This topic describes the various data sources to which you can bind the operations and attributes of a mobile business object. When you bind a mobile business object to a data source, the attribute and operation mappings vary depending on the type of data source to which the mobile business object is bound.
| Data source | Description | 
|---|---|
| Database | A database object (table, view, stored procedure, and so on) | 
| SAP | An SAP BAPI, or RPC operation | 
| Web service | A local or remote WSDL file, or a SOAP service | 
| File | A spreadsheet, image file, PDF file, text file, Word document, and so on |