Local Storage

Entities
Offline Scenarios
Local Storage Entities
Entity Actions
Server Database vs Local Storage
Best Practices
Offline Scenarios

Mobile applications may require offline

access to data
● Stand alone apps
○ Store all the data locally

● Caching
○ Store data on the app that rarely changes

● Offline functionalities
○ Store some of the data locally

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 Local Storage Entities

● Local Storage Entities are persisted in

each device internal storage

● Local Storage Entities have a similar

structure to a Database Entity

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 Local Storage Entities

● Local Storage Entities are persisted in

each device internal storage

● Local Storage Entities have a similar

structure to a Database Entity
○ Defined by attributes
○ Attributes must have a basic data type

● There are no Static Entities in Local

Storage

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Creating Local Storage Entities

● Created like a Database Entity

○ Id attribute is created automatically

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Creating Local Storage Entities

● Created like a Database Entity

○ Id attribute is created automatically
○ Attributes can be added as usual

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Creating Local Storage Entities

● Created like a Database Entity

○ Id attribute is created automatically
○ Attributes can be added as usual

● Can be created from Database Entities

○ Select the desired attributes from the
Database Entity
○ Service Studio automatically creates the
Local Storage Entity

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 Entity Actions

● Common CRUD operations

automatically created:
○ Create: CreateLocalCustomer
○ Retrieve: GetLocalCustomer
○ Update: UpdateLocalCustomer
○ Delete: DeleteLocalCustomer

● CreateOrUpdateAll and DeleteAll Entity

Actions to help data synchronization

● Entity Actions can be used directly in

Client Actions

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 Reference Attributes

● Local Storage attributes can reference

other Entities

● Attributes can be set with Identifier Data

Types
○ Delete Rule automatically set to Ignore

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Best Practices

● Avoid storing sensitive data on the

device
○ Devices can be lost or stolen
○ Minimum subset of data to allow
key offline tasks

● Design a lightweight Local Storage

○ Use only the attributes you need
○ Keep only the records you need

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Questions?
Thank you