Creating web services from queries

Question

Hi experts,
Does anyone know if it is possible to turn a query designer query into a web service? If so where can I find out how to do this?
Thank you!
Regards,
Ale

Answer 1

Ale,
first make sure you carry out the steps a to e outlined in
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/d8/3bfc3f8fc2c542e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
This creates a generic Query Web Service.
In order to run it with your own query, try the following steps:
1. Activate the services:
- Go to SICF
- Click on the Execute button
- Drill down to default_host -> sap -> bc -> srt -> rfc -> sap
- Every node in this path has to be displayed in bold black font. If a node is grey, right-click it and select "Activate Service" from the drop-down menu
- Underneath the "sap" node you will find "QUERY_VIEW_DATA". Also activate it if necessary.
2. Test your web service
- Go to WSADMIN
- Drill down to SOAP Application for RFC-Compliant FMs -> QUERY_VIEW_DATA  -> QUERY_VIEW_DATA
- Select Web Service QUERY_VIEW_DATA
- Click on the buttom that looks like a screw clamp (Web Service Homepage). This should start your browser and you are required to log in.
3. Running your query
- You should now see details about your web service (Query_View_Data)
- Click on the "test" link at the top
- Click on the link "GetQueryViewData (test.types.p1.GetQueryViewData parameters)"
- Now you see all input parameters for this web service. Fill out the following:
Infoprovider: (name of your query's underlying IP)
Query: (technical name of your query)
optional: ViewID: (name of your saved query view)
4. Execute
- Clicking on the "Send" button should now execute your query and you will get the result back.
- For implementing a web service client, have a look at the WSDL file which you can see by clicking on the "Overview" link and then on the WSDL link
Hope this helps,
Dennis
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