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- | ====== Synchronization Module ====== | ||
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- | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
- | The synchronization module provides important functionality to the overall disaster management process. | ||
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- | This capability can be vital, particularly when a disaster destroys the communication infrastructure, | ||
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- | This module helps not only when the communication is limited, but when relief workers want to integrate two different Sahana installations. [Is bi-directional synchronization supported? | ||
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- | This module can be helpful when cloning a database. | ||
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- | == Coming Soon == | ||
- | New work on the Synchronization of Sahana Servers is being undertaken as part of the Google Summer of Code 2009 by student Hasanat Kazmi. | ||
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- | ===== Getting started with the synchronization module ===== | ||
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- | Click on the **synchronization** link in the Main Menu. The Synchronization Menu will then appear above the Main Menu. | ||
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- | ===== Synchronization Menu ===== | ||
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- | **__Home__** | ||
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- | This link directs the user to the Synchronization module main window. | ||
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- | **__Export Data__** | ||
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- | Using this link, the user can get a copy (i.e., a "data dump") of the Sahana database or a part of it. The **Export Data** window contains three tabs, **Select Data**, **File Type**, and **Compression Type**, to specify what type of data copy is desired. | ||
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- | **NOTE :** Before clicking on the Export button, make sure to navigate through all 3 tabs. | ||
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- | **Select Data.** The user can choose the data required from the Sahana database. The database content has been divided into several categories, from which one can select a subset or (with the **Select All** button) all categories. | ||
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- | **File Type.** The type of the file desired for the data copy. First consider the planned transfer media and intended use, then choose the appropriate type. " | ||
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- | **Compression Type.** When the data copied is huge, uncompressed transfer can be time-consuming and in other ways difficult. | ||
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- | **__Import Data__** | ||
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- | Simply browse and select the data file to be imported (obtained from another Sahana installation, | ||
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- | If instead the user wants to erase all the data in the database and fill the empty database using the dump file data, click on the **Advance Option** link to the left of the **Import** button | ||
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- | **__History__** | ||
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- | This shows details about the imported dump files, and allows an overview about the state of the database and how often the data is synchronized between different Sahana installations. | ||
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- | **NOTE :** All the activities mentioned above can be done by using the links on the Synchronization home page. | ||
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