Web Services setup page

Note:

To access the Web Service Configuration setup page, your Function Access Profile must have the Web Service Configuration access function access control point set to "Allowed." To do this:

  1. Select Administration > Application Setup from the Main Menu
  2. Select Access Profiles > Function Access Profiles.
  3. Expand Manager -Common Setup, select Web Service Configuration access, and set it to "Allowed."

A web service allows machines to send and receive messages with other machines on the web. The machines use URLs to contact all machines about everything that is on all other machines. This way one machine can tell another machine about a resource that may be on another machine.

You use the Web Services page to configure web services that provide required and optional information for the web service task in Business Processes.

  1. Click Tap Main Menu > Administration > Application Setup > Business Process Setup > Web Service Configuration.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Create a web service. Click Tap Configure. Enter a Name.
    • Select a web service to change or copy. Click Tap Edit or Duplicate.
    • Select a web service to remove. You cannot delete a web service that is being used. Click Tap Delete. Click Tap OK to confirm.
  3. (Optional) Enter a Description.
  4. Enter the WSDL URL or Path.
    Note: Web services description language (WSDL) describes in XML the functions offered by a web service. A WSDL file is a machine-readable description of how to call the service, the parameters it expects, and the data structures it returns.

    Examples:

    URL: http://server_name/instance_name/webservice/GenieServices?wsdl

    Path: \\server_name\folder_name\file_name.wsdl

  5. (Optional) Enter Properties:
    1. Click Add .
    2. Enter a Name. Example: UserName
    3. Enter a Value. Example: SuperUser
    4. Select Encrypted. Normally, you use encryption for passwords.
    5. Select HTTP Header to indicate that the property is part of an HTTP header.
    6. Repeat for more properties.
  6. (Optional) To delete a property, click Delete .
  7. Click Save & Return.