Business Objects Mobile – Configuration

Hi BOOglers,
This is the continuation of my previous blog Business Objects Architecture and Deployment. Hope you all eager to know about the BO Mobile configuration. Let us proceed further

Environment & Product versions used:

• Operating System: Windows Server 2008 R2
• BOE XI4.0 with BOBJ MOBILE XI4.0
• BlackBerry Email & MDS Simulator
• BlackBerry Device simulator

The BO Mobile server was installed on the same machine that hosted the BOE server.
The BlackBerry Email MDS Simulator & BlackBerry device simulator also Installed in the same machine. This architecture is depicted as below.

Installed Components and CCM:

Once we done with all the above, we can start with the Mobile Server configuration.
Mobile Server configuration

Launch Mobile Server Configuration Tool from Start menu. Select Blackberry BES Deployment as we are going to configure with BES simulator.

Application Installation in Mobile Client

Go to the below URL, provided you have already deployed the MobileOTA14.war file in Web Application Server. Please note BI will be replaced with your CMS Server name. You will get the screen like below

http://BI:8080/MobileOTA14/OTADeploy

Now try to access the URL from Device simulator.

Once Application is downloaded,configure with your credentials and access it from the mobile device.

Finally we got it in mobile. Let us compare this with desktop based GUI.

Mobile Vs Web browser comparison

This is all about BO Mobile configuration. Hope you feel it so easy to deploy and configure.

If you have any questions, or if you want to share your experience, feel free to leave a comment!

Happy Blogging!

Business Objects Mobile – Architecture and Deployment

Hello All,
As a continuation of my previous blog, we are going to see more in detail about BO Mobile Architecture, Deployment scenarios, Server side and client side requirements in this blog.

The diagram below shows Mobile Installation on top of Business Objects Enterprise Framework

And the Business Objects Mobile Architecture will be like

Three deployment scenarios are supported for SAP Business Objects Mobile. You can choose to deploy based on your User community.

• BlackBerry devices registered on a corporate BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES)
• Non-BlackBerry devices and/or BlackBerry devices not registered on a corporate BES. This requires a proxy server or firewall to ensure security.
• User population that includes BlackBerry devices registered on the BES and other devices. This requires a BES and a proxy server or firewall.

Based on the above deployment scenarios the common architecture of BO Mobile would be like

Server side requirements

The following components need to be deployed on top of SAP Business Objects Enterprise Installation.

• The Mobile server composed of an authentication server (VAS) and a processing server (VMS).
• A mobile database that logs the user activity and provides information on synchronization of data between the SAP Business Objects Enterprise server and the mobile devices.
• A BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), if you are deploying the application to BlackBerry device users (Deployment type 1).
• A proxy server, if your deployment to BlackBerry devices does not include a BES server or if your deployment includes non-BlackBerry devices (Deployment type 2 and 3).
• To deploy client application to devices through OTA provisioning, you need to install and deploy the OTA web application, delivered with SAP Business Objects mobile, on a web application server.

Client side requirements

Based on deployment scenario, SAP Business Objects mobile application can be delivered to users via

• Over-The-Air to BlackBerry devices using the push capability in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
• Over-The-Air (OTA) via a secured web site page. This requires you to deploy the OTA web application delivered with SAP Business Objects Mobile to a secured web application server.
• Manually on each device using the client desktop application supplied by device manufacturer.

I Hope this blog gives a good understanding on Business Objects Mobile architecture and deployment.
In our next blog we will see configuration of BO Mobile using Blackberry simulators.

Keep reading!