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About Preprocessed Synchronization

Siebel Disconnected allows the administrator to balance the load on their servers by preprocessing sourcing queries before users synchronize their data. To set up preprocessed synchronization, the administrator schedules the sourcing queries for a disconnected application to run during off-peak hours.

NOTE:  It is recommended that you set up your applications to be synchronized in preprocessed mode. This will minimize the server loads during normal business hours and allow the server to create disconnected data sets during non-peak usage hours.

Preprocessed data sets do not require configuration for the Disconnected Analytics Application Manager. Typically, mobile users are not aware that they receive preprocessed data. In Preprocessed mode, the Disconnected Analytics Application Manager can detect whether the data set on the local machine is up to date. A data set in preprocessed mode is considered out of date if the date of the most recent synchronization of a data set is earlier than the last modified times for any report in that data set.

This section provides guidelines for setting up a preprocessed application.

NOTE:  Before following these guidelines, you need to be familiar with how to set up Disconnected Analytics applications and Siebel Scheduler. For more information about Siebel Scheduler, see Siebel Analytics Scheduler Guide.

Setting Up Syncmode in the Application Configuration File

Syncmode is the attribute in the application file that allows a data set to run in preprocessed mode. When the Syncmode attribute is set to preprocessed and a mobile user initates synchronization, Siebel Analytics Web on the enterprise server looks for existing data files to download and only runs the sourcing query if no preprocessed files exist. For more information about Syncmode, see Disconnected Analytics Configuration File Reference.

After you modify the syncmode attribute in the configuration file, store the sourcing queries in the data directory for the application so that they will be available to users when they log on. For more information about where to store the sourcing queries, see Disconnected Application Data Directory.

Siebel Disconnected Server Configuration

The administrator needs to use the guidelines in this section to schedule the execution of preprocessed sourcing queries. For more information about creating iBots, see Siebel Analytics User Guide.

In Siebel Delivers, create a new iBot and define it using the following guidelines.

• In the Delivery Content tab, specify the sourcing queries to be run in preprocessed mode by clicking Select Content.
• In the Schedule tab, specify a schedule for these queries. If you choose to start immediately, the iBot runs as soon as you save it.
• In the Recipients tab, specify the users for which these queries need to be run.

  NOTE:  If you set up a group as a recipient, the sourcing query runs once for each user at the scheduled time.

• In the Destinations tab, select the Disconnected Application Cache check box and clear the check boxes for all other options.
• Save this iBot. It will be saved in your My iBots folder in the Web Catalog on the enterprise server.