APPLICATION MANAGEMENT


Refreshing a design
Refreshing a design updates a database whose design is linked to a template. Design elements that prohibit design replace or refresh are not included in the updates.

If you use a template to refresh or replace the database design, to ensure that the option "Prohibit design refresh or replace to modify" takes effect, select this option as well as the option "Propagate this prohibition of design change" in the design properties of the template.

Automatically refreshing a design

The Designer server task automatically synchronizes all server databases that are linked to a template. This server task runs by default at 1:00 AM. For the update to work, a template must reside on the same server as the databases linked to it. Replicas synchronize with the templates stored on their servers.

Manually refreshing a design

Use the Refresh Design command to distribute design changes manually from a template to any databases linked to it. Manually refresh the design of a database when:


Components that are not refreshed

The following are not changed during an automatic or manual refresh procedure:


Caution An element with inheritance set is not replaced even if its design is not protected from updates (that is, if "Prohibit design refresh or replace to modify" is not selected).
Components that are refreshed

The following components are changed during an automatic or manual refresh procedure if the design element changes in the template:


Refreshing a design manually

1. Select the database to be updated, and choose File - Application - Refresh Design.

2. Select the IBMR LotusR Domino(TM) server that stores the template(s) or select Local if the templates are on your workstation, and then click OK.

3. Click Yes to confirm.

4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 if other templates associated with the database are stored on other servers.

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