synchronize data with tablet

[Former Member]

Hi all,

I am new about mobility topics and I am involved in a new project that consists in developing custom apps using data genarated by SAP ECC and replicated into tablets.

So, the only requirement is to replicated defined data only in one direction, from SAP ECC to mobile tablets.

What are the "best-fit" SAP solutions to cover this scenario?

I have heard about Sybase but i do not know whether it is excessive or if there are simpler solution.

Thank you in advance.

Emanuele

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

There are a few options to get data from SAP, one way out to an external device/app.

Good place to start is the sap connectivity Wiki: [ABAP connectivity wiki|http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ABAPConn/ABAPConnectivityHome]

Java Connector is one of them and you can read more about them here: [SAP JCO article from Vogella|http://www.vogella.de/articles/SAPJCo/article.html]

More on the connectors can be found here: [SAP connectors|https://websmp105.sap-ag.de/connectors/]

Netweaver Gateway is another option: [Gateway Technical Brief|http://whealy.com/sap/Gateway/Technical%20Brief/index.html]

You also have web services as an option and enterprise services which are a part of the PI server capabilities.

Sybase SUP is one more option but might be overkill depending on your detail requirements.

SAP also has the Netweaver mobile server / DOE that can be used standalone or combined with SUP.

Overall, a wealth of options out there, these and more. Only by looking at the specific requirements, security, performance, the type of app/device/development environment can you narrow the list down plus the cost/benefit has to be taken into account with licence costs almost always coming into the picture no matter which option you want to explore. The licence can be upfront, based on users or traffic or any combination of those.

hope it helps.

[Former Member]

Thank you for the answer.

As for the volume i think that in my business scenario there will be about 1.000 users that need to synchronize data from SAP ECC with the following characteristics:

Volumes

Basically there are 2 type of data to synchronize:

Clients assigned in Portfolio (about 1500 clients per User to download)

Static data (i.e. configuration table/parameter)

Let's assume that the size of data exchanged is about 5 Megabyte

Frequency

The initial upload has to be made once a year and thereafter once a day it should be checked for updates

With respect to the infromation above, is it possible to bettere address my previous question?

Is SAP able to manage this kind of interactions, without the use os something like SUP?

Can I imagine to work only with web services retrieving data from SAP end saving it into the tablet?

Is SAP able to manage the multiple synchronization of 1.000 user?

Thank you in advance

Emanuele