Just a stab in the dark but do these issues arise if the server and terminal are in the same timezone?
Regards Scott On 07/12/2007, Vince M. Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > BJ - your question is not ignorant, but I have no idea how to answer. > We'll have to depend on others in the community much smarter than us. > > Entity Sync is a feature available in the system. We are using it and I > can only assume that it works if configured properly. I have figured out the > basics of push and pull synchronization. That is about as much intelligence > as I can claim. > > I can get into the details of what I loaded and where if necessary, such > as EnityGroup, EnittySync, RecurrenceRule, etc. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "BJ Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2007 4:35:09 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver > Subject: Re: Strange behavior with Entity Sync > > ignorant question > does not entity sync mess up the accounting. > how are the ecas that are suppose to fire based on certain services, > that do CRUD of the entity suppose to fire? > > am I missing some documentation on how this works? > > > Vince M. Clark sent the following on 12/6/2007 1:58 PM: > > We are using entity sync to keep POS terminals and a central server > synchronized. We are going direct from POS to MCS, no Per Store Server > involved. We have a pull sync (MCS to POS) and a push sync (POS to MCS.) > Some data such as inventory is going both ways. > > > > A few issues: > > 1) Records deleted on MCS are not deleted on POS. > > 2) Pull sync is not getting complete records in some cases. Two entities > we see this consistenly is on Facility and InventoryItem. We get partial > records sometimes. Note that this only seems to occur on the initial pull > when we are first populating a new POS terminal from the central server. > Once we identify a record, such as a facility, that didn't come down > completely we can update the timestamp on the server and the next pull gets > the complete record. > > 3) Related to item 2. If a push occurs from the POS terminal BEFORE we > get the initial data correct, it overwrites the data on MCS. For example, if > a facility record was pulled down and the store id is missing then when the > terminal push occurs it trashes the facility record on the server. Strange > thing is we aren't pushing facility data, only pulling. > > > > Note that the server time is different than the terminals (different > timezones.) > > > > Vince Clark > > Global Era > > The Freedom of Open Source > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (303) 493-6723 > > >
