Adding New Retrievable Values for OData Mobile Data Objects

Prerequisites

Address the following before performing this procedure:

  • Determine and note the field values as well as any table values you want to add, as well as which tables the desired fields reside in SAP Mobile Add-On

  • You must have access to the ConfigPanel and permissions to change configuration settings within it

Context

Use the following procedure to add new fields to OData mobile data objects.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Start of the navigation pathConfigPanel Home Next navigation step OData Mobile Data Object ConfigurationEnd of the navigation path. Select the desired OMDO from the list on the left of the current configuration page.
  2. Click the Field Selection tab, then click the Change button.

    The Field Active column is enabled.

  3. In the Field Selection Detail pane, expand the Handler Method and the Table to search for the fields that you wish to activate. Fields that are already active are marked with a check in the checkbox.
  4. Check the fields that you wish to activate and uncheck any active fields you wish to deactivate. Save your changes when finished.

Results

After completing the procedure, one or more new values are retrieved as part of the data for the object. The new values are displayed, edited, searched on, or used in other manners on the mobile client.

In the example screenshot in the procedure, the OData mobile data object used is SAM2210_CATS_TIMESHEET. To make other OMDO configuration changes to the object, navigate to the ConfigPanel home page, then click the OData Model Configuration link. On the left panel, find the corresponding EntityType to make any additional configuration changes. In this procedure example, the entity type is CatsTimesheet. See Setting up an OData Mobile Data Object for more information.