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This guide provides information about how to develop mobile applications for laptops and handhelds using the Data Orchestration Workbench and the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio.

SAP NetWeaver Mobile allows end-to-end mobile application development. The end-to-end application development can be classified as development in the Data Orchestration Engine (DOE) and the front-end development.

The Data Orchestration Engine (DOE) comprises two tools:

  1. The Data Orchestration Engine Workbench for defining data objects, mapping the data flow, and distribution between the mobile device and the back end. It also allows you to log the activities while creating, deleting, or modifying the design-time objects such as data objects, distribution models, back-end adapters, custom services, distribution packages, package variants, package adapter, custom groups to enhance receiver meta models (RMM), and flow definitions.

  2. SAP NetWeaver Mobile Administrator for monitoring the data flow at runtime through system messaging.

SAP NetWeaver Mobile provides the following plug-ins that allow you to develop mobile applications:

  • Mobile Applications for Laptop plug-in

  • Mobile Applications for Handheld plug-in

The SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio provides the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for these plug-ins.

Development Process Flow

  1. Identify the business objects for the application that you want to develop for use on mobile devices.

  2. Download the business objects to the SAP NetWeaver Application Server.

    More information: SAP NetWeaver Mobile Administrator

  3. Define the data objects for use with mobile applications.

    More information: Defining Data Objects and Distribution for Mobile Applications

  4. Develop an application for the mobile device:

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