Mobile Applications 

The files for mobile applications are not usually available on the server after the installation has been completed. You must transfer these files to the server to be able to work with SAP MI (see Deployment of Mobile Components und Deploying Mobile Components on the Server). When you do this, the Mobile Component Descriptor (MCD) that describes the application is generated or read.

If the file does not have the SDA (Software Deployment Archive) format, you must convert it. For more information on this, see Converting Archives for a Mobile Component.

You can display the mobile application in the list of mobile components in the Mobile Administrator as soon as you have updated the view (see Displaying Mobile Components).

You can maintain the MCD for a particular mobile application. This is useful in the following cases:

●      If you use Smart Synchronization and want to assign SyncBOs to the application.

●      If you assign mobile components using roles and you want to define which version is to be used as the standard version when assigning in this way.

For more information about maintaining an MCD, see Mobile Component Descriptor.