This article outlines how we use the MobiControl folders to give customers and partners easy access to multiple endpoints and configurations.
Standard Setup
Once we implement a new customer, we use a very simple standard setup looking like the following structure in MobiControl.
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Moving a device between these folders in MobiControl will cause a change on the device, as it installs the files and Mobile WMS application that are setup for the given folder.
See here for how to move a device: How to move devices between folders in MobiControl
Managing Multiple Companies
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The Test folder will however not get any sub folders, we will instead simply add an additional endpoint to the configuration files for the Test folder in order to allow the end user to easily change company during testing.
Changing Company in Test will only require the user to select the right endpoint on the login page, see below:
We believe that this is a very simple way to manage this in Test, whereas the explicit sub folders provides a more safe process in Production where an end user should not by mistake be allowed to select the wrong endpoint.
FAQ
Q: Why do you have a different structure between Test and Production when managing multiple companies?
A: We want to make sure that the change of company is a very explicit action in Production, whereas we want to make this easily available during the testing process. Also, creating and maintaining multiple sub folders are more laborios and therefore we believe it is cheaper for the customer to only have this when needed.