Queries with offline mode working

Question

Hi,
I am pretty new to MI. I created a generic sync application in which I invoke a BAPI to create sales order.
I fail to understand -
If I am offline and I create 2 orders using the client, where are the orders stored in MI client? Are the stored automatically? or I need to store them explicitely through code?
When I go online and sync will I get 2 separate Inbound containers for each order?
Your replies will be very helpful
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Nakul

Answer 1

hello nakul,
what the generic sync can offer is the abstraction of
the synchronization process by providing apis. other than
that, you have to create it by yourself. for example, your
data persistence and delta handling should be handled in
your application.
for your questions:
>If I am offline and I create 2 orders using the client,
>where are the orders stored in MI client? Are the stored
>automatically? or I need to store them explicitely
>through code?
as i had described above, you have to persist your own
data. the simpliest is to make your data serializable and
use the object streams for your persistence... the timing
of creating your outbound container is usually during the
sync.started event. your application should also have a
way of managing your data states; i.e. which data have
already been sent and which data wasn't; which data is the
same state as in the table. and so on...
>When I go online and sync will I get 2 separate Inbound
>containers for each order?
generally, when you sent 1 outbound container, you will
get a corresponding inbound container. this inbound container
will be handled to your inbound processor according to the
method you registered. inbound containers must be processed
by you and persist your data locally for your application
use. the framework temporarily saves the raw container files
but deletes them after the inbound processors were notified.
so if you did not process the inbound container during the
notification, the incoming data in that container will be lost.
hope this clears your doubt.
regards
jo