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In the context of DBSync, what is an Action?

An actionis a process of exchanging the data from the source adapter to the destination adapter. You can have multiple actions as per your requirements. Actions can be activated or de-activated by selecting the check box in the “Action Box” of the Process Definition Page.

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4. Next, Drag and Drop the “Create State” icon anywhere on the canvas (the canvas is the area known as the “Control Flow”) to create a new action as illustrated in the screen shot(below). A dialog box will also appear with the message “Enter the name for new state” Enter a name for the action that fits your business process.

5. After naming the State that you created, the administrator or user can map their data flow by double clicking on the Action (aka state) that they created or by right clicking on the Action and selecting the “open data flow” option as shown in the screen shot below:

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6. Drag and Drop on the canvas “Create Reader”, “Create Map”, “Create Writer”, or “Create Status” to specify the task.
Note: The moment you try to drop the reader, map, writer or status on to your canvas it asks you to 'Enter the Name'. Until you enter a name, the user or administrator cannot proceed further.

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