Setting Up the Master Site

  1. Log in to the site that you want to make the master site where the shared tables will exist for the intranet.
  2. On the Intranets form, select this site's intranet. In the Master Site field, select this site to specify it as the master site for the intranet.
  3. On the Intranet Shared Tables form, select this site's intranet.

    A list of the _all tables that can be shared displays. (Not every _all table is listed; some are not available for sharing.)

  4. For tables that you want to be shared between all sites on the intranet, select Shared.

    Another way to choose the shared tables is to select the replication categories that you want to share. When you select a Replication Category from the drop-down list and click Select by Category, the system marks all tables in that category as Shared.

  5. When you have selected all the tables you want to share, select Actions > Save.
  6. Click Process to copy information from the tables at the other sites to the master site's table, delete the table from the other sites and regenerate the replication triggers for the other sites. If you have selected several tables and have many sites on this intranet, processing may take a while. The Processing Step area displays the system's progress.
Note: During processing, the selected tables are removed from all sites on the intranet except the master site. Unsharing (rebuilding the tables at the using sites) is time-consuming; be very sure that you have everything set the way you want it before clicking the Process button.