Web Services - Partner Links

On the Partner Links tab, specify the Web Services partner links that will be used in this workflow. Partner links consist of a name and the WSDL URL for Invoke functions, or a name and port definition for Receive functions. These are required before you can create Invoke, Receive, or Reply system functions. See Using Web Services in FileNet workflows for examples.

  1. If the Partner Links dialog box is not open, select Workflow Properties from the Process Designer toolbar, and then select Web Services >> Partner Links tabs.
  2. In the Partner Links Name field, specify a name that will identify a particular Web Service in this workflow definition. The name can be a maximum of 15 characters—letters, numbers, underscore, no spaces.
  3. In the right column, select Invoke or Receive/Reply or both, depending on how this partner link will be used.
  4. For Invoke, complete the following steps.
    1. Specify the WSDL URL—the location of the WSDL for this partner link—either by clicking Web Services Explorer, or by typing the complete URL or path in the field.

      In the Web Services Explorer dialog box, you can either browse WSRR or UDDI registries previously specified in Process Configuration Console, or browse FileNet workflows that provide a Web Service—workflows that contain a Receive system function. See Web Services Explorer for additional information.

      If you are typing in a path to a local WSDL file, use the following format: "file:////c:\\temp\\helloelb.wsdl".  (Use the escape characters / and \ before the corresponding path delimiters.)

      Note that you can directly enter the WSDL URL in this field only if allowed to do so in the isolated region properties. See Specify WSRR Registry list or Specify UDDI Registry list in Help for Process Configuration Console for additional information.

    2. Click Port Type, then select the appropriate port type returned by the WSDL.

    For Receive/Reply, In Process Port Type, enter a port name for this service.

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