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Glossary
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Glossary
Conflict Resolution
A process (controlled by a setting in the Conflict Resolution tab of the
Advanced Settings dialog) that is sometimes used by Intellisync to
determine how to resolve data conflicts during synchronizations. See
Data Conflict, below.
Data Conflict
A data conflict occurs when records in both systems have matching
key field values but conflicting data in other mapped fields. (For
example, if both systems have address records in which the First and
Last Name values are identical, but the Address values differ.)
The very first time a set of data is synchronized, (and any time you
Import or Export) the Conflict Resolution setting is used to resolve all
such conflicts. Upon subsequent synchronizations of the same data
(after the history file has been created), the Conflict Resolution setting
is needed only under the following conditions:
• When records with the same key fields have been added to both
systems since the last synchronization, but they have conflicts in
other mapped fields.
• When mapped fields in previously synchronized records (with
matching key fields) have been edited since the last
synchronization, but edited differently.
Export
A one-way transfer of data. The Intellisync Export command (selected
in the Choose Translator dialog) exports records from a selected
handheld application to a selected PC application.
Field
The location of a single data element. Each application is organized
into sets of fields (records). For example, handheld Address Book
records consist of the fields Last Name, First Name, Title, Company,
etc.
Boldfaced text
identifies additional
terms defined in this
glossary.
See “The Conflict
Resolution Tab”
under “The
Advanced Settings
Dialog” in Chapter 3
for more information
on Conflict Resolution
and data conflicts.