Applications

An Application in Unwired Server (visible in Sybase Control Center as such) is the runtime entity that can be directly correlated to a native or mobile workflow application. The application definition on the server establishes the relationship among packages used in the application, domain that the application is deployed to, user activation method for the application, and other application specific settings.

Applications are managed and monitored by administrators on the Sybase Control Center. They are created automatically or manually through Sybase Control Center.

An application ID uniquely identifies an application to Unwired Server. Application connection templates enable administrator to manually register application connections in Unwired Server with predefined settings. Templates also enable automatic activation of devices (described later). Users are associated with one or more applications through application connections. Administrators can view application users in Sybase Control Center as soon as a user logs onto the application from a device.

• Application ID Overview
  Application can be directly correlated to a native application or mobile workflow container instance on device. A native application is the single binary deployed to device which may use one or more MBO packages. The mobile workflow application is a collection of workflow packages and constitutes as one application. One or more MBO packages can be assigned to an application. If application developer wants to use the same package in a different application, they can do that by assigning the MBO package to that application using Sybase Control Center.
• Setting Up Application and User Connections
  The basic step for setting up application and user connections involves creating an application, and registering application connections to associate users to the application.
• Application Creation
  There are two ways an application gets created - automatic and manual.
• Modifying Application Properties
  Associate the application with one or more domains and packages.
• Deleting Applications
  Delete an application to remove all the registered users, connections, and subscriptions associated with those connections.
• Application Connection Activation Options
  An application connection can be activated from the device by either providing valid credentials, or an activation code for a pre-registered application connection. The credentials-based approach, referred to from this point on as automatic registration, relies on application connection template properties (application ID, security configuration, automatic registration enabled). The activation-based approach, referred to from this point as manual registration, relies on matching user name and activation code sent from the device to an existing application connection registered for the user.
• Managing and Searching for Applications
  You can view the applications registered through the Sybase Control Center
• Searching for Applications
  Search for registered applications from the default view, or perform an advanced search. The advanced search enables you to search through applications, users, application connections, packages, and subscriptions, filtering out results at each level until you obtain very specific results.
• Application Users
  In Unwired Platform, an application user is an identity registered as the user of one or more versions of a device application. Application users are managed in Sybase Control Center.
• Application Connections
  Application connections associate an application instance with a user. An application may be used by many users, and a user may be associated with many applications.
• Application Connection Templates
  An application connection template is a model or pattern used to standardize connection properties and values for a specific application connections so that they can be reused. A template allows you to quickly create actual application connections.
• Application Connection Properties
  Application connection properties are used to create application connections and application connection templates.