Working with the Mobile Framework

By using MYOB Acumatica Mobile Framework, you can access and use MYOB Acumatica through a mobile device wherever you are.

MYOB Acumatica Mobile Framework is a modern web development platform that provides the following key features:

  • Real-time access: The MYOB Acumatica mobile app connects to your MYOB Acumatica instance in real time, so users always have access to up-to-date information.
  • Developer-selected functionality: Any MYOB Acumatica functionality can be exposed on a mobile device.
  • Mobile device integration: The MYOB Acumatica mobile app uses the unique capabilities of the applicable mobile device, such as the camera or fingerprint reader.
  • Ease of customization: The framework gives you the ability to configure the mobile app by using metadata without coding. You do not need to learn how to program for iOS or Android.

The framework contains the following components (see the diagram below):

  • The native mobile client application that MYOB Acumatica provides for iOS devices
  • The native mobile client application that MYOB Acumatica provides for Android devices
  • The Mobile API, which is a part of the MYOB Acumatica Framework API
Figure 1. MYOB Acumatica Mobile Framework architecture


An MYOB Acumatica mobile client application uses the Mobile API to access the data of the forms that are mapped for mobile apps in the MYOB Acumatica instance. The metadata of the mobile site map is used to configure the user interface of the mobile client application. You can expose any form of MYOB Acumatica on your mobile device if the mobile site map includes the metadata for the form.

Note:
The MYOB Acumatica mobile app is like a browser for an instance of MYOB Acumatica in that it does not have built-in ERP-related functionality. The MYOB Acumatica mobile app instead uses the configuration and data in MYOB Acumatica and displays it to the user.

This part of the guide describes how to configure the MYOB Acumatica mobile site map. The part is intended for application developers who are learning how to customize MYOB Acumatica or other MYOB Acumatica Framework–based applications.