1 Introduction

Oracle Retail Mobile Point-of-Service is an extension of Oracle Retail Point-of-Service. It provides the capability to use a mobile device for processing transactions. It provides a subset of the capabilities that are available on a register for entering transactions, tendering transactions, and looking up items.

Contents of this Guide

This implementation guide addresses the following topics:

• Chapter 1, "Introduction": Overview of Mobile Point-of-Service and the skills needed for implementation.

• Chapter 2, "Mobile POS User Interface Customization": Guidelines for customizing the Mobile POS User Interface.

• Chapter 3, "Mobile POS Server Overview": Overview of the Mobile POS Server.

• Chapter 4, "Mobile POS Frameworks": Description of the frameworks used for Mobile Point-of-Service.

• Chapter 5, "Mobile POS Extension Guidelines": Guidelines for extending and customizing Mobile Point-of-Service.

• Chapter 6, "Implementation Environment": Information on how to set up a single-user development environment.

• Chapter 7, "Internationalization": Translations provided for Mobile Point-of-Service.

• Appendix A, "Appendix: API URLs": Overview of the API URLs, including parameter and return types.

• Appendix B, "Appendix: API Result Formats": Messages returned by the APIs.

• Appendix C, "Appendix: Eclipse Screens": Screenshots from Eclipse that illustrate steps to create an implementation environment.

Key Features of Mobile Point-of-Service

Mobile Point-of-Service provides the following features:

• Scan items or enter the item numbers manually. Scan or enter a serial number if required for an item.

• Sell and activate gift cards.

• Look up item availability.

• Apply discounts and price overrides to items. Apply discounts to transactions.

• Tender transactions using a credit card, debit card, or gift card.

• Print and email receipts.

• Suspend a transaction in order to complete it at a register.

• Return items.

• Add pickup or shipping for orders.

• Integrated Commerce Environment.

Integration with Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management

If Oracle Retail Point-of-Service is implemented with Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management, the following Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management functionality is supported:

• Inventory lookup at the current store

• Inventory lookup at buddy stores

• Validation of serial numbers

Skills Needed for Implementation

The implementer needs an understanding of the following applications and technical concepts.

Applications

The implementer should understand the interface requirements of the integrated applications and data sources. The implementer needs this knowledge for the following applications:

• Oracle Retail Back Office

• Oracle Retail Point-of-Service

• Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management

Technical Concepts

The implementer should understand the following technical concepts:

• UNIX system administration, shell scripts, and job scheduling

• Eclipse

• Technical architecture for Mobile Point-of-Service

• Application servers, specifically servlet containers

• Java coding, including REST Java coding concepts

• XML manipulation

For customization of the user interface, the implementer should also understand the following technical concepts:

• JavaScript programming

• HTML programming

• CSS programming

• Xcode development

• Apple Enterprise Development setup and deployment

• Certificate creation and deployment