Modeling a Combo Engine for a Mobile Client Companion

Use

You use this procedure to modify a combo engine that is modeled for a mobile client application using Mobile Application Studio. This is required to reuse the combo engine for a mobile client companion.

To reuse a combo engine for a companion, you must:

§         Specify PDA parameters for the combo engine.

§         Identify only those hierarchies that are defined with the Filter Type as BDoc parameter.

§         Modify the Filter Typeby replacing the BDoc parameter value with the PDA parameter value.

You must not modify any other details of a combo engine, but only the details indicated above. 

Procedure

       1.      In the Object Browser, choose the specific combo engine.

       2.      Right-click and choose Edit.

The Combo Engine window appears.

       3.      In the General tab, Parameters for PDA group, specify values as indicated in the following table.

Parameter	Value	Additional information
Table Name	Name of the table from which the combo engine retrieves data.	A table is created for each business object that you use in a companion. The name of the business object is used as the name of the corresponding table. Therefore, you can specify the name of the business object in this field. For example, to allow the combo engine to provide a list of contact persons, you must specify the BOCONGEN business object.
Short Text Field	Property of the business object that is created as a short text field of the table you have specified.
Long Text Field	Property of the business object that is created as a long short text field of the table you have specified.

       4.      If any hierarchy of the combo engine contains BDoc parameter as a filter type, perform the following substeps.

                            a.      Choose the Hierarchy tab.

                            b.      In the Hierarchy tab, select the specific hierarchy.

                            c.      Right-click and choose Edit.

The Combo Engine Hierarchy window appears.

                            d.      In the Filter Type list box, select the value, PDA Parameter.

                            e.      Save the hierarchy.

Repeat substeps b, c, d and e for each hierarchy that contains BDoc parameter as a filter type.

       5.      Save the combo engine.