To use a Web Service as a source or target, you must:
Create a Web Service connection
— Define
a connection to a specific Web Service by specifying the location
of the Web Service and any modifications you
make to this specific Web Service connection. For example, you can change
default values, capture unique exception scenarios, and set Web Service variables.
Connect to the Web Service — After you create the Web Service connection, you need to add the connection to Insight by specifying the login information for the Web Service, including any credentials that are required.
Note: You can have more than
one connection to the same Web Service, each with a different set of requirements. For example, the connections could be identical, except that each has a different connection name displayed and a different set of login credientials.
Create the connection
In the Scribe Workbench, click View > Connections. The
Connection Manager appears.
Click New. The Add A Connection dialog box appears.
Expand Adapters
and click Web Services.
Click OK. The Web Service Connection
Manager dialog box appears.
Click Add. The Edit Web Service dialog box appears.
In the Location
of WSDL box, enter or browse to the location of a WSDL file, which can be one
of the following:
The full path to a WSDL file, such as C:\WSDLs\myservice.wsdl
(does not have to end in .wsdl)
A URL that points to a WSDL file, such as http://myserver/myservice.wsdl
A URL that points to a WCF-based Web Service, such as
http://myserver/myservice.svc?WSDL
A URL that points to an ASMX-based Web Service, such as
http://myserver/myservice.asmx?WSDL
Any URL that returns WSDL when hit from your browser, such as http://myserver/myservice.aspx,.jsp,.cgi,...
In Display
Name, enter a name for the Web Service connection. This name must be unique for each
installation of Scribe Insight.
Click Validate.
When the WSDL location is verified, an Information message appears.
Note: You cannot
save or edit the Web Service connection until you have named and successfully validated
a WSDL file.
Click the Configuration tab and modify any property and configuration settings, as needed. For more information, see Configuring the Web Service Connection.
Optionally, if you have configured a Log On or Log Off method on the Configuration tab, click the Validation tab, and select a method for this service.
Click Save. You return to the Web Service Connection Manager dialog box, where the new Web Services connection appears.
Click Close. You return to the Add A Connection dialog box.
Click Cancel. You return to the Connection Manager.
The connection you created does not appear in the Connection Manager until you connect to the Web Service.
Click Close.
Connect to the Web Service
In the Scribe Workbench, click View > Connections. The Connection Manager dialog box appears.
Click the Web Service connection you want to use and click Edit. The Connection Settings dialog box appears.
Click Change Connection. The Web Services Test Connection Information dialog box appears.
Verify that Web Service is selected and click OK. The Web Service Connection Manager dialog box appears.
Select the connection you want to use and
click Connect. The Log In To The Web Service dialog box appears.
Confirm that the location of the
Web Service is correct.
Select the Login Type, one of:
None — This Web Service does not require a User ID and Password. Leave the User ID and Password fields blank.
Windows Authentication — This Web Service uses Windows Authentication. You can either enter the User ID and Password of the user you want to connect as or leave User ID and Password blank to connect as the currently logged in user.
Web Service credentials — This Web Service requires its own credentials. Enter the User ID and Password required by this Web Service.
Note: The credentials needed to log into a Web Service are the same as those required to navigate to the Web Service via a
web browser.
If you need to determine the Login Type, see the see the documentation or administrator for that Web Service.
If required, enter an appropriate User ID and Password.
Note: The credentials needed to log into a Web Service are the
same as those required to navigate to the Web Service via a web browser.
If you need to determine the Login Type, see the see the documentation or administrator for that Web Service.
Click OK.
The Connection Settings dialog
box appears.
If a Scribe Online message that the connection information has changed, do one of the following:
Click Yes to save your changes to the connection information in the local DTS and make them available to any other DTS that uses this connection.
Click No to only save your changes to the connection information in the local DTS, but not make them available to any other DTS that uses this connection.
Optionally, on the Global Connection Settings tab, change the Connection Name.
Click OK.
The Connection Manager appears
with your Web Service connection listed.