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Table Of Contents
- Application Discovery Manager Repository Reference Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Set Up the External Reports Scheme Configuration Policy
- External Database Setup
- ADM ERD Schema
- ADM Custom Reports
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Chapter 2 Set Up the External Reports Scheme Configuration Policy
3Enterthetimeofdaythesynchronizationoccurs.
IntheaboveexamplethesynchronizationautomaticallybeginseverySaturdayat11:00A.M.
4ClickUpdatetosavethesetting.
Running the Synchronization Process Now
To start the synchronization process on demand
AftercreatingtheExternalReportsSchemeConfigurationpolicy,clickCompleteSynchronizationunderthe
Actionsmenuintheleftpane.
Check the Status of the Synchronization Process
TheADMConsoledisplaysthestatusoftheExternalReportsSchemaConfigurationpolicythatincludesthe
followingsynchronizationsteps:
Extractionofthedatabasefile.
Creationofthedatabasefile.
PostingthedatabasefilestotheFTPsite.
To check the status of the synchronization process
1LogintotheADMConsoleasadminuser.
2FromtheADMConsole,navigatetoConnectors>ReportsandclickStatusintheleftpane.
3Thedisplaypaneliststhefollowingparameters:
LastSync.Time—thelasttimetheexternaldatabasewassynchronizedwiththeADMrepository.
Thetimeisbasedonthelocationoftheappliance.
SynchronizationStatus—thestatusofthesynchronizationprocess,whichisoneofthefollowing:
Idle—theprocessisidle.Nothingiscurrentlyrunning.
Complete—theADMsynchronizationiscompleteandtheFTPfilesareloadedtotheFTP
Server.
Syncinprogress—theADMsynchronizationprocessisinprogress.
ScheduledSynchronizationStatus—thestatusofthesynchronizationschedule,whichisoneofthe
following:
Active—thesynchronizationscheduleissetandrunsatthescheduledtime.
NotActive—thereisnoscheduleassociatedwiththepolicy.
PopulatedElements—liststheelementsthatwerepopulatedtotheexternaldatabaseduringthelast
synchronization.
Count—givesthenumberofelementsthatwerepopulatedtotheexternaldatabase.
4ClickLogintheleftpanetoviewthemessages,describingtheeventsofthesynchronizationprocess.
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MPORTANTIfanexistingsynchronizationprocesshasnotcompleted,thenADMdoesnotstartthe
synchronizationprocess.