
• What each data set contains.
• Whether incremental synchronizations happen in online or preprocessed mode.