Web Service Configuration Dialog Box

Important: This workflow action requires knowledge about Web servers and/or the development of a Microsoft .NET assembly. If you do not have development experience, please contact the Deltek Customer Care group for assistance.

The Invoke Web Service action allows you to invoke a specified Web service and Create an Invoke Web Service action for a Workflow. A Web service is a way to call code located on a different machine via HTTP.

See Invoke Web Service Overview for information about this action.

Web Service Location

Use this to define the location of the Web service, using the Web Services Description Language (WSDL). WSDL is an XML language for describing Web services.

Click the link to display the link in a Web browser.

Web Methods

Once you enter the Web Service Location, this field will list the Web methods defined at that Web service location. Only methods that have simple type arguments, such as string or numeric, are listed here.

To refresh the list of available methods, click Refresh Methods. PM Compass goes to the Web service URL and refreshes the list in this field.

Arguments Grid

Use this grid to view the list of arguments that will be automatically populated based on the Method selected. The contents of the grid depends on the web method selected and reloads when the web method is changed.

Name

Use this column to view the name of the argument.

Value

Use this column to input the value of the argument or parameter.

Click to display the SQL expression builder. You can create an SQL statement to retrieve the value that shall be used.

Arguments grid caption

Select one of the following options from the drop-down list: 

• Print — Select this option to print the argument grid's information.

• Export to Excel — Select this option to export the argument grid’s information to a Microsoft Excel file.

Refresh Methods

Click this button to refresh the list of methods available from the specified web location.

OK

Click this button to close the Web Service Configuration dialog box with the changes retained. The changes are finally saved when you save the changes in the Alerts application.

Cancel

Click this button to cancel any changes made to the action and then close the Web Service Configuration dialog box.

Help

Click this button to display the help topic on Web Service.

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