FootPrints Sync is included with FootPrints Mobile (an add-on module purchased separately) and supports the following:
Operating Systems: Windows XP Pro, Windows XP Home, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 Server
Personal Information Manager (PIM) software: Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, Lotus Notes, Palm Desktop, Palm HotSync
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs): PocketPC (through Outlook), BlackBerry (through Outlook or Lotus Notes), Palm (through Palm Hotsync or Palm Desktop)
Installing the Desktop Client
To install the FootPrints Sync client:
Select Preferences on
the FootPrints homepage, then select FootPrints Sync (2-way) from the Miscellaneous tab. Select Configure FootPrints Sync
Settings. The
FootPrints Sync page displays.
Click the Download
the FootPrints Sync client link on this page to access the client.
You can
choose to open and run the client installation or download it and run
it.
Double-click the FootPrints Sync file (FPSync.exe) that you just downloaded to start the FootPrints Sync InstallShield Wizard. The
Welcome screen displays.
Click the Next button
to continue. The
Program Maintenance window displays.
Click the Install
button to install the client. When
installation is completed, the Completed window displays.
Click
the Finish button to finish the installation.
Once installation is complete, there should be two icons
on your desktop, one called FootPrints Sync Setup and one called simply FootPrints Sync. In addition, the FootPrints Sync client displays. If it does not, double-click
either icon to display it. See Configuring FootPrints Sync Settings within FootPrints for details
on configuring and using FootPrints Sync desktop client.
Uninstalling the FootPrints Sync Desktop Client
There are three ways you can uninstall the FootPrints Sync Client:
Run the FPSync.exe file:
Once the Welcome
window displays, click the Next button.
In the Program Maintenance
window, click the Remove radio button, then click the Next button. The
client is removed.
On Windows, use the Add/Remove Software program:
Select Start-->Control Panel.
Select the Add/Remove Programs option. This can vary depending on your version of Windows.
Select FPSync in the list and click the uninstall button.
Open the FootPrints Sync client and select File, then select the Uninstall option.
Configuring FootPrints Sync Settings in FootPrints
These settings configure how FootPrints Sync:
Handles appointments made in FootPrints
or made in the PIM
Synchronizes FootPrints
Issues with PIM tasks and vice versa
Maps contact fields between
FootPrints and the PIM
Some
PIMs have a concept of “private” and “public” calendars, similar to the
FootPrints personal calendar and
workspace calendar. A private calendar is viewable only by the PIM
owner, but the public calendar can be seen by others, with the owner’s
permission.
IMPORTANT
When FootPrints Sync initially synchronizes FootPrints
assignments with the tasks list, it takes role permissions into consideration.
Only the
Agent's own assignments or team assignments are synchronized. However,
if the Agent's role only permits him or her to edit his or her own assignments
through the FootPrints interface, the Agent will be able to close and
add to the Description field of the team's assignments through the PIM.
Administrators
must be aware of this if they are to restrict Agents from editing team
assignments and, in that circumstance, may wish to restrict use of FootPrints Sync.
Enabling synchronization and defining the PIM are done
in the client. The following options only apply when synchronization
is enabled in the client.
To enable and configure FootPrints Sync in FootPrints:
Select Preferences from
the FootPrints Sync homepage.
On the Miscellaneous tab, select FootPrints
Sync (2-way). If
you want to continue to use the 1-way FootPrints Sync, which only synchronizes
calendar appointments with your Outlook Calendar and does so only from
FootPrints to Outlook, select Manual Calendar Sync (1-way). If
you choose 1-way synchronization, continue no further with this procedure.
Select Configure
FootPrints Sync Settings from the FootPrints Sync section. The
FootPrints Sync page displays.
Select options
as follows:
Appointments
FootPrints-> PIM—Tell FootPrints Sync how to handle appointments created in FootPrints
when writing them to the PIM.
Personal
Appointments—Only write personal calendar appointments
to the PIM.
Personal
& Workspace Appointments— Write appointments from both
personal calendar and workspace calendar to the PIM.
PIM
-> FootPrints—Tell
FootPrints Sync how to handle appointments created in the PIM when writing them to the
FootPrints calendar. FootPrints Sync does not synchronize invitees in an appointment from a PIM to an appointment in FootPrints.
Private
Appointments—Tell FootPrints Sync
how to handle private appointments created in the PIM when writing them
to FootPrints.
Personal
Calendar Only—Write private appointments from the PIM to the personal calendar only.
Personal
and Workspace Calendars—Write private appointments from the PIM to
the personal and workspace
calendars.
Note
Because FootPrints Sync has no way of knowing when a user is one of many invitees to an appointment,
if multiple invitees to a single appointment synchronize their Outlook
calendars to the FootPrints workspace
calendar, the same appointment will appear multiple times. To
avoid this problem, invitees (but not the originator) to such an appointment
should temporarily turn off synchronization to the Personal
& Workspace Calendars and, instead, synchronize only with the
personal calendar.
Public
Appointments— Tell FootPrints Sync
how to handle public appointments created in the PIM when writing them
to FootPrints.
Personal Calendar Only—Write public appointments from the PIM to the
personal calendar only.
Personal
and Workspace Calendars—Write public appointments from the PIM
to the personal and
workspace calendars.
Tasks—FootPrints Sync can write Issues to your PIM’s Tasks list.
FootPrints-> PIM—Tell FootPrints Sync
how to handle Issues when writing them to your PIM’s Tasks list.
My
Assignments—Writes all Issues that are assigned to you to the PIM’s
Tasks list when FootPrints is
synchronized with the PIM.
