Using UA, you can mobilize your SAP ERP application data securely to your mobile users. Mobile users who use BlackBerry, PocketPC or Palm devices can access their SAP business applications from their devices. This gives mobile users the ability to access information at all times, regardless of network connectivity and coverage.
When using SAP applications in online mode, or in Portal
Interface, you are able only to read and navigate through them.
You cannot insert or update – insert and update functionality
is available only in offline mode.
The SAP Business Object API (BAPI) interface consists of business objects such as accounts, customers, companies, which are grouped according to the application in which the objects are used, for example financial, human resources, customer support, and health care. Each object has a set of methods that allow you to search, create, and modify data related to that object. These BAPI calls are internally translated to Remote Function Call (RFC) calls by the UA runtime.
The SAP wizard provided by UA allows you to select which BAPI business object to build your application with then navigates to the specific method on that object that the application should call. The UA SAP wizard also allows you to access custom RFCs that you developed as part of your business process implementation. Accessing custom RFCs is the same as accessing the standard BAPI objects that come with a default SAP installation. UA also allows you to choose from among your SAP systems in cases where you may have multiple SAP installations.
The UA wizard for mobile application development provides online API documentation for business objects, methods, method parameters, structures, and tables. As you develop the SAP application, the wizard retrieves and displays the relevant online documentation.
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