Overview
You will learn
- How to create, assign, and activate a Feature
Prerequisites
- Access to the MAIF Config Panel transaction /SYCLO/CONFIGPANEL
Steps
Create, Assign, and Activate a Feature.
Intro
In this mission you will create a custom feature and assign to a persona in your SAP Service and Asset Manager Service Mobile App Config via the MAIF Config Panel.
Use Case
- Offline Entities must be assigned to a Feature.
Execute transaction /SYCLO/CONFIGPANEL from the SAP GUI to open the MAIF Config Panel. Select Mobile Application Configuration. Select your Mobile App, click Features tab, then click Change. Click Add Feature and enter fields below, then click Save.

Create Feature Field Name Value App. Feature Id ZFLIGHTActive enabled Feature Desc. This feature enables custom Flight data
Click ConfigPanel Home. Select Component Assignments. Select your mobile app. Filter by the fields below. Click Change and enable fields below, then click Save.

Activate Feature Field Name Value User Persona MAINTENANCE_TECHNICIANApp. Feature Id ZFLIGHTIn-Scope enabled Active Flag enabled
This step is required once you have created an oMDO which you would like to use to retrieve data in the offline scenario (see the Create oMDO step of Create an Entity via MAIF Config Panel (No Code)).
Click ConfigPanel Home. Select Component Assignments. Select your mobile app. Click oMDO Assignments. Filter by the fields below. Click Change and enable fields below, then click Save.

Assign oMDO to Feature Field Name Value App. Feature Id ZFLIGHToMDO Id ZSAM<#>_FLIGHTIn-Scope enabled Active Flag enabled
Execute transaction /IWFND/GW_CLIENT from the SAP GUI to open the Gateway Client. Enter the fields below then execute the request. You should see feature
ZFLIGHTin the response. Ensure test user has Maintenance Technician persona assigned.
UserFeatures Gateway Response Field Name Value Request URI /sap/opu/odata/MERP/SAP_ONLINE_LOOKUP_EXT_<#>/UserFeatures
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