Web Service(4.3)

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Aug 26, 2024
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This section describes the Web Service agents and profile. Web Service is a software system that supports interaction between computers over a network. The agents are collection and processing agents for real-time workflow configurations. 

The Web Service agents communicate through SOAP in XML syntax, and use WSDL files.

The Web Service agents support:

  • Web Service Interoperability Organization Basic Profile 1.1

  • WSDL 1.1

  • XML 1.0

  • SOAP 1.1

  • Partial support of Web Service Security 1.1

  • HTTP 1.1

  • HTTP Basic Access Authentication

  • Updatable Authorization header per request

  • HTTPS

  • IPv4 and IPv6

The mustUnderstand attribute is only supported in Web Service Security headers. 

To enable Web Service transactions in Usage Engine:

  1. Define a Web Service (WS) profile or profiles.

  2. Include the Web Service agents and their configurations in a workflow.

There are two Web Service agents that you can include in real-time workflows in the workflow configuration dialog:

  • The Web Service collection agent: The Web Service Provider

  • The Web Service processing agent: The Web Service Requester

Prerequisites

The reader of this information should be familiar with:

  • Web Services

  • WSDL

The section contains the following subsections: