Determining the synchronization impact

As illustrated here, certain model changes cause data loss, prompting Contributor to display a message stating Destructive Synchronize detected. Therefore, you must carefully examine all messages that the Contributor Administration Console displays during the synchronization process, in order to determine the impact of synchronization on the model structure and data. A few examples of synchronization impacts on the model structure and data are provided as shown:

  • Business assumptions: As many revenue and expense calculations are built using business assumptions, changing business assumptions in the Analyst model, and synchronizing the application, would change the planned numbers and calculations depending ...

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