Creating a System Message

Use

A system message allows you to send important information to client devices. For example, you can create a system message if you want to send information about the date and time of server maintenance to client devices.

Prerequisites

You have logged on to the SAP NetWeaver Mobile Administrator.

More information: Logging On to SAP NetWeaver Mobile Administrator

Procedure

Choose the Mobile Overview tab page.
Under Common Administration Tasks section, choose System Messages .
Choose the Create System Messages tab page.
In the Custom Group field, select the required custom group from the dropdown list.
In the Attribute Name field, select the required device attribute from the dropdown list.
In the Attribute Value field, enter a value for the device attribute.
In the Action on Expiry field, select one of the following:
- Deactivate - deactivates all the messages for which the lifetime has expired
- Delete - deletes all the messages for which the lifetime has expired from the CDS
In the Lifetime Day field, enter the number of days for which the message is valid.
In the Lifetime Hours field, enter the number of hours for which the message is valid.
Choose Add .
In the Message text field, enter the required message.

Note

The message text must not exceed 200 characters.
In the Language field, enter the language of the message.

Note

You can create only one message text per language. However, you can create multiple text and language combinations. When the message is sent to a device, the DOE also sends all these text and language combinations and the client reads the text based on the login language of the user. If the language of the texts in the message does not match with the language of the device, the client reads the default text in the message.

The default text is a message text that you create without specifying the language. You can create only one default text for a message. For example, you create a system message with the EN language text, DE language text and, a default text. If the login language of a set of devices is English and German, then the users view the message text in English and German respectively. However, if the login language of the device is Chinese, then the default text is displayed to the user. Alternatively, if you do not specify a default text when you create the EN and DE language text, then no message is displayed to the Chinese user.
Choose Save .

After you create a message, it is activated automatically and sent to all the devices that meet the specified criteria.