Call a Web Service Method from a .NET Proxy

To call a web service method from a .NET proxy, do the procedure in this topic.

Figure: .Net Proxy Configuration screen

DotNet Proxy Configuration screen

Prerequisites

Good to Know

How to Start

  1. Open Process Builder.

    For information about how to open this screen, refer to Process Builder.


    Open Process Builder
  2. Do one of these:
    • Add an activity:
      1. In Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the Web Services tab.

        Open Web Services tab
      2. On the Web Services tab, drag the .NET dot NET icon activity onto your process.
    • Change an activity:
      1. In your process, double-click your activity.
  3. On the .NET Proxy Configuration screen, click .NET Configuration dot NET Configuration icon.

Procedure

  1. On the .NET Configuration screen, in the .NET Proxy Access Token field, select access token.

    To create a new access token, click Create Add Token icon. For more information, refer to Access Token for .Net Proxy.

  2. In the Class Name list, select the name of the .NET class to call.
  3. In the Method Name list, select the name of the method to call.
  4. In the Runtime URL field, enter the URL of the endpoint of the web service to connect.
  5. To connect the request data from your process schema to the source system, complete this field as necessary:
    Field NameDefinition

    Request Mapping
    Description:
    Connects the web service request to your process schema. This is mandatory only if the request passes data from the process schema to parameters in the web method.
    To Open this Field:
    1. On the .NET Proxy Configuration screen, click the Request tab. You can not map the schema if the web service type is None.
    Allowed Values:
    Click the Schema Mapping Schema Mapping icon button to open the Schema Mapper screen.

    Use this screen to connect the request to the data model for your process.

    Default Value:
    None
    Example:
    Refer to:
  6. To connect response data from the web service call to your process, do one of these.
    • To connect the response to your process schema, complete this field as necessary:
      Field NameDefinition

      Map Response to AgilePoint Schema
      Description:
      Specifies if the web service response connects to your process schema.
      To Open this Field:
      1. On the .NET Proxy Configuration screen, click the Response tab. You can not map the schema if the web service type is None.
      Allowed Values:
      Click the Schema Mapping Schema Mapping icon button to open the Schema Mapper screen.

      Use this screen to connect the response to the data model for your process.

      Default Value:
      None
      Example:
      Refer to:
    • To connect the response to a process data variable, complete this field as necessary:
      Field NameDefinition

      Store the Response in Custom Attribute
      Description:
      Specifies the name of the process data variable that stores the response to a method call to a WCF service.
      To Open this Field:
      1. On the .NET Proxy Configuration screen, click the Response tab. You can not map the schema if the web service type is None.
      Allowed Values:
      A process data variable.
      Default Value:
      None
      Accepts Variables:
      Yes
      Limitations:

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