Specifying the retry options

Specify the retry options for the Invoke Service activity.

Procedure

  1. Select the Retry task from the Checklist. The Retry pane is displayed.
  2. Configure the retry options for connecting to a Web Service. The following table describes the retry options for connecting to a Web Service:
    Field Description
    Retry  
    1) Wait ___ second(s) between each retry. Specifies the amount of time (in seconds) that the Integration Appliance waits before trying to establish a connection to the Web Service.
    2) Try to connect ___ times before failing. Specifies the retry count - the maximum number of times the Integration Appliance attempts to establish a connection to the Web Service before issuing an error and stopping the processing of the current orchestration job.

    If you deploy an orchestration that contains a Web Services Invoke Service activity and the Integration Appliance cannot connect to the specified Web Service, the Integration Appliance logs the connections errors as Warnings in the system and orchestration logs until the retry count value is reached. When the retry count is reached, the Integration Appliance logs an Error in the system and orchestration logs and the stops processing the current orchestration job.

    For example, the retry count is set to 3. The first, second, and third connection errors are shown in the system log as Warnings. The Integration Appliance logs the fourth connection error as an Error and stops processing the current orchestration job.

    3) Time out after ___ seconds when the Endpoint does not respond to a request. Specifies the amount of time in seconds before a timeout occurs between the activity making a request on an Endpoint and the time it takes the Endpoint to respond. For the Web Services Invoke Service, the activity timeout is the amount of time that the Integration Appliance waits for a response from the Web Service after attempting to start the Web Service, before the Integration Appliance issues a timeout error. An activity timeout is different from a connection timeout because an activity timeout occurs after the connection to the Endpoint has been established. A connection timeout specifies the amount of time in seconds before a timeout occurs between the Integration Appliance attempting to establish a connection to the Endpoint and the time it takes for the Endpoint to respond to the connection request. Set the connection timeout in Web Services Endpoint tab. For more information about connection timeouts, see Creating or Editing a Web Services Endpoint.