Actions
sync-entities

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This action can be used to sync your local database with your live database on the server. There are multiple ways to set up a sync-entities action within a Jig:
Under action button
In action list
In onPress/onChange events (if the component has these options)
In onRefresh/onFocus
﻿sync-entities﻿ can't be used if you using Static Data﻿.
﻿Examples and code snippets ﻿
sync-entities in action
Sync-entities action
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In  this example, when tapping the Sync entities button the action.sync-entities is used to show a list of employees. 
Example:
The full example of sync-entities in action you can find in GitHub. 
sync-entities-action.jigx
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actions:
   - type: action.sync-entities
      options:
        provider: DATA_PROVIDER_DYNAMIC
        entities:
           - default/employees        
    - type: action.set-state
      options:
        state: =@ctx.solution.state.showlist
        value: true         
actions:
   - type: action.sync-entities
      options:
        provider: DATA_PROVIDER_DYNAMIC
        entities:
           - default/employees        
    - type: action.set-state
      options:
        state: =@ctx.solution.state.showlist
        value: true         
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sync-entities in the action list
Sync-entities action
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In this example the action.sync-entities is used to linkt to the a different ﻿.
Example:
The full example of sync-entities in an action list you can find in GitHub. 
sync-entities-actionlist.jigx
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actions:
  - children:
    - type: action.action-list
      options:
        title: Sync entities
        actions:
          - type: action.sync-entities
            options:
              provider: DATA_PROVIDER_DYNAMIC
              entities:
                - default/employees
          - type: action.go-to
            options:
              linkTo: default-employee-detail
actions:
  - children:
    - type: action.action-list
      options:
        title: Sync entities
        actions:
          - type: action.sync-entities
            options:
              provider: DATA_PROVIDER_DYNAMIC
              entities:
                - default/employees
          - type: action.go-to
            options:
              linkTo: default-employee-detail
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sync-entities in onPress/onChange event
Here is the example of sync-entity﻿ in onPress/onChange event in list-item﻿ 
Example:
The full example of sync-entities in onChange you can find in GitHub. 
The full example of sync-entities in onPress you can find in GitHub. 
Sync-entities action with onPress
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sync-entities-onPress.jigx
sync-entities-onChange.jigx
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item:
  type: component.list-item
  options:
    title: =@ctx.current.item.firstname & ' ' & @ctx.current.item.lastname
    subtitle: =@ctx.current.item.time = null ? '' :'The last onPress action:' & ' ' & @ctx.current.item.time
    leftElement: 
      element: avatar
      text: '' 
      uri: =@ctx.current.item.photo
    onPress: 
      type: action.action-list
      options:
        isSequential: true
        actions:
          - type: action.execute-entity
            options:
              provider: DATA_PROVIDER_DYNAMIC
              method: update
              goBack: stay
              entity: default/employees
              data:
                id: =@ctx.current.item.id
                time: =$fromMillis($toMillis($now()), '[h#1]:[m01][P]')
          - type: action.sync-entities
            options:
              provider: DATA_PROVIDER_DYNAMIC
              entities:
                - default/employees
item:
  type: component.list-item
  options:
    title: =@ctx.current.item.firstname & ' ' & @ctx.current.item.lastname
    subtitle: =@ctx.current.item.time = null ? '' :'The last onPress action:' & ' ' & @ctx.current.item.time
    leftElement: 
      element: avatar
      text: '' 
      uri: =@ctx.current.item.photo
    onPress: 
      type: action.action-list
      options:
        isSequential: true
        actions:
          - type: action.execute-entity
            options:
              provider: DATA_PROVIDER_DYNAMIC
              method: update
              goBack: stay
              entity: default/employees
              data:
                id: =@ctx.current.item.id
                time: =$fromMillis($toMillis($now()), '[h#1]:[m01][P]')
          - type: action.sync-entities
            options:
              provider: DATA_PROVIDER_DYNAMIC
              entities:
                - default/employees
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sync-entities in onRefresh/onFocus
sync-entities action with onRefresh
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Example:
See the full example of sync-entities on onRefresh action in GitHub. 
If you want to use onLoad or onFocus just change the onRefresh to onLoad or onFocus.
sync-entities-onRefresh.jigx
sync-entities-onFocus
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onRefresh: 
  type: action.sync-entities
  options:
    provider: DATA_PROVIDER_DYNAMIC
    entities:
      - default/employees
onRefresh: 
  type: action.sync-entities
  options:
    provider: DATA_PROVIDER_DYNAMIC
    entities:
      - default/employees
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See also
﻿Developer reference﻿
﻿Related examples (GitHub)﻿
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