Synchronizing data using IBM Sync

Prerequisites

Before you use the IBM Sync application, you need to configure the IBM Sync application as described in Configuring IBM Sync for Palm OS.

Procedure

To synchronize data:

1. Start the mobile device.
2. Start the IBM Sync application. The system displays the main IBM Sync window.
3. Tap Synchronize. The synchronization begins. The panel will display the status and the progress of the synchronization. You can cancel a synchronization at any time by clicking the Cancel button. When the synchronization ends, the following messages will appear to indicate the synchronization succeeds, fails, or get cancelled respectively.
   • Synchronization succeeded
   • Synchronization failed
   • Synchronization cancelled

   If the synchronization fails, you can click the Log button to see the cause (error) of the failure. If the synchronization is successful, then you can go on to verify that the synchronized data is correct.

To Verify the data:

• On the client:
  1. Start DB2eCLP on the mobile device.
  2. Enter an SQL statement which selects all the records from the table with which you recently synchronized (for example VNMEDICALRECORD).
• On the data source:

  There are two ways to view the source table data:

  • The DB2 Command Line Processor:
    1. Open the DB2 CLP on the source database.
    2. Enter an SQL statement to select all the records of the subscribed table (for example, dsysample.VNMEDICALRECORD).
  • DB2 UDB Control Center

    You can also use DB2 Control Center to locate the subscribed table from the Tables folder in the database (for example, table dsysample.VNMEDICALRECORD is in the VNURSE database) Then, you select the table, right-click, and select Sample Contents to browse the contents of the table.

• Compare the contents of the table on the mobile device to that of the data source.

Related concepts

• Overview of IBM Sync
• IBM Sync menu options

Related tasks

• Configuring IBM Sync for Palm OS