---++ODS <nowiki>AddressBook</nowiki> SyncML

Now ODS <nowiki>AddressBook</nowiki> supports synchronization to DAV SyncML folder and back. In order to perform sync, follow the steps:

   1. Go to http://cname:port/ods
   2. Login as user
   3. Click the Briefcase link from the left vertical navigation. 
   4. As result will be open your DAV/home/[ods-user] folder file content.
   5. Click New Folder
   6. Create regular folder for ex. with name mysync
   7. Go to the new folder and click again New Folder
   8. Now enter name for ex. contacts and specify SyncML version  for ex. 1.1 and SyncML type, for ex. vcard 1.1
   9. Click <nowiki>AddressBook</nowiki> from the left navigation of the ODS UI
   4. As result will be created <nowiki>AddressBook</nowiki> instance ( if you do not have already such) and you will be redirected to its UI.
   5. Create several contacts.
   6. Go to Preferences->SyncML
   7. Click New SyncML
   8. In the shown form:
      1. Specify name, for ex. test
      2. Enter WebDAV SyncML Path, for ex. /DAV/home/[ods-user]/mysync/contacts
      3. enter username and password
   9. Click Create
   10. Click Sync
   11. Specify direction of the synchronization and click the button Sync
   12. As result should be shown as message how many contacts were synced to the <nowiki>AddressBook</nowiki> instance (In) and how many were synced to the DAV location (Out)
      
---+++Synchronization in Background

Suppose you already have synced your contacts from the <nowiki>AddressBook</nowiki> instance to the DAV location as described above. Then, when there is a change on some of the fields for a current contact in your <nowiki>AddressBook</nowiki>, this change on Save action will be also triggered to the DAV location's contact. 

---+++References

   * [[VirtuosoSyncML][Virtuoso SyncML]]

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