pp108 : Web Service Interface

Web Service Interface

This topic describes the fields that appear on the Untitled Web Service - Web Service interface.

The following table describes the fields on the Untitled Web Service - Web Service interface.
Table 1. Fields on the Web Service Interface

Field

Description

User Action

Select the source

The source for generating a Web service. Once the source is selected, the Namespace field appears.

Select Business Process Model as the source.

Name

Name of the Web service.

Provide a name for the Web service that you want to create.

Description

A description of the Web service that's being generated.

Provide important information about the Web service which you might need later.

Namespace

A unique namespace for the Web service that's being generated.

Provide a unique namespace for the Web service.

Web Service Interface Name

Name of the selected business process basing which the Web service is being generated.

By default, the name of the Web service Interface remains the same as the name of the business process that was selected.

Web Service Operation Name

Name of the Web Service Operation.

Provide a name for the Web Service operation.

Activity Name

Name of the activity in the business process model.

Read-only field that, based on the business process model, displays the name of the activity that contains the message which is used as input for the Web service. The default value is Start and the other possible value is ReceiveMessage.

Monitoring

Specifying a monitoring criterion helps you to track your business process and quickly respond to any anomalies.

To specify whether or not you want monitoring to be enabled, select a monitoring criterion from the Process Monitoring drop-down. Select any one of the following required monitoring criteria:

  • As defined in the business process: Uses the default setting that is defined during modeling the business process.
    Note: If the setting has not been used while modeling, then the Enable Admin setting specified in the Business Process Management Service Container properties will be used; so if the Enable Admin check box is selected, then the business process will be monitored.
  • On: Monitor the process. This setting will override what has been set during the modeling stage, or in the Business Process Management Service Container properties.
  • Off: Prevent the process from being monitored. This action will override the settings done during the modeling stage, or in the Business Process Management Service Container properties.

Execution Priority

Specifying an execution priority for the business process helps you to execute important processes necessary for your business first and execute lesser priority ones later.

Select required priority for a process. Processes with higher priority are given precedence, during execution, over those having lower priority.If you select As defined in the business process, then the Web service will use the priority that has been set while modeling the process. However, if a priority is not set, the default priority Normal is assigned.Select any one of the following priorities to execute the business process:

  • As defined in the business process
  • High
  • Above Normal
  • Normal
  • Below Normal
  • Low

 

 

Related tasks

Generating a Web Service Operation on a Business Process Model