When you first log on to a Cloud Connect database, the Primavera Cache Service initializes the relevant local cache database and copies all global data from the cloud database to the newly created local cache database, including the EPS structure as well as project IDs and Names. The first time you open a project, all data in that project and any related global data is copied to the local cache database. From that point onwards, regular synchronizations will transfer all changed data for open projects and all global data between the cloud and local cache databases. If no projects are open only global data is synchronized.
There can be a delay during startup under certain circumstances. The first time you connect to a specific Cloud Connect database, the service builds and then loads data into a local cache database from the Cloud Connect database. If you select the Reinitialize local cache option when you log on to a Cloud Connect database, the service rebuilds the local cache database. Performance is significantly improved when connecting to an existing local cache or when Primavera.CacheService.exe is already running.
If you want to connect to a different Cloud Connect alias, click Disconnect for the alias you most recently used. After the service has disconnected from the previous database, you can select a different Cloud Connect alias.
Reinitializing Primavera Cache
Primavera Cache Service synchronizes data between the local cache and Cloud Connect database for the projects you are currently working in and any global data used by those projects. Data will be added to the cache as necessary. If there are projects stored in your local cache which you no longer need to work on, you can clear this data from the local cache by selecting the Reinitialize local cache option when you log into a Cloud Connect alias. The local database will be reinitialized and repopulated with the projects you had open last time you worked in that Cloud Connect database and the global data used by those projects. Restarting P6 Professional after reinitializing the local cache will take longer than restarting without reinitializing the local cache because the fresh data must be downloaded before P6 Professional can open.
Note: If data is present in the local cache database but has not yet been synchronized to the Cloud Connect database, reinitializing the local cache will result in that local data being lost.