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# Replication Administration section

This topic describes the areas and options of the Replication Administration section in the Administration Console.

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## About the Replication Administration section

The Replication Administration section contains the following subsections:

Section | Description
--- | ---
Replication configurations | In the Replication Configurations section, create and manage configurations for replicating items in projects and baselines, and for requests. To open Replication Configurations, go to Administration Console > Distributed Development > Replication administration > Replication configurations. For details, see Replication Configurations section.
Replication logs | In the Replication Logs section, view replication details and logs. To open Replication Logs, go to Administration Console > Distributed Development > Replication administration > Replication logs. For details, see Replication Logs section.

For a description of the Administration Console main window, see Administration Console user interface.

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## Replication Configurations section

In the Replication Configurations section, create and manage replication configurations for items in projects and baselines, and for requests.

Replication Configurations toolbar

Use the toolbar of the Replication Configurations section to define replication configurations for projects and baselines.

Button | Description
--- | ---
| Add a new project, baseline, or request replication configuration.
| Delete the selected configurations.

Replication Configurations navigation area

In the Replication Configurations navigation pane, you can view a list of the replication configurations that have been defined for the base database. Select from the following filter options:

Option | Description
--- | ---
Project Primary | Configurations where this base database is the primary site that replicates projects to replica sites.
Project Replica | Configurations where this base database is the recipient of project replications.
Baseline Primary | Configurations where this base database is the primary site that replicates baselines to replica sites.
Baseline Replica | Configurations where this base database is the recipient of baseline replications.
Request Primary | Configurations where this base database is the primary site that replicates requests to replica sites.
Request Replica | Configurations where this base database is the recipient of request replications.

To display a list of the configurations for the selected filter option, click the top-level Configurations icon.

To view the details of a configuration and its replica sites, click the specific Configuration ID node.

Replication Configurations content area

When you select the top-level Configurations icon in the navigation pane, the content pane displays a list of configurations. In the list, you can:

- Select a configuration to edit its details or delete it. Click Select All to select all the configurations in the list.

- Display the list of configurations as an HTML page to print or save.

- Save the list of configurations as comma-separated values.

- Sort the configurations by column headings.

For each configuration, the content area includes the following information:

Column | Description
--- | ---
Configuration ID | The name of the replication configuration.
Site | The primary DB site that is responsible for sending the replication. Consists of the node name, base database, and DB connection string.
Project ID (for Project Primary or Project Replica only) | The full specification for the project to be replicated by the primary site, or the project to receive the replication by the replica site.
Replication Enabled | Indicates whether replication can take place between a primary site and replica sites.

When you select a specific configuration in the navigation area, you can:

- View and edit its details in the General section of the content area.

- View, add, edit, and delete remote replica sites in the Remote Replicas section.

- Project Primary or Project Replica only: View, add, edit, and delete local replica sites in the Local Replicas section.

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## Replication Logs section

In the Replication Logs section, view the details and results of sent and received replications.

Replication Logs toolbar

Use the toolbar of the Replication Logs section to view the replications that have taken place to and from the base database.

Button | Description
--- | ---
| Displays the details of a replication on the General tab of the Show Contents dialog box.
| Displays the contents of a replication log in the Show Logs dialog box.
| Deletes the selected replication logs.
| Purges all the logs for the selected configuration except for the latest log.

Replication Logs navigation area

In the Replication Logs navigation pane, view a list of logs for replications that have been sent or received for the base database. Select from the following filter options:

- Projects Sent.

- Projects Received.

- Baselines Sent.

- Baselines Received.

- Requests Sent.

- Requests Received.

To display a list of replication logs for all the configurations for the selected filter option, click the top-level Configurations icon.

To view the logs for a configuration, click the specific Configuration ID node.

Replication Logs content area

When you select the top-level Configurations icon in the navigation pane, the content pane displays a list of logs for sent and received replications. In the list, you can:

- Select a log to view or delete it. Click Select All to select all the logs on the page.

- To filter the log list, click the Filter link at the top right of the content pane and define your filtering criteria.

- Sort the log list by column headings.

- Display the log list as an HTML page to print or save.

- Display the log as comma-separated values to save as a file.

For each sent replication, the content area includes the following information:

Column | Description
--- | ---
Configuration ID | The name of the configuration for which the replication was performed.
Target Node | The network node to which the replication was sent.
Target Base Database | The base database to which the replication was sent.
Target Project Target Baseline | Project replication: The project to which the items were transferred for an item replication. Baseline replication: The baseline to which the items were transferred for a baseline replication Request replication: Not displayed.
Sent Date | The date and time when the replication was sent.

For each received replication, the content area includes the following information:

Column | Description
--- | ---
Configuration ID | The name of the configuration for which the replication was performed. Click the configuration name to view the associated log.
Source Node | The network node to which the replication was sent.
Source Base Database | The base database to which the replication was sent.
Source Project Source Baseline | Project replication: The project to which the items were transferred for an item replication. Baseline replication: The baseline to which the items were transferred for a baseline replication Request replication: Not displayed.
Received Date | The date and time when the replication was sent.

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See also:

- Replication administration
- View replication logs
- Administration Console user interface

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