OBIEE webservices (XMLViewService Web Service or QueryResults Structure)

Hi All OBIEE experts,
I have an requirement, where to get the resultset from an OBIEE answers request from external java program using the OBIEE web services. I have spent some time to look into the web services and later found about the 'XMLViewService' web service.
I am also going the document b31769 by Oracle. There is a mention of 'QueryResults Structure' in the 'XMLViewService'. But I donot see the structure in the web service, which is confusing.
Can any one provide the sample code, to run the obiee query through the web service and get the resultset to the java program.
Thanks in Advance
Siva

Hi,
If you look in the 10.1.3.4 platform documents web services guide:
Oracle® Business
Intelligence Web
Services Guide
Version 10.1.3.2
December 2006
This has a listing of all the methods, structures and web services, it is a must have resource for this sort of work. The QueryResults structure is on page 22/23
Table 17. QueryResults Structure Fields
Fields     Description
String rowset           Specifies the rowset XML encoded in the string.
String queryID           Specifies the unique ID of the query, which can be used in fetchNext calls.
boolean finished      If set to TRUE, then there are no more rows to return. If set to FALSE, then another fetchNext call is needed to return more rows.
Regards,
Matt

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 <nombre>?</nombre>
 
 <valor>?</valor>
 
 <nombre>?</nombre>
 
 <valor>?</valor>
 
 
 <nombre>?</nombre>
 
 <valor>?</valor>
 
</reglasSuscripcion>
 
 
 
In order to receive this info, we have to implement an abap web service handler to accept this kind of call, the same way other applications/systems have already done.
 
 
We tried to build a RFC function call and create a web service with the wizard and it resulted in a web service with the following WSDL:
 
 
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:urn="urn:sap-com:document:sap:soap:functions:mc-style">
 
 
 
 
 <reglasSuscripcion>
 
 <!Zero or more repetitions:>
 
 <item>
 
 <nombre>?</nombre>
 
 <valor>?</valor>
 
 </item>
 
 
 
 
<item>
 
 <nombre>?</nombre>
 
 <valor>?</valor>
 
 </item>
 
 </reglasSuscripcion>
 
 
 
 
We found two main problems:
 
 
1.- When "wrapping" the RFC as a WS with the wizard, for a table datatype it automatically includes the <item></item> tag, so we break the predefined calling rules.
 
 
2.- The namespace is fixed by the wizard, and we would like to use a common namespace for all the "susbscribers", logically, the namespace fixed by the information diffusion service.
 
 
We also tried to find info on the outside-in approach for building a web service from the WSDL, but all the info we found required the ESR and we have no PI, just the ERP.
 
 
Any ideas on how to proceed?
 
 
Thanks in advance,
 
 
Joseba M. Iturbe
 
 
Edited by: Soporte Desarrollo on Mar 5, 2010 10:56 AM

#2. I've recently had to "zap" some namespaces in an ECC5 system because the calling (TIBCO) system didn't appreciate the default SAP "urn" default - something to do with multiple colons in the address. There were, I think, just three table this affected, all VEP* ones. I think I should have been able to change these via the virtual interface in SE80 except that the ECC5 code was a bit "light" in this respect, so you may be able to do this now in SOAMANAGER in ECC6 (btw, I also had to re-save the WS definition within WSCONFIG and re-activate the virtual interfaces after this "zap" to generated the associated handler class again).
#1. Given your "name / value" pairs represent a complex type, then it might be better practice to have them as "item" which is probably why SAP proposes it this way... what does your custom function module parameter list look like?
Jonathan

OBIEE webservices (XMLViewService Web Service or QueryResults Structure)

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