Administration of Mobile
Components 
Types of Mobile Components
You require the following mobile components for the mobile device:
● Framework files (for the client)
● Database files (for the client)
● Add-on files (for example, driver files for periphery devices such as printers and scanners)
● Mobile applications
Deployment of Mobile Components
The files for the mobile components have to exist on the server so that the system can deploy them on the mobile device. Two alternative scenarios exist:
● The necessary files for the client (framework files, database files) already exist on the server following the installation.
● You must deploy other files, such as your own mobile applications, on the server yourself before you can use them with SAP MI. You can use the Archive Converterfunction in the Mobile Administrator to do this.
If the files do not have the format SDA (Software Deployment Archive) or SCA (Software Component Archive), you must convert them before you deploy them. You can also use the Archive Converter function to do this.
In the Mobile Administrator, you can display all the components that you can use for deployment on the mobile device by choosing Mobile Components. You can also use this function to add a web dispatcher value and to delete mobile components from the server.
Mobile Component Descriptor
When you deploy files on the server the system creates or imports a Mobile Component Descriptor (MCD) that describes the mobile components. The information stored in the MCD is displayed in the Mobile Administrator under Mobile Components once you have updated the view.
You can edit the MDC. This is useful, for example, in the following cases:
● If you use Smart Synchronization and want to assign SyncBOs to the application.
● If you assign mobile components using roles and you want to define which version is to be used as the standard version when assigning in this way.
See also:
For more information on editing an MCD: Mobile Component Descriptor.
For more information on the various mobile components:
For information on converting archives into the SDA format: Converting Archives for a Mobile Component.
For information on deploying components on the server: Deploying Mobile Components on the Server
For information on adding a web dispatcher value: Adding a Web Dispatcher Value
For information on displaying mobile components: Displaying Mobile Components
For information on
removing mobile components from the server: 
Removing Mobile
Components
For information about deploying on the mobile device: Deployment of Mobile Components on the Mobile Device and Configuring Mobile Component Downloads