Bookshelf v7.5.2: Dock Object Types

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Dock Object Types

There are three types of dock objects:

Private. Private dock objects are used exclusively for routing of non-configurable data. This setting makes sure that the rows in these dock objects are never routed to any mobile clients. All records from tables that are part of a private dock object are uploaded to the server during synchronization. None of these records are downloaded to remote users.

Enterprise. Enterprise dock objects involves a distribution of records without restriction. All records from tables that are part of an Enterprise dock object are uploaded to the server during synchronization. Most of these tables should only be updated by an administrator and are typically downloaded but not uploaded by mobile users. To minimize synchronization time, Enterprise dock objects should only be used with tables that contain small volumes of data or are semi-static in nature (that is, the contents change infrequently).

Limited. Limited dock objects contain numerous individual rules for determining the records that should be downloaded to particular users; these users should only get those records with which they have some direct or indirect involvement.

There are nine types of visibility rules used for Limited dock objects:

Employee. Evaluates record according to whether it has a foreign key to the mobile user's Employee record.

Employee Manager. Evaluates record according to whether it has a foreign key to the Employee record of someone who directly reports to the mobile user.

Position. Evaluates record according to whether it has a foreign key to the mobile user's primary Position record.

Position Manager. Evaluates record according to whether it has a foreign key to the Position record of someone who directly reports to the mobile user.

Organization. Evaluates record according to whether it is associated with the same business unit as the mobile user.

Check Dock Object. Evaluates record according to whether it is related to another record that the user receives.

Calendar. Applies only to calendar appointment records. Evaluates record according to whether the mobile user has access to the calendar of the record's owner.

Category. Evaluates record according to whether it is in a category visible to the user.

SQL Rule. Used to handle special exceptions through custom SQL.

For more information, see Dock Object Visibility Rules.