Controlling The Flow Of Objects With The Filter - Novell POLICY IN DESIGNER 3.5 - 09-18-2009 Manual

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with the Filter
The Filter editor allows you to manage the filter. In the Filter editor, you define how each class and
attribute should be handled by the Publisher and Subscriber channels.
The Filter Editor
Figure 7-1
When information is synchronized between connected systems, the connected system can receive
the changes or just be notified that a change has occurred. Designer displays this information in the
Policy Flow view as Sync and Notify filters.
If a filter is set to Sync, then the objects modifications are automatically synchronized to the
connected system. If the filter is set to Notify, then the object modification is reported to the
metadirectory engine, but the object is not automatically synchronized. For more information, see
Section 7.2.5, "Changing the Filter Settings," on page 99.
This section includes the following topics:
Section 7.1, "Using the Filter Editor," on page 94

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