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An agent allows you to set or obtain values of specific attributes of a client device. You can use agents to:

·        Enable or disable traces on a client device

      Check the battery level of a device during each synchronization

      Check the back light levels of a client device during each synchronization

      Check the memory status of a device and the external storage cards that are installed on it

      Read or write values for registry keys of a client device

      Set the date and time of a device based on the time zone

Structure of an agent

An agent consists of the following parts:

      Software

This part is deployed on the client device. It can be:

¡        Developed by a third-party

       Uploaded to the data orchestration engine (DOE) as an SDA archive through the J2EE Engine or Archive Upload Tool

       Assigned to a device as a mobile component

      Data

This part consists of parameters that define the behavior of the software part of the agent. When an agent is deployed, the relevant parameters are defined in the MCD.xml file.

Default agents

By default, the SAP ships the following agents along with the DOE:

CONFIG

This agent has parameters, such as:

      Host

      Port

      Protocol

      Client

      Operating system version

      Time of last sync

      Time to process one message

TRACE

This agent has the following parameters:

      Send logs

      Send traces

      Delete logs

      Delete traces

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