Trying out the employeeSales application

In this step, try out the employeeSales application. You can try it from the Portal Interface, a mobile device, such as Palm OS or PocketPC, or a mobile device simulator.

Using the mobile application (Portal Interface)

1. Access Portal Interface by opening another browser session and navigating to:

   http://hostname.domain:port/onepage/mpindex.jsp

   For example, if your machine’s name is “lab2k”, your portal domain is “sybase.com,” and your HTTP port number is “4040” enter:

   http://lab2k.sybase.com:4040/onepage/mpindex.jsp
   

2. Click Join Now to set up a new account. See the Portal Interface User’s Guide for information about Portal Interface and accounts.

3. Try out the employeeSales application. By default, “Western” is selected in the region drop-down list, and customers in the Western region are displayed in the cust_id column.

   1. Click 119 in the cust_id column. Data displays for Thomm Smith.

   2. Click Refresh in the upper right corner of the application, and click 198. Data displays for Sheng Chen.

   3. Click the Sybase logo in the upper left corner to return to employeeSales application.

   4. Select “Central” from the region drop-down list. Customers in the Central region are displayed in the cust_id column.

   5. Select 201 in the cust_id column. Data displays for Amit Singh.

   6. Click the Sybase logo in the upper left corner to return to employeeSales application.

4. Personalize the region parameter to only display customers in the Eastern region:

   1. Click My Info, and select the Personalize tab.

   2. Region key – enter Central.

   3. Click Done.

5. Try out the employeeSales application again:

   1. Click the Sybase logo in the upper left corner to return to the employeeSales application.

   2. Click the region drop-down list and notice that only Eastern is included.

   3. Click on several links in the cust_id column, and view the details. Now only data for the Eastern region is represented.

   4. Click Log Out in the upper right corner when you are finished. The Portal Login window displays.

Using the mobile application (Mobile Device)

You can use a mobile device, or a mobile device simulator such as M-Business Anywhere Client.

1. Using your synchronize software, perform a synchronization to your mobile device.

2. On the mobile device, you should see the employeeSales_app in the subscribed group list.

3. Click on the employeeSales_app link to view the mobile application.

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