Post
address book and workspace fields into the description of the tasks—All
of the field data elsewhere in the Issue is written to the Description
portion of the Task.
PIM
-> FootPrints
Completed/Deleted Tasks—If you mark a task as completed or deleted in your PIM, when
you synchronize your PIM and FootPrints,
the status of the corresponding Issue in FootPrints
is changed to the status you select from the drop-down fields:
Open—Status
is changed to Open.
Closed—Status
is changed to Closed.
[Other
Statuses]—Other FootPrints statuses
are displayed in the drop-down. Select
one of those to determine what to do when the status is marked as completed
in the PIM.
Don’t
change Status—Status is left unchanged ].
Deleted Tasks—If you delete a task from your PIM, when
you synchronize your PIM and FootPrints,
the status to the status you choose from the drop-down fields:
Open—Status
is changed to Open.
Closed—Status
is changed to Closed.
[Other
Statuses]—Other FootPrints statuses
are displayed in the drop-down. Select
one of those to determine what to do when the status is marked as completed
in the PIM.
Don’t
change Status—Status is left unchanged.
NOTE
Lotus Notes only supports three levels of priority. When
mapping priorities from FootPrints to Lotus Notes, any priorities numbered
higher than 3 are mapped to 3.
Contacts—FootPrints can write the contacts in
your FootPrints Address Book to
your PIM’s Address Book. Contact
synchronization requires that you have a personal Address Book search
defined.
FootPrints-> PIM—Tell FootPrints
whether to write the contacts from your FootPrints
Address Book to the Address Book in the PIM and maps the fields in FootPrints to the fields in the PIM.
Search
drop-down—Select the Address Book search. The
results are what will be written to your PIM.
Field
Mapper—If you are going to synchronize contacts, you must configure
the mapping between FootPrints
Address Book fields and PIM Address Book fields.
FootPrints Field to PIM Field—Using the drop-down boxes, select the PIM fields
that correspond to the FootPrints
fields.
Configuring the FootPrints Sync Client
The first step after installation is to define the settings
in the FootPrints Sync client. The
following sections of this document explain the buttons on the FootPrints Sync interface and then the items in the menu bar at the top of the
interface.
To configure settings in the FootPrints Sync client:
Double-click the FootPrints Sync Setup shortcut on your desktop.
Click the Settings
button. A
page displays where you can enter your FootPrints User ID, password,
and the URL for the location of the FootPrints link. The
default for this location is http://localhost/MRcgi/webcal/,
where localhost is your PC or
handheld device.
Click the Next button. The
Information Manager Settings window displays.
Select your PIM from
the Information Manager Name drop-down list, then click the Configuration Options
button. Options
are:
Lotus Notes
Microsoft Outlook
Outlook Express
Palm Desktop
Palm HotSync
PocketPC Sync thru
Outlook
Click the Configuration Options button. A
tabbed window is displayed with options for you to configure your PIM.
Not all
tabs are displayed for all types of PIM. Select settings on each tab.
The following are the tabs and their options:
User
ID—Select the User ID from the drop-down (this tab displays for Palm and Palm HotSync only).
Transfer
Method—Select whether to transfer data in both directions, from
the PIM to FootPrints only, or
from FootPrints to the PIM only.
Synchronize
changes both ways—When synchronizing the PIM with FootPrints,
write new data in both directions.
Add
PIM_type into FootPrints—Only write data from
the PIM to FootPrints.
Add
FootPrints into PIM_type—Only
write data from FootPrints to
the PIM.
Content—Select
which data to transfer.
Contacts—Write
FootPrints contacts into the PIM.
Regardless
of whether you chose to synchronize both ways or in just one direction
on the Transfer Methods tab, you can only write contacts from FootPrints
to the PIM.
Tasks—Write
FootPrints Issues to the Tasks
list. When
synchronizing from the PIM to FootPrints,
tasks synchronization changes the status field of the FootPrints
Issue according to what you specified when you configured this feature
in FootPrints.
Calendar—Write
calendar appointments between FootPrints
and the PIM.
Personal
Category—Select whether to synchronize Personal Category data (this
tab displays for Palm HotSync only).
Synchronize Personal
Category
Do not synchronize
Personal Category
When you have configured
all of your settings on the tabs, click the OK button. The
Information Manager Settings window displays again.
Click the Next button.
The Synchronization
Settings window displays.
Select how you want
your PIM synchronized with FootPrints:
Synchronize
once each day at time—Use the drop-downs to select the time of
day at which the FootPrints Sync client will perform synchronization.
You can
still synchronize “on-demand” by clicking the Synchronize button from
the FootPrints Sync client interface.
Synchronize
every xhours—Use
the drop-down to schedule synchronization every X hours. You
can still synchronize “on-demand” by clicking the Synchronize button from
the FootPrints Sync client interface or by double-clicking the FootPrints Sync icon. Because
synchronization can be demanding on the server, auto-synchronization can
be scheduled with a maximum frequency of once per hour per user. If
immediate synchronization is required, double-click the FootPrints Sync
icon in your system tray.
Synchronize
when the computer is started—If you select this option, the FootPrints Sync client will synchronize when the PC or handheld on which the client
resides is booted. You
can still synchronize “on-demand” by clicking the Synchronize button from
the FootPrints Sync client interface.
Synchronize
Manually—Synchronization only occurs when you select the Synchronize
button from the FootPrints Sync client interface.
When you have made
your choices, click the Next button. The
final window displays.
Click the Finish
button to complete the configuration tasks.