Searching for External Web services

This topic describes the procedure to search external Web services through UDDI browser.

You can search business entities and services in a UDDI registry. External Web services that are located in this manner can be used by Process Platform, by generating Web service operations for them.

1. Select a starting point and click (Web Service) to search for External Web services. The Untitled Web Service - Web Service window appears.
2. Select Import WSDL option from the Select the source drop-down list.
3. Type the appropriate Name and Description in the respective fields of the wizard.
4. Click Next. The Web Services Generation Wizard page appears.
5. In this page, type the WSDL URL to locate and read the WSDL in the URL field and click Show Services. To search for the URL in the UDDI registry, click . The Explore Web Services - UDDI Browser dialog box is displayed.
6. Select a <registry> whose inquiry URL you want to access from the From Registry drop-down list.
7. Type the keyword or the search term that is related to the URL you are looking for in the Keyword field.

   Tip
   You can refine your search by using following wildcard characters:

   • Use the percentage(%) wildcard to search for a string of characters (Example: get% returns all the services starting with get).
   • Use the question mark(?) wildcard to search for a single character (For axample: Por? returns all the 4 lettered words containing "Por").
8. Choose one of the following options for Find field:
   • Select Business Entities option, if you want to search Web services by business entity name.
   • Select Business Services option, if you want to search Web services by providing business service details. Provide the unique identifier of the Web service in the Business Key field. Refine your search for Web services using the the Advanced Search Options.
9. Click Search button. Results are displayed in the Search Results tab of the Explore Web Services - UDDI Browser page. Depending on your selection in the previous step, the <business entity> or <business service> information is displayed as a table in the left pane.

   Note:
   If you search for a business service, the entity name to which the service belongs is shown as a table caption above the Business Service table.

10. Select a Business Entity and the corresponding services are displayed in the right pane.
11. Select a Service and the corresponding operations are displayed in the bottom pane. Operations pane denotes Web service operation name, tmodelkey and End Point URL.
12. Select the Web service operation of your choice and click Select Service. The dialog box is closed and the corresponding End Point URL is ported to the URL field of Generating Web Service Operations page.