Product versions: Business Objects Enteprise XI 3.1
This article is provided by the IPNW RIG team, with the main contributors : Patrice Le Bihan, David Gonzalez. Don't hesitate to provide feedback in the comments section.
Table of Contents
This article is part of a series on Federation XI 3.1 :
- Federation in BOE XI 3.1
- How does Federation XI 3.1 work ?
- Error diagnosis and troubleshooting with Federation XI 3.1
- Federation typical workflows
- About Adding, renaming, moving or deleting objects on origin
- Adding, renaming, moving or deleting objects on Destination
- About Replication Filters in Federation
- Tuning Federation XI 3.1 for performance and heavy load
- Known issues and common problems with Federation XI 3.1
Introduction
In this article, you will find illustrated examples of typical workflows of Federation. It aims at complement the admin guide with screenshots and also clarify the expected behaviour and limitations of certain options. This will help you design or advise on a Federation implementation.
Workflows by functionality
Example 1 : Adding/Renaming/Moving objects on origin (1 Way)
In this case you are going to replicate some objetcs (these objects can be documents, folder ....) from origin to destination. We had the same behavior for all objects type.
On the "replication job properties", you can use the "normal replication" or "refresh from orign" , you will have the same behavior.
Time |
Origin |
Destination |
|---|---|---|
Step1 |
|__ FolderA |
|__ FolderA |
Step2 |
1) We added the "Add_FolderE_or_DocE" |
Nothing is done at the destination, so the structure doesn't change |
Step3 |
|
We ran the federation |
Step4 |
|__ FolderA |
|__ FolderA |
Example 2 : Deleting and cleanup on origin (1 Way)
In this case you are going to replicate some objetcs (these objects can be documents, folder ....). The cleanup will occur only if you have selected the option "normal" (see below). If you have selected the option "Refresh from origin", at each job, the objects deleted in source are deleted in the destination (see example 4).
Time |
Origin |
Destination |
Destination |
|---|---|---|---|
Step1 |
|__ FolderA |
|__ FolderA |
|__ FolderA |
Step2 |
1) We deleted the "FolderC" and |
|__ FolderA |
|__ FolderA |
Step3 |
|
We ran the federation (before the Cleanup Frequency) |
We ran the federation (after the Cleanup Frequency ) |
Step4 |
|
|
|__ FolderA |
Example 3 : Adding / Renaming / Moving objects on origin (2 Ways - normal or refresh from origin)
In this case you are going to replicate some objetcs (these objects can be documents, folder ....) from origin to destination. We had the same behavior for all objects type.
You can use the "normal replication" or "refresh from orign" , you will have the same behavior.
Time |
Origin |
Destination |
|---|---|---|
Step1 |
|__ FolderA |
|__ FolderA |
Step2 |
1) We added the "Add_FolderE_or_DocE" |
Nothing is done at the destination, so the structure doesn't change |
Step3 |
|
We ran the federation |
Step4 |
|__ FolderA |
|__ FolderA |
Example 4 : Deleting objects on origin (2 Ways - normal or refresh from origine)
In this case you are going to replicate some objetcs (these objects can be documents, folder ....). The cleanup will occur only if you have selected the option "normal" (see example 2). If you have selected the option "Refresh from origin", at each job, the objects deleted in source are deleted in the destination (see below).
Time |
Origin |
Destination with the option "resfresh from origin" |
|---|---|---|
Step1 |
|__ FolderA |
|__ FolderA |
Step2 |
1) We deleted the "FolderC" and |
Nothing is done at the destination, so the structure doesn't change |
Step3 |
|
We ran the federation |
Step4 |
|
|
Example 5 : Adding / Renaming / Moving objects on origin (2 Ways - refresh from destination)
This case doesn't have any interest. If you modified only objets in origin and execute the federation with the option "refresh from destination", as you don't modify the destination, the replication won't occured.
Example 6 : Deleting objects on origin (2 Ways - refresh from destination)
This case doesn't have any interest. If you modified only objets in origin and execute the federation with the option "refresh from destination", as you don't modify the destination, the replication won't occured.
Time |
Origin |
Destination |
|---|---|---|
Step1 |
|__ FolderA |
|__ FolderA |
Step2 |
1) We deleted the "FolderC" and |
Nothing is done at the destination, so the structure doesn't change |
Step3 |
|
We ran the federation (before and after the Cleanup Frequency ) |
Step4 |
|
|