Overview
Grouping replications allows you to efficiently organize and manage data replication of your organization’s data for multiple use cases. You can schedule, execute replications, and monitor logs for a group, instead of doing the same process multiple times for a long list of individual replications. You can add a replication (while maintaining its dependencies) to multiple groups as required.
For example, to replicate data for different departments within your organization such as Sales, Vendor, Materials, and so on, you can simply create separate groups to group replications related to each department such that you can schedule, execute replications, and monitor logs for those groups. You can also create and have a group of system or application tables, which contains a list of known tables with metadata required for your project.
Replications of a Group can be executed in Parallel or Series Mode. Parallel Mode executes all replications simultaneously, while Series Mode will run them one after the other based on the assigned priorities and their replication dependencies.
The Groups panel displays the following fields:
Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
Name | Name of the group. |
Progress Status | Provides real-time updates on the replications and the events that a replication job processes for all replications within the group. Refer to the Replication Job Progress and Status section for more information. |
Last Refreshed | Timestamp of the last execution at the group level. |
Duration | Time taken to complete the last execution. |
Description | A brief description that states the purpose of the group. |
Actions | Includes the quick action icons to execute, schedule, edit, and delete a group. Refer to the Quick Action Feature in the Groups Panel section for more information. |
The Groups panel also displays the number of groups available in the current workspace. If required, you can expand and collapse this panel when auditing or reviewing details in this panel.
Columns in grids throughout the Syniti Knowledge Platform (SKP) can be individually customized, sorted, and filtered. You can also search for names or values for in columns that have the Search feature enabled. The selected settings are remembered per user. Refer to SKP Grid Searching, Sorting, and Filtering for more information.
Quick Action Feature in the Groups Panel
You can perform the below replications or actions using the quick action icons in the Actions column of the Groups panel. Currently, the following quick actions are supported in the Groups panel:
Execute Replications: The Execute Replications icon allows you to run a replication job at the group level, executing all configured replications associated with the selected group. Refer to Execute Replication Jobs for more information.
Schedule: The Schedule icon allows you to schedule the execution of replications with customizable recurrence options, offering flexibility in running replication jobs at regular intervals as required. Refer to Schedule Replication Jobs for more information.
Edit: The Edit icon allows you to edit the group configuration. For example, you can update the execution mode of the group or modify the group name.
Delete: The Delete icon allows you to remove a group from your workspace.
Adding a Group
- In the Groups panel, click the Add Group button. The Create Group dialog box is displayed.
- In the Name field, enter a unique name for your group.
- In the Description field, enter a brief description that states the purpose of this group.
- From the Execution Mode list, select the preferred execution mode of the replications for this group.NoteParallel mode executes all replications in a group simultaneously, while Series mode will run them one after the other based on the assigned priorities and their replication dependencies.
- Click Save.
A group is created successfully. You can now begin adding the required replications to this group. If you need to create more groups, click Add Group in the Groups panel and repeat Steps 2 through 5.
Editing a Group
In the Groups panel, select the required group.
In the Actions column, click the Edit icon for the selected group. The Edit Group dialog box is displayed.
Modify the required fields that needs changes.
After finishing the required modifications, click Save.
Deleting a Group
In the Groups panel, select the required group.
In the Actions column, click the Delete icon for the selected group. The Delete Group dialog box is displayed.
Click Confirm.
The selected group and its associated workflows have been deleted successfully.
Quick Action Feature in the Replications Panel
Currently, you can only remove a replication from the selected replication group using the quick action Delete icon.
Adding a Replication to a Group
- In the Groups tab, click Add Replication in the Replications panel. The Add to Group dialog box is displayed.
- From the Target list, select a required target datastore.
- From the Source list, select the source datastores associated with the target datastore. Replications available with the selected datastores are displayed in a table.
- Select checkboxes of the required replications and click Add.
Removing a Replication from a Group
If you have added a replication to a group by mistake or want to remove a replication from a group, complete the following steps:
- Select the group from the Groups panel.
- In the Replications panel, identify the irrelevant replication and click the Delete icon in the Actions column. The Delete Group Member dialog box is displayed.
- Click Confirm to remove the irrelevant replication.
The replication is successfully removed from the group.