# Background sync or selective sync

**URL:** <https://forum.odk-x.org/t/background-sync-or-selective-sync/1840>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 26, 2022, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.odk-x.org/t/background-sync-or-selective-sync/1840 "2022-07-26T09:21:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Mandy\_Sin](https://odkx.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.odk-x.org/mandy_sin/32/1016_2.png) [@Mandy\_Sin](https://forum.odk-x.org/u/Mandy_Sin)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.odk-x.org/t/background-sync-or-selective-sync/1840/1 "2022-07-26T09:21:11Z")

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Is it possible to sync data in the background? We have more than 40 forms for our study, and while we have new data for just 1-2 forms, data is synchronised for all forms, which takes quite a bit of time. If it could run in the background, we would save significant interviewer time.

Also, since we have a lot of forms, data sync takes a lot of time. I wonder if it is possible to sync just a single form, probably through the Tables app using REST apis?

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**Author:** ![W\_Brunette](https://odkx.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.odk-x.org/w_brunette/32/376_2.png) [@W\_Brunette](https://forum.odk-x.org/u/W_Brunette)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.odk-x.org/t/background-sync-or-selective-sync/1840/2 "2022-07-31T18:23:46Z")

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These are all future features and have not been implemented yet.