After the database channel has been defined it can be deployed to users through M-Business Server's Web-based Administration console. The Administration console binds back-end data retrieved from the XML data source to a named database on the mobile device, and associates that data with the appropriate schema that describes the database.
The process for creating a database channel is similar to the process for creating any other type of group channel for M-Business Server.
To create a database channel you (or an M-Business Server System Administrator) must:
Set up a group, or use an existing group of M-Business Anywhere users who will synchronize your database channel—database channels can only be defined for groups. See Managing Groups.
Set up a URL for the data. For example, http://intranet.somewhere.com/catalog.xml
URLs entered in any M-Business Anywhere component must contain only forward slashes (/). The backslash character (\) in place of a forward slash will cause an error. When you are setting up directories in a Windows file system, where backslashes
separate levels, be sure to change these characters to forward slashes if you copy parts of the file system path into a URL.
Set up a URL for the data's XML Schema Definition For example, http://intranet.somewhere.com/catalog.xsd.
Established a name for the database containing the data.
Create one or more HTML pages to present the data.
For example, http://intranet.somewhere.com/catalog.html.
For more information about creating database channels, see Creating custom database channels.
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