The Mobile Check-In process attempts to update the MET/TEAM server’s database with the changes that were made to existing records and any new records that were created in the database on the mobile PC. This brings up the question of what will happen when changes are made to the same records, whether it is an Asset, Type, Work Order, Procedure, etc., on the server and on one or more mobile PCs, and then the mobile PCs perform a Check-In. The simple answer is that if changes were made to existing records on the mobile PC, the Mobile Check-In process will overwrite any changes made to the same records in the master database, regardless of the timing of the change. If the same records are changed on multiple mobile PCs, the last mobile PC to perform the Check-In process wins. It is also important to note that these updates are performed on an entire record in the database, not on individual fields within the record.

For example, if an Asset’s Warranty Date setting gets changed on the server, and then that same Asset’s Not Tracked setting is changed on a mobile PC, when the mobile PC performs a Check-In, the Asset’s Warranty Date will revert back to its original value and the Not Tracked setting will reflect the change made on the mobile PC (the mobile PC’s updates “win”).

Another thing to consider is that changes to the System Default settings on the mobile PC are never updated on the server after a Check-In.