In order to significantly reduce initial synchronization times, database templates can be prepared in advance.
These databases contain reference data (assets and so forth) and each is associated with a category.

A category corresponds to a combination of Language, Profile, Organization group and Restricted access group.
Belonging to the same category: therefore implies having the same language, being attached to the same profile and being a part of the same organization group and restricted access group.

 

Prerequisites

• The "Name of the server handling CARL Touch category management" setting must be stored in the [System configuration].
• The value of the "Maximum number of categories" setting must be greater than or equal to 1.
• The value of the "Minimum number of mobile users sharing the same category" setting must be lower than the total number of users in a given category.

 

Category management

Accessing the list of categories

1. Place the cursor in the "CARL Touch" module and select [Categories] from the "Configuration" section.
   → The list of categories is displayed.

 

Calculating categories

Procedure

1. In the available actions menu , select [Recalculate categories].
   → As the processing to completely rebuild the database templates for each category can be lengthy, confirmation is mandatory.
   
2. Once processing is complete, the list of categories is displayed.

 

Attributes of a category

• Profile: User profile associated with the category.
• Language: Category user language.
• Organization group: Organization group applied to the category.
• Restricted access group: Restricted access group applied to the category.
• Category status: can take the value Being established, Being re-established, Ready or Invalid.
• Construction time: Category calculation time.
• Number of users: Number of mobile users included in the category.