Glossary - Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 Software Manual

Note: If you select Ignore, as recommended, you will be prompted to resolve
the conflict again the next time you run synchronization. If this is not
acceptable, you can highlight the original (non-shortened) text in the
Conflict Resolution dialog box and choose Update. Note, however, that
Update will overwrite the edit that caused the conflict in the first place.

Glossary

Conflict Resolution
A process (controlled by a setting in the Conflict Resolution tab of the Advanced
Settings dialog box) that is sometimes used by Intellisync to determine how to
resolve data conflicts during synchronization. See Data Conflict, below.
Data Conflict
A data conflict occurs when records in both systems have matching key field values
but conflicting data in other mapped fields. (For example, if both systems have
address records in which the First and Last Name values are identical, but the
Address values differ.)
The very first time a set of data is synchronized, (and any time you Import or Export)
the Conflict Resolution setting is used to resolve all such conflicts. Upon
subsequent synchronization of the same data (after the history file has been
created), the Conflict Resolution setting is needed only under the following
conditions:
• When records with the same key fields have been added to both systems since
the last synchronization, but they have conflicts in other mapped fields.
• When mapped fields in previously synchronized records (with matching key
fields) have been edited since the last synchronization, but edited differently.
Export
A one-way transfer of data. The Intellisync Export command (selected in the Choose
Translator dialog box) exports records from a selected device application to a
selected PC application.
Field
The location of a single data element. Each application is organized into sets of
fields (records). For example, device Address Book (Contacts) records consist of
the fields First Name, Last Name, Company, Title, etc.
Field Mapping
The linkage that directs the comparison and transfer of device and PC data during
synchronization. Field mapping is contained (and can be edited) in the Intellisync
Field Mapping dialog box.
To access the Field Mapping dialog box, select the Field Mapping button in the
Advanced Settings dialog box.
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