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Agentry - Now Integrated with the SAP Mobile Platform

Refined through more than two decades of development, the Agentry component of SAP Mobile Platform (SMP) is a tool for designing, deploying and managing the lifecycle of mobile projects. Previously a standalone platform, it is now integrated into, and is a core part of, SMP 2.3 and SMP 3.0.

The SAP Mobile Platform - Agentry component has been used to build products for complex workflows such as SAP Work Manager, SAP CRM Service Manager, SAP Inventory Manager and SAP Rounds Manager. It can be also be used stand-alone to build mobile applications from scratch.

An Agentry based solution can connect simultaneously to different types of backend systems (SQL, JAVA, XML, etc), can support many different user devices without the need to write native code, and can work as both an online solution and an offline solution with a wide variety of connectivity options.

SMP 3.0 is the latest version of the SAP Mobile Platform and contains the latest version of Agentry.
The migration path of Agentry over the past several years is as follows:  Agentry 5 -> Agentry 6 -> SMP 2.3 (Agentry 6.1) -> SMP 3 (Agentry 7).

SAP Mobile Platform 3.0

Watch Lisa Haag's webinar,  Moving from Agentry 6.x to SMP 3.0 that was recorded in April of 2015.  This Webinar is aimed at developers interested in upgrading their Agentry based applications to the new versions running on SMP 3.0.   The presentation provides a high level technical overview of why to upgrade, what will be different in the new platform, what factors you need to be aware of and what new features you can take advantage of.  It ends by discussing how to plan your upgrade and where to find additional information. Specific Topics include:

1. Migration path
2. Product vs Platform upgrade, and what Product Platform combinations are supported
3. The Advantages to upgrading
4. The differences between Agentry 6.x  and SMP
5. What factors you need to keep in mind
6. High level steps in both a product and platform upgrade
7. Planning:  Additional Considerations such as Hardware requirements, resource requirements, landscapes and deployment
8. Where to find additional information

Watch the 2014 recording of a webinar by Lisa Haag and Manjunath Venkatesh, in which they discuss the integration of Agentry into SMP 3.0 (pdf also available):

• Introduction & Objective
• SMP 3.0 - Overview (1:40)
• Agentry Architecture before SMP (4:20)
• New Features for Agentry in SMP 3.0 (6:30)
• Difference between Agentry 6.x and SMP 3.0 (21:30)
• Developing with Agentry - Editor, Process, Open UI (30:30)
• Agentry Roadmap,Links & Resources (41:40)
• Upgrade Considerations (45:00)
• Q&A (49:40)

Key Links for Agentry and SMP

• Read about SMP 3.0 in the blog by SMP 3.0 - launched @ TechEd.
• You can also watch the Tech Ed 2013 SAP Mobile Road presentation here.
• A detailed SMPRoadmap is available on the Service Portal (navigate to ”Database and Technology” and then the product).
• For product availability, end-of-life information and release restrictions & notes go to Product Availability Matrix (search for “SAP Mobile Platform 3.0”)
• The SAP Mobile Platform 3.0 has a dedicated web site.
• Check the SMP 3.0 Enablement Pages for more links, presentations, a webinar series and more.
• Documentation can be found on the Support Portal: SAP Mobile Platform and Open UI
• You can find a good blog discussing Blog discussing Open UI posted by the Development team
• Developers experienced with Agentry 6.x can find a discussion of  Installing an Agentry Application in SMP (Differences from Agentry 6.x) .This document also provides a good description of the components in an SMP Agentry installation.

Following are more links to videos with product demos and how-tos

• Syclo Mobile Youtube Channel
• SAP Enterprise Mobility Youtube channel
• SAP Mobile Developers Youtube channel

There are partner programs available for developing mobile apps at the SAP Mobile Platform Partner Center

Download SMP and its Agentry Components

Go to Software Download Center and navigate to Installation and Upgrades -> A - Z Index -> M for

1. SAP Mobile Platform
2. SAP Mobile Platform SDK

SAP Mobile Platform 2.3

The solutions Work Manager 6.0, CRM Service Manager 4.0 have been built on SMP 2.3.

Check the official Product Site and read more about it at the SMP 2.3 Getting Started Page.

You can also get the SMP 2.3 product demos on your smartphone or tablet by going to your app store and searching for SAP Work Manager 6.0 or CRM Service Manager 4.0

Agentry 6.x

An Overview of Syclo and Agentry Architecture is available in a webinar delivered on October 2012 (note: the replay is not working on Mac).

A good overview of Agentry architecture is the attached diagram.

You can also get Agentry product demos on your smartphone or tablet by going to your app store and searching for Agentry.

Agentry 6.x  For product availability, end-of-life information and release restrictions/notes go to Product Availability Matrix (search for “Agentry 6”).

Training and Learning

To get training on Agentry you can attend the following SAP Education courses:

• MOB 300 Agentry Essentials
• MOB 310 Accessing sap data using sap work manager
• MOB 320 Sap work manager for IBM Maximo
• MOB 30R Sap Agentry Essentials part 1 e-learning
• MOB 31R Sap Agentry Essentials part 2 e-learning

Check the SAP Mobile Academy for recorded tutorials, and the SAP Support site for KB articles  -> Help & Support – Xsearch. search for term “ Agentry”.