Updating Offline Settings for SAP Service and Asset Manager Overview

The offline OData feature of the SAP Business Technology Platform SDK allows for an always-available application that can respond quickly to changes in its connection state.

Instead of calling OData services directly, the OData service call is redirected to the offline OData feature, which mimics a response using the latest synchronized data.

Features of the offline OData feature include:

  • Synchronize OData services and run them locally on a mobile device

  • MobiLink UltraLite as a client database, which is optionally encrypted

  • Optimized for OData services, supporting delta queries to synchronize only new, and changed items

  • Offline OData services work in both read and write mode, allowing users to enter data on their mobile device. OData updates are played back to their originating OData service when the user comes back online.

  • Data synchronization between the app and the SAP Business Technology Platform leverage the MobiLink protocol, which is designed for synchronizing with remote databases.