Specifies the web service method to call at runtime.
Prerequisites
- A valid Web Service — for example
a live, valid WSDL file.
Navigation
- In AgilePoint Envision, open a process template.
- Navigate to the Web Services stencil.
- On the Web Services stencil, drag the
Web Service AgileShape, and drop it on the process template.
- To view the entire list of properties, in the Design Tasks pane, click Show Properties.
- On the Configuration field, click the Ellipses button.
Field Definitions
| Field Name |
Definition |
uddi
|
- Opens the Following Window:
- Web Service Explorer Window
- Purpose of this Window:
- Finds and selects a web service using the Universal Description
Discovery and Integration (UDDI) standard.
|
| URL |
- Definition:
- Specifies the URL of the web service to which
you want to connect at design time.
This web service is used to populate the Method
list.
This may be the production URL for your web service, or it
may be a URL in a development environment.
- Allowed Values:
- A valid web service URL.
- Default Value:
- None
- Custom Attributes:
- No
|
Connect
|
- Function:
- Retrieves the list of methods for the specified web service.
|
Method
|
- Definition:
- Specifies the name of the method you want to call.
- Allowed Values:
- Any method name.
- Default Value:
- None
- Custom Attributes:
- No
|
| Parameters |
- Definition:
- Specifies the values for the parameters.
- Allowed Values:
- A parameter value or variable.
Note the following:
- Default Value:
- A custom attribute based on the parameter name.
- Custom Attributes:
- Yes
|
Schema
|
- Opens the Following Window:
- Select XPath from Attributes Window
- Purpose of this Window:
- Enables you to select a schema node from the XML schema for
your process.
Note: If the process template has an associated schema,
the Schema button appears.
|
| Return Output |
- Definition:
- Specifies the expected return data.
- Allowed Values:
- A parameter value or variable.
You can change the value by double-clicking the parameter name.
Note: You may need pause briefly between clicks
for the field to enter edit mode.
- Default Value:
- A custom attribute based on the parameter name.
- Custom Attributes:
- Yes
|
| Serialize Return as XML String |
- Definition:
- Determines whether to serialize as XML the data returned by the web
service method called by the AgileShape.
- Allowed Values:
- False - The return value is stored into the custom
attribute exactly as returned by the web service.
- True - The return value is serialized into an XML string
before being stored into the custom attribute exactly as
returned by the web service.
- Default Value:
- False
|
| Server URL Key or Custom Attribute Name |
- Definition:
- Specifies the location of the web service to which you
want to connect at runtime. This is the location of
the web service in your production environment.
- Allowed Values:
-
- A web service URL - The URL of your production web service.
- A custom attribute - A custom attribute that stores the web service URL.
- A shared custom attribute - A shared custom attribute that stores the web service URL.
- Default Value:
- None
- Custom Attributes:
- Yes
|
Common Configuration Tasks
