Common:Web Service Configuration

In the Web Service Configuration form, configure the connection:

Basic Parameters:

• Title - Required. Give the service a title. (Displays in the Name column of the Services list.)
• Operation - Required for a SOAP service. Not present for REST. Choose one of the operations defined in the WSDL file.
• Version - Required. Enter text to identify the service version
• Pipeline Service - Check this box for a service that provides values for use in other web services. (Use it, for example, for a service that exists only to log in to a remote server. It will then be available for use in a "two-step service chain", which will be described momentarily.

• Service Parameters:

• URL - Optional. Use this field to point to a destination other than one defined in the WSDL file
• Use Basic Auth - Check this box when the destination URL requires a username and password to be specified in the standard http header.
  • Username - Optional. Username required to use the service, when needed
  • Password - Optional. Password required to use the service, when needed

• Use a Pipeline Service - Check this box when the service request requires a prior login.
  • Select a pipeline Web Service defined earlier for use in a two-step service chain.

• TTL - Optional. The "Time to Live", in milliseconds. (The amount of time the platform will wait before abandoning a request.)