Validating a synchronization job


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Validating a synchronization job

Under typical working conditions , if the Allow automatic deletion option is enabled in the synchronization job as described in Configuring synchronization options, the job will correctly detect and delete documents and object tags from the repository that no longer exist in the source vault.

However, there are some situations when this cannot be reliably detected by the synchronization job, such as when the document or object tag:

Was never released
Was purged
Is not deleted in the vault but does fall outside the collection used for synchronization

These situations can leave documents or object tags in the repository that you might not want to remain. To clean up these deleted documents and object tags, you must occasionally validate the synchronization job.

To validate a synchronization job:

In Meridian Enterprise Server Configurator, in the BC Publisher group, click Jobs. The Publish Jobs page appears and lists the existing jobs.
On the ALL or EXPLORER SYNCHRONIZATION page, double-click the name of the job that you want to validate. The job's configuration option pages appear.
In the app bar, click VALIDATE SYNCHRONIZATION. The CHECK dialog box appears.
Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.

Synchronization validation options
Option	Description
Check for obsolete items	Select one of the options to validate object tags: Check for items that should be removed from Meridian Explorer – Counts the items but does not delete them. Check and ensure that items will be purged from Meridian Explorer – Counts the items and does delete them. Do not check – Skips this check.
Check for updated documents	Select one of the options to validate documents: Check for items that should be updated in Meridian Explorer – Counts the documents but does not update them. Check and ensure that items will be updated in Meridian Explorer – Counts the documents and does update them. Do not check – Skips this check.

Click OK to start the check. A background task is started and you can continue working. When the validation has completed, the VALIDATION REPORT dialog box appears and shows the information described in the following table.

Validation report items
Item	Description
Status	The completion status of the validation.
Report	The quantities of objects found by the selected checks.
Out of scope documents	The number of documents in the source vault that are not in the scope of the synchronization job.
Out of scope object tags	The number of object tags in the source vault that are not in the scope of the synchronization job.
Missing items	The sum of the documents and object tags in the source vault that are not in the scope of the synchronization job.

When you are finished viewing the report, click CLOSE.

Related tasks

Configuring synchronization options

The ExplorerSynchronization property set