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Mobile Field Service Theater Session. Video of App can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioza4xkWAGs&feature=share&list=UUcMYJov2x-oTmyxmCqB3lrw&index=1TRANSCRIPT
Case Study: Building a Mobile App for Field ServiceCase Study: Building a Mobile App for Field Service
Cory Cowgill
The Warranty Group
Salesforce Analyst & Force.com MVP
@corycowgill
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Agenda Mobile Application Case Study Overview
• Service Cloud and Platform Features
• Quick Intro to Mobile Architecture
• Live Demonstration – Tap to Case
Application Functionality and Code Deep Dive• Mobile UI with jQuery Mobile
• Salesforce Mobile SDK for Security & REST API Access
• NFC Phonegap Plugin for Serial Number Scanning
• HTML5 Canvas for Client Signature Capture
• Camera Access for Case Documentation
• Chatter API for Social Feeds on Cases
Tap To Case
A complete application for mobile field service agents.
Salesforce.com Solution
Case ManagementCTI IntegrationDispatch & SchedulingService Agreements (Entitlements)Social Feeds
Security Authentication & AuthorizationREST API Access
Quick Intro – Hybrid Mobile Architecture HTML5 & Javascript Based
• Allows developers to reuse existing
skillsets.
Allows access to device API• Provides greater access to device
hardware via PhoneGap plugins.
Trade Off• Application performance will not be
as quick as purely native
applications.
Demonstration Tap To Case
• HTML5 Hybrid App
• Android (NFC)
• Mobile Field Service
Mobile UI with jQuery Mobile
Themes & Styling
Navigation• Single Page
• Multiple Page
• Sidepanel
UI Elements• Content Sections (DIV w/ Data-Role)
• Buttons
• Lists
• Effects
Mobile UI with jQuery Mobile Code
Salesforce Mobile SDK – Security & OAuth
Salesforce Mobile SDK – Query, Insert Case Data
Force TK Client Query & Insert DataforcetkClient.query("Select Id, CaseNumber, Description, Status, Subject, Priority, ContactId, Contact.Name, Contact.Email, Contact.Phone, Account.Name, AccountId, Account.BillingStreet, Account.BillingCity, Account.BillingState, Account.BillingPostalCode, Device__c, Device__r.Name, Device__r.Model__c, Device__r.Serial_Number__c, (Select Id, Subject, StartDateTime from Events order by StartDateTime limit 1 ),(Select Id, Name, Quantity__c, Part__r.Name from Case_Parts__r) from Case",onSuccessSfdcCases, onErrorSfdc);
Force TK Security & Session Management
NFC Phonegap Plugin Register NFC Listener
On NFC Read Event - Process Case Query
HTML5 Canvas for Client Signature Capture Create a Canvas Element
On Touch Events Draw the Signature
HTML5 Canvas for Client Signature Capture Capture Signature Content in JavaScript for Upload
Camera Access for Case Documentation On Camera Button Link
Capture the Image Content Returned
Social API – Chatter Feeds Query Query Chatter Records
function pullCaseChatter(){
forcetkClient.query("Select c.Id, c.CreatedBy.Name, c.CreatedById, c.CreatedDate, c.Body, (Select Id, FeedItemId, ParentId, CreatedById, CreatedBy.Name, CreatedDate, CommentBody, InsertedById, CommentType, RelatedRecordId From FeedComments),(Select Id, FeedItemId, FieldName, OldValue, NewValue From FeedTrackedChanges) From CaseFeed c where ParentId = '" + selectedCase.Id + "'", onSuccessSfdcCaseFeed, onErrorSfdc); }
Social API – Chatter Feeds Display Display in A Collapsible jQuery Mobile DIV
Putting it all together
Additional Resources
Developer Force• http://developer.force.com
• http://wiki.developerforce.com/page/
Developing_Mobile_Applications_That_Support_Near_Field_Communication_(N
FC)
GitHub• https://github.com/corycowgill/MobileFieldServiceApp
Salesforce Mobile Gallery• http://www2.developerforce.com/mobile/gallery
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