Call a Method from a WCF Service

Web Service Configuration

Prerequisites

• A valid WCF Service.

Good to Know

• In some cases, the type of the object instance returned by a web method may need to implement the IConvertible interface in order for the web method to be used with the Web Service activity.
• In most text fields, you can use process data variables as an alternative to literal data values.

How to Start

1. On the Organizer, do one of these:
   • Open a process.
   • Create a process.
2. Do one of these:
   • Add an activity:
     1. In the Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the Web Services tab.
     2. On the Web Services tab, drag the WCF activity onto your process.
   • Change an activity:
     1. In your process, double-click your activity.
3. On the WCF Configuration screen, click WCF Configuration .

Procedure

1. On the WCF Configuration screen, in the WCF Service field, select the access token of the WCF service.

   To create a new access token, click Add Token . For more information, refer to New WCF Access Token.

2. In the Service Operation list, select your web method.
3. To connect the request data from the source system to your process schema, complete this field as necessary:

   Field Name

   Definition

   Request Mapping

   Function: Connects the WCF service request to your process schema. This is mandatory only if the request passes data from the process schema to parameters in the service operation. To Open this Field: On the WCF Configuration screen, click the Request tab. You can not map the schema if the WCF service type is None. Accepted Values: Click the Ellipses button to open the Schema Mapper screen. Use this screen to connect the request to the data model for your process. Default Value: None

4. To connect response data from the web service call to your process, do one of these.
   • To connect the response to your process schema, complete this field as necessary:

     Field Name	Definition
     Map Response to AgilePoint Schema	Function: Specifies if the web service response connects to your process schema. To Open this Field: On the WSE Configuration screen, click the Response tab. You can not map the schema if the web service type is None. Accepted Values: Click the Ellipses button to open the Schema Mapper screen. Use this screen to connect the response to the data model for your process. Default Value: None

   • To connect the response to a process data variable, complete this field as necessary:

     Field Name

     Definition

     Store the Response in Custom Attribute

     Function: Specifies the name of the process data variable that stores the response to a method call. The call must be a web service, Web Service Extension, WCF service, or web application. To Open this Field: On the WSE Configuration screen, click the Response tab. You can not map the schema if the web service type is None. Accepted Values: A process data variable. You can use Process Data screen to specify a process data variable. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes