Models

A model is a set of associated tables and a replication mode.

The model does not represent a distribution but rather a distribution matrix.

The distribution and its status are represented by the distributed models (= distributions) found in the tree structure at a level below the targets.

Models are defined independently of targets so that a model defined once can be distributed to as many targets as required.

Example of application:

You want to replicate the accounting data and the payroll data. You will need to create two models, one for the accounting and one for the payroll.

With this structure, if an error occurs while replicating the accounting, the accounting model is stopped but not the payroll one.