Define back-end connections for the selected native or hybrid application. SAP Mobile Platform supports one primary endpoint per application ID. However, the administrator can create multiple secondary endpoints for other services used by the application; SAP Mobile Platform treats these additional endpoints as proxy connections.
Field | Value |
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Connection Name | (Appears only when adding a connection under Back-End Connections.)
Identifies the back-end connection by name. The connection name:
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Endpoint |
The URL (back-end connection, or service document) the application uses to
access business data on the back-end system or service. The service
document URL is the document destination you assigned to the service in
Gateway Management Cockpit. Include
a trailing slash to avoid triggering a redirection of the URL, and
losing important HTTP header details. This is especially important when
configuring the application with security, such as SSOToken and
Certificates, and when Rewrite URL is enabled. Typical
format:
http://host:port/gateway/odata/namespace/Connection_or_ServiceName.../ Examples:
http://testapp:65908/help/abc/app1/opg/sdata/TESTFLIGHT/ http://srvc3333.xyz.com:30003/sap/opu/odata/RMTSAMPLE/ |
Use System Proxy | (Optional) Whether to use system proxy settings in the SAP Mobile Platform props.ini file to access the back-end system. This setting is typically disabled, because most back-end systems can be accessed on the intranet without a proxy. Enable this setting only in unusual cases, where proxy settings are needed to access a remote back-end system outside of the network. When enabled, this particular connection is routed via the settings in props.ini file. |
Rewrite URL | (Optional) Whether to mask the back-end URL with the equivalent SAP Mobile Platform Server URL. Enable this setting to ensure the client makes all requests via SAP Mobile Platform Server, and directly to the back end. Rewriting the URL also ensures that client applications need not do any additional steps to make requests to the back end via SAP Mobile Platform Server. If enabled, the back-end URL is rewritten with the SAP Mobile Platform Server URL. By default, this property is enabled. |
Allow Anonymous Access |
(Optional) Whether to enable anonymous access, which means the user can access the application without entering a user name and password. However, the back-end system still requires login credentials for data access, whether it is a read-only user, or a back-end user with specific roles.
Note: If
you use Allow Anonymous Access for a native OData application, do not also assign
the No
Authentication Challenge security profile to the application; anonymous OData requests
are not sent, and Status code: 401 is reported.
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Maximum Connections | The number of back-end connections that are available for connection pooling for this
application. The larger the pool, the larger the number of possible parallel
connections to this specific connection. The default and minimum is 500
connections. Factors to consider when resetting this property:
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Certificate Alias |
If the back-end system has a mutual SSL authentication requirement, supply the certificate alias name given to the private key and technical user certificate that is used to access the back-end system. The alias is located in smp_keystore. Otherwise, leave the entry blank. |
You can maintain the list of server-level back-end connections (including all the connections in SAP Mobile Platform Server), and of application-specific back-end connections. Application-specific back-end connections are the secondary connections that are enabled for an application; by default, no secondary connections are enabled. You must explicitly enable additional back-end connections for an application. Users who are registered to an application can access only these back-end connections. If a user attempts to access a back-end connection (request-response) that is not enabled for an application, it is not allowed and a 403, Forbidden error is thrown.
Select Server-level Connections from the drop-down to show all available connections for the server. Use the checkbox to enable additional connections for the application.