SSIS Web Service Complex Type Inputs

Question

Hi,
I am trying to make a call to a third-party web service in my SSIS package.  The request has custom complex data type as the parameter.  As has been pointed out in this forum before, the Web Service Task only lets you assign the outside parameter from a variable, not the internal parameters needed to create the complex data type. 
To be more specific, the web service input wants a 'ContactSearchRequest' parameter.  I can assign this from a variable.  If I click on the 'value' field under the 'Input' section for the web service task, it shows me that the 'ContactSearchRequest' data type is made up of the following:
contactId - long
numResults - int
offset - int
passKey - string
searchParam - string
sortType - int
Unfortunately, I can't assign these internal parameters from a variable, at least not through the web service task interface.
My next thought was to create a variable of type 'object' and then set it in a script task prior to calling the web service task.  However, I'm not sure exactly how to do this.  How will my script know about the class definition of 'ContactSearchRequest'?  Do I just create a class called 'ContactSearchRequest'?
I've used this same web service in a .NET C# project and after I imported the web service, visual studio knew all about the custom data types.  How do I do something similar in SSIS?
Of course, the easiest solution would for Integration Service to allow me to set those internal parameters via variables, but we're apparently not there yet.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Trey

Answer 1

Hi All,
I am trying to pull the data from a webservice. The method expects 5 parameters out of which one is a complex type. And it is fine to pass Null value for this parameter.
The method expects a complex data type UrlReportFilter
as follows:
<simpleType name="UrlReportFilterOperatorEnum">
 <restriction base="xsd:string">
<enumeration value="contains"/>
<enumeration value="starts_with"/>
<enumeration value="ends_with"/>
<enumeration value="not_contains"/>
<enumeration value="not_starts_with"/>
<enumeration value="not_ends_with"/>
<enumeration value="match_regular_expression"/>
<enumeration value="not_match_regular_expression"/>
<enumeration value="exact_match"/>
</restriction>
</simpleType>
<complexType name="UrlReportFilter">
<sequence>
<element name="caseSensitive" type="xsd:boolean"/>
<element name="operand" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
<element name="operator" nillable="true" type="akaaimsdt:UrlReportFilterOperatorEnum"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
How to assign values and use this in VB.NET code? 
I am using following code to assign the values to the properties in VB.NET code in Script task but it is throwing the error below:
 Dim vUrlFilter As New Akamine.UrlReportFilter With {.caseSensitive = False, .operand = ""}
Error: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: AWSFault:Error in processing:(com..aws.services.exceptions.InvalidColumnException: Invalid column:
for report:H
Any help on this would be appreciated!!
Thanks,
Ruby
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