Publishing the application as a mobile application

In this step, publish the employeeSales application. Once published, the application is available for use on a PDA. The application enables you to view sales figures for each employee, by region and customer identifier.

Publishing the application as a mobile application

1. Create a mobile application group:

   1. From Mobile Web Studio, click M-Business in the Manage menu. The M-Business Manager menu displays.

   2. Select Group Applications | Groups, and click New.

   3. On the New Group window, enter:

      • Name – enter Sales.

      • Description – enter Sales representatives.

      • Type – choose “Optional” from the drop-down list.

      Click OK to save, and click OK to confirm. The window closes.

      Group applications are described in detail in “Managing group applications”.

2. From Mobile Web Studio, select Applications in the left pane, and Approved in the Application Builder Status menu. Approved applications display in the detail pane.

3. In the detail pane, right-click employeeSales and select M-Business | Create Mobile Application.

4. On the New Mobile Application window, define the mobile application:

   1. In Group, select the “Sales” group from the drop-down list.

   2. Click OK to save.

   3. Close the window.

5. From Mobile Web Studio, click Pages in the Build menu and Approved in the Page Manager Status menu. The Page Manager window displays.

6. In Page Manager, add the employeeSales application to the DefaultPage:

   1. In Page Builder, select DefaultPage.

   2. Click Edit, click Add, click Search, select employeeSales, and click Add.

   3. Click Save, and click OK to confirm.

   4. Close to close Page Builder.

   The application is now available when you log in to the Portal Interface, Mobile Web Studio, or available for download to mobile device.

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