Start or stop a connection

This topic describes how to start and stop a connection and lists the possible connection status values.

Starting and stopping connections

A connection needs to be fully defined before you can start it.

Tip: Connect attempts to run a connection once it is defined. You can see a connection's status in the dashboard.

  • To start an idle connection, click the Modify connection button adjacent to the connection name, and select Start Connection.
  • To stop a running connection, click the Modify connection button adjacent to the connection name, and select Stop Connection.

Note: From version 4.4.2, if you start multiple connections one after the other, the connections are queued: The second connection will enter its startup process only after the first connection is running.

For information on how to start and stop connections using batch utility scripts, see Batch utility scripts.

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Connection status values

The Connections page contains a grid listing each of your connections. One of the columns in the grid is Status. The following are the available Status values:

Disabled The connection is disabled and not active, its projects are not active, or an error was detected that caused Connect to disable the connection.
Failed One or more sync-sets associated with this synchronization have failed and no subsequent iterations have succeeded. See the Running status for an example.
Idle
There are no projects to synchronize or the projectMaps are disabled.
Restarting Either the application is restarting causing a Connection to restart, a change to the underlying configuration occurred causing a Connection to restart, or the user started the Connection. When the sync is complete, the status changes to Running or Failed.
Running
The status is Running when the last available status for all sync-sets is Success.
For example, for a synchronization with three sync-sets (ss1, ss2, ss3): 
Case 1 RUNNING:
   Iteration 2: ss1=success, ss2=success, ss3=success
   Iteration 3: ss1=ongoing

Case 2 FAILED
   Iteration 2: ss1=failed, ss2=success, ss3=success
   Iteration 3: ss1=ongoing
 
Case 3 RUNNING:
   Iteration 2: ss1=failed, ss2=success, ss3=success
   Iteration 3: ss1=success, ss2=ongoing
Server Reinitializing The application is reinitializing after changes to the configuration. This status is displayed for all connections until the application has restarted the configuration and created the associated sync-sets.
Unknown The synchronization status is not known to the application. There is an error.

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