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How Reconciliation Engines Process Reconciliation Rules

The date and time at which a reconciliation rule was last executed determines when the rule will be processed again. Hardware Reconciliation Engines process reconciliation rules in the following sequence, which allows for multiple tenant support as well as multiple Hardware Engines:

1. Each Hardware Reconciliation Engine searches for reconciliation rules that are not being processed by another engine and selects the rule that has the oldest processing date and time.
2. A Hardware Reconciliation Engine locks the reconciliation rule so it cannot be accessed by another engine, executes the rule, updates the rule date-and-time value, and then unlocks the rule. The Hardware Reconciliation Engine searches for the next available reconciliation rule with the oldest date-and-time value and repeats the process.
3. The process continues with all engines continuously operating and searching for and executing the next available reconciliation rule with the oldest date-and-time value.