Performing a manual replication operation

In cases where you want to manually synchronize your database either with another site in your system or in the Data Lake, you can manually configure and launch a replication process.

Caution:

Do NOT, unless specifically directed by Infor Customer Support, perform manual replication on the replication category. Doing so can have adverse effects on the site/entity hierarchy.

Open the Manual Replication Utility form and initiate the creation of a new record.
Specify the source of the data to be replicated, using one of these actions:
- To replicate the data from a single site, select from the Site drop-down list the site where the source data exists.
- To replicate the data from a group of sites, select from the Multi-Site Group drop-down list the muti-site group.
Specify the data to be replicated:
Category

Select the type of data to be replicated.

Table Name
- To replicate data from a single table, select the table that contains the data to be replicated.
- To replicate data from all tables, leave this field blank.
Create Date

Optionally, to include tables created on or after a particular date, select the earliest date to include.

Modified Date

Optionally, to include all records created or modified on or after a particular date, select the earliest date to include.

Batch Size

Optionally, specify here the number of records to be replicated in each "batch".
This setting is used to limit the number of records to be replicated in each set. This can be very helpful especially when replicating large quantities of data.
Note: We recommend that you leave this setting at the default number (1000).

Local Site Data Only

This field is currently read-only and specifies that only data from the current local site is to be replicated in this operation. If you are working in a multi-site setup and you want to replicate data from all sites, you must perform manual replication individually for each site.

Run As Background Task

If you are replicating a very large amount of data and do not want to wait around for the operation to complete, we recommend that you select this option.
If you are replicating only a relatively small amount of data, and can afford to wait while it processes, you can leave this option cleared.
Note: Before starting the actual transfer of data, the Manual Replication Utility does a check of the number of records to be included in the operation. If that is a large amount of data, the utility prompts you to confirm that you do not, in fact, want to run the operation as a background task.

Suspended

If, for some reason, you want to "pause" the manual replication operation before it has finished, select this option.
During the replication process, the Manual Replication Utility checks this setting periodically, and if/when it detects that the Suspend setting has been selected, it suspends the operation. Only when this option has been cleared does the operation continue, picking up where it left off.
To resume the operation, clear this check box and then relaunch the process.
Save the record.
You cannot actually launch the replication process until you save your new process definition. When you save the record, the Manual Replication Utility assigns a generated Process ID to the process, and the Replicate button is enabled.
Click Replicate.

The Manual Replication Utility checks for the number of records to be processed. If it detects a large number of records to be processed and you did not select the Run As Background Task option, you might be prompted to confirm that you do not want to run the operation as a background task. The utility also prompts you to confirm that you want to proceed with the operation.

If you selected the Run As Background Task option, the Manual Replication Utility places the process on the Background Task queue. If you cleared the Run As Background Task option, the Manual Replication Utility runs the replication task immediately and updates the Manual Replication Progress fields accordingly.

To check the progress of the operation, you can refresh the Manual Replication Utility form, or you can check the process entry on the Background Task History form.