Automatic Connection Registration with Identities

Automatic connection registration is the process by which a user and application ID is paired to an connection by using the authentication identity. It is considered automatic, because the administrator does not need to manually create this pairing by selecting the in-bound connection and registering it in SAP Control Center.

For automatic connection registration, administrators must create a connection template and use it with the application definition. The combination application ID, domain, and security property values must be unique.

Note: For messaging clients, automatic registration will not work if the user name contain i18n characters.

A connection that is registered allows the application to become activated (that is, allowing it to consume data and services of SAP Mobile Platform). The activation process for automatic connection registration follows this sequence:

Login – the user sends credentials via the application the security provider.
Authentication – the security provider delivers the authentication result to SAP Mobile Server.
Connection registration – the user identity is extracted (which may include a security context as in user1@SecurityConfiguration1) and paired with a device ID and one or more applications IDs.
Connection activation – the registration information identifies required packages, customizations, and connections on SAP Mobile Server. If the Automatic Registration Enabled property for the connection is set to True, then the template automatically creates a default connection for the application on SAP Mobile Server.
Application activation – the device synchronizes settings from the server, and returns device information back to the server. For example, the registered application connection is updated with a phone number, IMSI, device type, and perhaps native push configuration information that is used to deliver notifications via device-specific infrastructures for Apple, BlackBerry, or Android.