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About Network Connectivity and Automated Synchronization

The synchronization application detects automatically when there is network connectivity and determines when a connection to the Siebel CRM Server is possible. The synchronization application icon changes to a disconnected state when network connectivity cannot be detected. When in a disconnected state, the synchronization application icon is grayed out with a white X mark in a red circle.

The synchronization application automatically synchronizes, according to the assigned synchronization interval, with Siebel CRM when connectivity is available. The synchronization interval is set to 60 minutes by default, which means that synchronization occurs automatically every 60 minutes if the synchronization application can connect to the server. If the synchronization application cannot connect to the server at the synchronization interval, then synchronization will occur when connectivity is next established.