Week 5 Unit 5: Offline Configuration

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Offline OData service configuration overview
The Offline OData service can be configured to best
meet the needs of your use cases.
Configure indexes on properties
Configure data to be cached on server
Change delta determination
Offline config created in a file and uploaded to SAP HANA
Cloud Platform mobile services (HCPms) application
configuration

HCPms
OData Offline Service
Client Store Provisioning and Refresh
Delta Enablement
OData Cache

Only required to change default behavior

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Offline OData service application configuration file
The Offline OData service configuration file is made
up of one or more end point configurations, each of
which has one or more defining request configuration.
End point configuration allows:
Set indexes on entity properties
Configure what data will be allowed in the database initially
sent to device
Configure if data is cached or not
Refresh interval on cached data

Defining request configuration allows:

Set if data is cached or not
Refresh interval on cached data
Delta tracking behavior
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Application configuration file end points
End point configuration options
name name of your back-end endpoint

[endpoint]
name=YourConnectionName
prepopulate_offline_db=Y|N|SHARED-ONLY

prepopulate_offline_db what data to include

in database delivered to device

prepopulate_offline_db_interval=NNN

index_type creating an index on a entity type/

property

indexed_type=<namespace>.<entity type name2>: Property2A

[ASC|DESC][, Property2B [ASC|DESC], ]

request_format set the format the data will be

requested in

delta_request_format=application/atom+xml

indexed_type=<namespace>.<entity type name1>: Property1A

[ASC|DESC][, Property1B [ASC|DESC], ]

request_format=application/json;q=1,application/atom+xml;q=0.5

delta_request_format format that delta

requests will be made in

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Application configuration file defining requests
Defining request configuration options
name name of your defining request
is_shared_data specifies if data is shared
between users or not

[defining_request]
name=DefiningRequestName
is_shared_data=N|Y
refresh_interval=NNN
track_deltas=AUTO|ALWAYS|NEVER
delta_token_lifetime=NNN

refresh_interval how often to refresh the

cached data
track_deltas control how/if deltas are tracked
delta_token_lifetime how long a delta token is
valid

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Application configuration file example
[endpoint]
Name=OrderExample
prepopulate_offline_db=SHARED-ONLY
prepopulate_offline_db_interval=1440
indexed_type=SAPODataExample.CustomerType: Surname, GivenName
indexed_type=SAPODataExample.CustomerType: Address/Province, Address/City
[defining_request]
name=Customers
is_shared_data=N
[defining_request]
name=Orders
is_shared_data=N
[defining_request]
name=OrderItems
is_shared_data=N
[defining_request]
name=Products
is_shared_data=Y
refresh_interval=1440

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Application configuration file upload to HCPms
The application configuration file needs to be uploaded to the offline area of your application defined
on HCPms.

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Recap Week 5: Creating an Offline App
HCPms supports offline applications with Offline
OData and the SAP Mobile Platform SDK.
SAP Web IDE and the hybrid app toolkit can be
used to quickly create an offline mobile application.
Offline OData can be configured to best support
your use case.

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