FIORI: Offline capability

[Former Member]

Hello Experts,

We would need to update one of our customer on offline capabilities of FIORI application in days ahead. At present we are building few custom applications as well as extending few standard applications for the customer. Now our questions are as mentioned below.

1) Can we have offline capabilities added to the above said FIORI applications at later stages when the offline feature is available in FIORI client? If it is possible, can it be done with minimal code infusion to the existing FIORI applications?

2) Is there a timeline from SAP for the availability of offline capability in FIORI client?

The more details we get on these two questions , it would be immensely beneficial for us.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Regards,

Diptanu Roy

[masa_139 · Accepted solution]

Hi Diptanu,

Here are some links. You can build a hybrid app which has offline function.

Regards,

Masa / SAP Technology RIG

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

here is the answer:

from

With SMP, a native application like the SAP Fiori Client can easily leverage the offline OData capabilities offered by the server. With those offline capabilities implemented in a smart way, a web application like Fiori can easily switch to offline OData without requiring modifications to the application’s code.

BR..

Prasad Sistla.

[rperezkuzma · Accepted solution]

Hello ,

do you have any document or real use case on how to make a Fiori app available in offline mode tru SMP ?

I haven't seen that use case in the information you've shared.

Thank you in advance,

Rodolfo

[midhun_vp]

Hi Diptanu,

1. In the future when Fiori supports offline and other mobile qualities out of the box you should be able to enable these features with minimal efforts.
2. Currently as Masa mentioned in his comment you need to create a new hybrid app (kapsel) to support the offline feature. This is the blog to follow:
3. If you are planning to add offline now you should also look at the limitations of Odata offline:Offline OData Version Support - Developer - SAP Library . If the Odata services used in your Fiori apps has the limitations mentioned in the link you should modify the services or create new service to support offline.
4. Please also watch the webinars on Odata and offline design considerations:

Design considerations for using an existing OData service offline (Webinar recording) - YouTube

How do we build the best OData services for offline scenario? (Webinar Recording) - YouTube

Find all other webinars here: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-55282

Regards,Midhun

SAP Technology RIG

[Former Member]

Hi,

I am also dealing with this kind of questions right now. Could you find any answers elsewhere?

I am especially interested, whether all Standard and existing Fiori Apps automatically support offline capabilities once you use SMP or not?

Thanks,

Wladimir