Creating PIMSI Dispatcher User Groups

During each synchronization cycle, the PIMSI Dispatcher by default sends synchronization task requests to the PIMSI engine for all users who have synchronization enabled. However, you can optionally filter the users for whom synchronization task requests are issued during each cycle by defining PIMSI Dispatcher user groups, and specifying different synchronization schedules for each group.

For example, if you create PIMSI Dispatcher user groups for different geographic regions, such as EMEA and the United States, then you can specify different synchronization schedules for each group; instead of all users being synchronized during each cycle, each user group can be configured to synchronize more frequently during their hours of business than during the evenings.

The procedure in this topic describes how to:

1. Define a PIMSI Dispatcher user group.

2. Assign users to the new PIMSI Dispatcher user group.

3. Create a job template for the PIMSI Dispatcher user group.

4. Create a PIMSI Dispatcher job based on the job template you have created.

To configure PIMSI Dispatcher user groups

1. Define a new PIMSI Dispatcher user group as follows:

   1. Navigate to the Administration – Data screen, then the List of Values view.

   2. Create a new record, specifying values similar to the following:

   Type	Display Value	Language Independent Code	Language Name
   PIMSI_DISPATCHER_GROUP	The display name of the PIMSI Dispatcher user group, for example, Sync Group EMEA	The name of the PIMSI Dispatcher user group, for example, Sync Group EMEA	Specify the language, for example, English-American

2. Assign users to the PIMSI Dispatcher group you defined in Step 1 as follows:

   1. Navigate to the Administration – PIM Server Integration screen, Sync Access Control, and then the User Map view.

   2. Select the user you want to associate with a PIMSI Dispatcher group.

   3. In the Dispatcher Group field, select the PIMSI Dispatcher user group to associate with the user.

   4. Save the User Map record.

3. Create a job template for the new PIMSI Dispatcher user group as follows:

   1. Navigate to the Administration - Server Configuration screen, then the Job Templates view.

   2. Create a new job template, specifying values similar to the following:

      Name	Component	Component Type
      The name of the job template, for example, Sync Group EMEA	PIMSI Dispatcher	BusSvcMgr

   3. In the Job Parameters list, add a job parameter to the job template, specifying values similar to the following:

      Name	Value
      Encoded Input Arguments	DispatcherGroup:value where value is the name of the PIMSI Dispatcher user group you are defining. For example, for the Sync Group EMEA user group, specify the following for the Value field: DispatcherGroup:Sync Group EMEA

4. Create a new PIMSI job using the job template you created in Step 3 as follows:

   1. Navigate to the Administration - Server Management screen, then the Jobs view.

   2. In the Jobs list, click New.

   3. In the Component/Job field, select the name of the job template you created in Step 3, for example, Sync Group EMEA.

   4. In the Jobs list or Job Detail view, complete other fields as appropriate.

      For information on these fields, see Creating the PIMSI Dispatcher Job.

5. Save the record and click Submit Job to start the initial extract.