Creating preloaded data for mobile devices

You can create a preloaded database that contains all supporting data to save mobile application users time when they are onboarding.

About this task

Create a cron task that creates the preloaded database that includes the data for all lookup data sources that are defined in Maximo® Mobile applications.

Procedure

  1. Log in as an administrator and create a user.
    This user is the template user that is used by Maximo Mobile to create the preloaded database. The cron task queries that are used to retrieve the data to load in the database are sent by the template user.
  2. Define a default insert site for the user.
  3. Assign the user to any standard groups that are used by your organization.
  4. Create a person group.
  5. Assign the template user as the default user of the new person group.
  6. Assign other users to the new person group, so they can receive the preloaded database that is associated with that group.
  7. Open the Cron Task Setup application, search for the MobileDbGeneration cron task and then click to configure it.
  8. Click New Row to create a new instance for the MobileDbGeneration cron task and then name it.
  9. Specify the schedule for the cron task, mark it as active, and then enter the template user in the Run as User field.

Results

Whenever the cron task runs, the preloaded database is created and stored in the Maximo database.