Extending mobile capabilities
Mobile capabilities can be extended with transaction services, and Mobile SDK.
Transaction services
Transaction services allows the app to write-back to the database systems. This can enable us to send data, pictures, or barcodes, by simply pushing a Submit button. MicroStrategy 10 natively connects to SAP, Oracle, and SalesForce; other systems may require FFSQL.
For example, you are a restaurant inspector; you can walk into a restaurant with your phone to do your job. First, you can take a picture of the restaurant and upload it into a remote transactional database. Second, you can input scores and ratings for the restaurant.
Offline transactions are processed when connectivity resumes. If your Internet connection is ...
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