# Operating a replication

## Procedure

1. Follow the steps described in [Preparing the replication](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/change-data-capture-user-guide/7.3/preparing-replication).
2. Select the recovery type from the Properties of the distribution. See section [Recovery](https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/7.3/change-data-capture-reference-guide/recovery-tab) for more details.
3. From the Supervision screen, click Start.

   If you want to start the replication process for one distribution, double-click on a table, then click Activity.

   If you want to start it for various distributions, click the Supervision button located at the bottom of the distributed target tables.

   ![](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/change-data-capture-user-guide/Resources/images/tcdc-start-replication.png)
4. Now you can [Supervision of the replication](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/change-data-capture-user-guide/7.3/supervision).

   Information noteNote: If no information is displayed in the fields of the Supervision screen, check that you have performed the journalization process. See [Journalizing a database](https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/7.3/change-data-capture-user-guide/journalizing-database) section for more details.

### In this section

* [Starting Replications Automatically](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/change-data-capture-user-guide/7.3/starting-replications-automatically)