Creating an Entity Read Operation for a Mobile Business Object

Use the Operation Creation wizard to create an Entity Read operation for an existing mobile business object. Once created, you can edit Entity Read operations from the Properties view.

See Immediate Refresh with Entity Read Data Flow in Mobile Data Models: Using Mobile Business Objects for additional information about Entity Read operations.
  1. Either:
    • Launch the New Operation wizard from the Mobile Application Diagram by selecting the Operation icon from the palette, then selecting the operation section of the mobile business object to which you are adding the operation, or
    • Select an existing MBO in the Mobile Application Diagram, select the Operations tab in the Properties view, and select Add.
  2. Name the operation and select ENTITY READ as the operation type.
  3. Select Specify a data source and click Next.
  4. Define the Entity Read operation.

    The Definition screen varies depending on the type of data source to which the operation is bound. See the corresponding binding topic for detailed information.

  5. (Optional) Click Test Execute to verify the operation against the data source to which it is bound. Click Next.
  6. Configure the arguments and click Next.
    All primary key attributes must be mapped into arguments. See Entity Read Guidelines and Limitations for additional requirements.
  7. Map all attributes, except those propagated from load arguments, to the EIS output results and click Finish.
You can now assign the "Apply output of ENTITY READ operation" cache policy option to Update and Create operations that use the "Immediately update the cache" cache policy.
Parent topic: Entity Read Operations