Configuration of Mobile Devices Using Device Configurations 

Purpose

You can use this process to configure mobile devices. You define:

●      The behavior of the client on the mobile device

●      The drivers installed on the mobile device

●      Functions for monitoring and controlling the mobile device

Process Flow

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       1.      With transaction DEVICE_CONFIG you define monitoring configurations that contain the required parameters. For more information, see Defining Monitoring Configurations).

○       To configure the functions for monitoring and controlling the mobile device, choose the respective function (see Functions for Monitoring and Controlling the Mobile Device).

○       Choose the function MI_PIOS for the driver configuration. For information about configuring the drivers, see Driver Configuration and Note 761833.

       2.      Define device configurations for the various mobile devices and users with transaction DEVICE_CONFIG. On the Assignments tab page, define which configurations are assigned to which roles (see Defining Device Configurations)

       3.      After the assignment on the basis of roles has been completed, and if there are changes to the device configuration, start the role synchronization (see Starting Role Synchronization).

If you want to assign the device templates to individual devices or users instead, you can do so in the SAP MI Web Console. In this case, proceed as for assigning applications (see Assigning Mobile Components and Device Configurations to a User).

Result

The devices of the affected users receive the new device configuration with the next synchronization. The configuration is performed on the mobile device automatically. The user does not have to carry out any other additional steps.

Example

You want to define a given role that uses time-controlled synchronization and that is synchronized at intervals of one minute (60,000 milliseconds).

To do so, define a new monitoring configuration with transaction DEVICE_CONFIG , for example named TimedSync. Define a row for each parameter to be configured. For each parameter, select MI_CONFIG as monitoring function.

●      Select TIMEDSYNC once as parameter ID and enter true as the value in order to activate timed synchronization.

●      Select TIMEINTERVAL as the parameter ID for the other row and enter 60000 as the value in order to set the interval to 60,000 milliseconds.

Then create a new device template with transaction DEVICE_CONFIG. Enter the new monitoring configuration TimedSync on the Monitoring Functions tab page. You can also define additional monitoring configurations.

On the Assignments tab page, also enter the role to which you want to assign the device configuration and the included monitoring functions.

Once you have performed the role synchronization (see Starting Role Synchronization) and synchronized the relevant users, timed synchronization with an interval of one minute is applied for all users of the role.