Allowing Users to Resolve Conflicts

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Conflicts arise when two users have updated the same data in the team solution. When the data is synchronized, the rows from the offline database are compared with rows from the central team solution on the server. If the same row has been changed online and offline, then the conflict resolution options determine how the conflict is resolved.

To define conflict resolutions options

1. Open your solution in the Access Workflow Designer. For details, see Opening your Solution in the Access Workflow Designer.
   
   
2. From the Access Workflow Designer, select the team solution in the Object List.
   
   
3. In the Solution Properties pane, select the Offline tab.
   
   
4. Select an option for conflict resolution:
   • Skip conflicting rows   Ignores transactions submitted by the offline publication if they conflict with data in the online team solution.
     
     
   • Keep user’s changes   Commits updates from offline data in the online team solution on the server.
5. Click Save.

The default conflict resolution method that you define for the offline publication only applies to a scheduled data synchronization specified in Internet Explorer. You may be required to provide information to users about how to set up a synchronization schedule.

To set up a synchronization schedule on the client computer

1. In Internet Explorer, from the Tools menu, click Synchronize.
   
   
2. In the Items to Synchronize dialog box, click Setup.
   
   
3. On the Scheduled tab, click Add.
   
   
4. Follow the instructions in the Scheduled Synchronization wizard to add a time for replication synchronization to run (daily, weekly, or weekdays) for designated offline Web pages and databases.