Add field inside SOAP header PI 7.1

Question

Hello,
by proyect needs we need to add into SOAP header some dynamic information
(Web Services calls to target systems from PI 7.1). This information is
needed in target application for validating permissions of the web
services calls.
The tags are
<soap:Header>
<CarHeader xmlns="http://xxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx.org/">
<TicketCar>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx......</TicketCar>
</CarHeader>
</soap:Header>
TicketCar's value (xxxxxx....) will be different in each call.
We think that this is not possible with standar or Axis PI SOAP receiverchannel and a solution could be making a Abap mapping for composing the
SOAP call with this tags and values, and in the comunication channel
check the parameter "Do not use SOAP Envelope".
It's rigth? Is there any other solution for doing it?
An example of a call will be:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<soap:Header>
<CarHeader xmlns="http://xxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx.org/">
<TicketCar>C4A8A61D86C56DC27......</TicketCar>
</CarHeader>
</soap:Header>
<soap:Body>
<E000xx xmlns="http://xxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx.org/">
<_request>
<NumeroExpedienteAdministrativo>xxx</NumeroExpedienteAdministrativo>
<CodigoDocumentoInterno>xxx</CodigoDocumentoInterno>
<Status>xx</Status>
<NumeroExpedienteContable>xxx</NumeroExpedienteContable>
</_request>
</E000xx>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
Any idea will be welcome
Edited by: Ramon Coma Alcantara on Feb 2, 2010 4:15 PM

Answer 1

Hi Ramon,
The axis adapter comes with a convenient header insertion handler where you can insert an arbitrary header using a template.
For example, you can define a template like this in the module configuration.
<x:header xmlns:x="urn:x"><me>i say </me><you>you say </you></x:header>
where , , ... are variable place holders.
and you associate these variables with any context value available in the message.
For example, when you pass Hello and Bye for these variables, you soap message will get the header:
<x:header xmlns:x="urn:x"><me>i say Hello</me><you>you say Bye</you></x:header>
You can look at the examples described in Note 1039369 Axis Adapter FAQ.
As I said before, the mileage you can go with the do-not-use-envelope mode is very limited. But if you are happy with it, why not.
Best regards, Yza