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		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To use exchange links</Title>
		<Keyword ContextSensitive="No"><Level1>Exchange link</Level1>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph class="Default">An <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000031" role="glossary">exchange link</Link> is the relation between source and target sites in a multisite environment. The link is created at <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000002" role="glossary">batch</Link> level and stored at the target site. It defines the relation between an export batch at the source site and an import batch at the target site. The import batch uses the results of the export batch.</Paragraph>
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		<Paragraph class="Default">You can also use an exchange link if the source and target batch are on the same site or in the same company. It is also possible to define multiple targets per source or multiple sources per target.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph class="Default">If an exchange link is activated, a subscription is stored at the source site. It defines the relation between the import batch at the target site and the export batch at the source site.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph class="Default">An automatic exchange of data is only possible if the link is active. The link is active if the exchange link is available at the target site and subscription is available at the source site.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph class="Default">If no exchange link is active, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/da/xch" role="module">Exchange</GUIRef> module will function normally but it will not use the <Link href="/baanerp/da/glossary/glossary#000043" role="glossary">multisite control</Link> functionality</Paragraph>
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		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/da/onlinemanual/000001" role="manual">Introduction to the Exchange module</Link>
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		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/da/onlinemanual/000005" role="manual">Introduction to multisite control</Link>
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		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/da/onlinemanual/000018" role="manual">Description of the subscription mechanism</Link>
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