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This is an important note pertaining to the operation that is performed in the Authoring module. Although the actions described in this article are not performed in the CATI Supervisor module, the results of these actions may affect the values that are available in CATI Supervisor and are extensively used in everyday work.
This note applies to one operation type only - to the update of the sample database records. In other words this information is important only in the event the supervisor updates the database contents through a sample addition in the "Merge” or “Update” upload mode. This is done with the help of Forsta Authoring module - refer to the separate Professional Authoring documentation for further details.
Whenever the Supervisor introduces changes to the sample data in this way, it is recommended to perform the sample data synchronization.
No other update operations require such actions to be performed.
The sample data synchronization should be performed regardless of which particular field values were changed, and what command was used to introduce this update (it can be the Update, or Merge command).
If synchronization was not performed after the sample data is updated the sample values will be retrieved from the table which contents were not updated.
This, for example, can be the value of a background variable: if the "f" function is used to access background-variable values and data synchronization was not performed – in CATI Interviewer Console you will see and use an outdated value.
To make sure all sample database contents are updated after the sample addition with "Merge” or “Update” upload mode, you should do the following:
- In the Authoring module run the Synchronize command by choosing Confirmit > Respondents > Edit > Synchronize from the main menu in the Authoring module.
After the operation is successfully completed you can continue working in the CATI module; all values from the sample database will be retrieved updated.