Principals

With Sync4j SyncServer, data are associated to a Principal, which is a more generic concept than a person. A principal may represent a user, a device, an application and so on. In SyncServer a principal is a couple (user-device), covering the cases were a user can use different devices and a device can be used by many users. The SyncAdmin tool provides the way to make that association.

To add a new principal, select Add Principal from the Principals node context menu. You will get a form split in two search forms (see Figure 9). You can search users and devices, then select a particular user and a particular device and press Add Principal.


Figure 9 - Add principal panel

As seen for users and devices you can search existing principals selecting Search Principals. You will see the form of Figure 10. Set the search criteria and press Search.


Figure 10 - Search principals panel

To delete a principal select the desired row from the search results list and press Delete.