You can run a replication task in the following ways:
• Manually. To run a replication task manually, on the Explore page, navigate to the task. In the row that contains the task, click Actions and select Run.
You can also run a replication task manually from the Task Details page. To access the Task Details page, click Actions and select View.
•On a schedule. To run a replication task on a schedule, edit the task in the replication task wizard to associate the task with a schedule.
Rules and guidelines for running a replication task
Use the following guidelines when you run a replication task:
•You cannot run multiple instances of a replication task simultaneously. If you run a replication task that is already running, the replication task fails with the following error:
Data replication task failed to run. Another instance of task <Data Replication task name> is currently replicating the same objects.
If you configured the replication task to run on a schedule, increase the time interval between the scheduled jobs to prevent multiple instances of the replication task from running simultaneously. If you run the replication task manually, wait for the currently running instance of the replication task to complete before starting it again.
•If you run a replication task that excludes fields and that writes to a database target, the replication task drops any indexes defined on the excluded fields in the target table.
•If you replicate timestamp data, the replication task truncates the millisecond portion of the timestamp data.