Difference Web Service / web Service XI action block

Hi to all,
Someone can explain what are the differences between Web Service action block and Web Services XI action block?
Thank you so much for your help

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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mii121/helpdata/en/44/838842697e053de10000000a1553f6/frameset.htm

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Web Service Action Block in MII 12.0

Hi All,
We are trying to understand the functionality of web services action block in MII 12.0 with a third party application.
Can anyone share the complete procedure of the configuration to understand the data flow between webservice block with third party application.
Thanks
Rajesh S

Rajesh,
let's take your example. An external web service has been created with C or .NET or other tools. The creator of the web service also have created a URL that you can use to call the web service. The web service may accept input and responses output. The input / output parameters (among other settings) are defined in the WSDL.
Now you want to call the external web service in MII. You create a BLT with the web service action. After you have entered the URL and press enter the web service configuration wizard calls the URL and retrieves the WSDL data (if the URL is correct). That's what I have described above.
In the link editor MII displays the XML structure of the web service. There you can link data to the input parameter of the web service, e.g. the contents of a file. If the web service action is processed, the web service is called using the linked values, and the file contents is submitted.
The external party can also call any MII BLT as a web service using the MII WSDLGen service. In the BLT, you also define Transaction Properties as input and output parameters. WSDLGen will build a xml structure using these parameters. If the external party want to send the file contents, it calls the MII web service with the file contents in the Transaction input property.
You can easily test a MII web service. You just need two BLTs, one calling the other to see if the file contents is sent correctly.
Does this explanation help? I do not see a difference between a URL and WSDL URL. The file contents is passed inside the web call, not stored in a location.
Michael

Calling Enterprise Services through xMII Web Service action block

Hi All,
I'm calling some Enterprise Service through xMII Web Service action block.
After providing URL and user credentials, I'm getting error "SOAP Service could not be loaded: The element type 'p' must be terminated by the matching end-tag ''."
Can anyone point out what might be the reason ?
Thanks,
Sumit

If you haven't already, try using the browser from the xMII server machine rather than your own (client).
The error that you recieve usually means that instead of a WSDL an HTML is being returned when you use the WebService action block.
Possible reasons - as Jeremy pointed out - improper credentials or some error with the webservice itself.
Another thing you can possibly try out - use some web service analyser to access the webservice . There's one that goes by the name StrikeIron which is a freeware.Pretty neat tool.

Cannot see the elements in Web Service Action block

Hi,
When I use SoapUI I can see the elements of a Service but when I use Web Service Action block of MII, I can only see the first element (job). The children of job are not appearing in link editor. Any Idea?
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ws="http://ws.ct.xxx.de" xmlns:xsd="http://data.xxx.de/xsd">
 <soapenv:Header/>
 <soapenv:Body>
 <ws:startJob>
 
 <ws:job>
 
 <xsd:a>?</xsd:a>
 
 <xsd:dir>?</xsd:dir>
 
 <xsd:dirR>?</xsd:dirR>
 
 <xsd:u>?</xsd:u>
 
 <xsd:g>?</xsd:g>
 
 <xsd:value>?</xsd:value>
 </ws:job>
 </ws:startJob>
 </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Anyone has any idea? I really appreciate any idea. Thanks

Passing Url dynamically in WEB SERVICE Action block

Hi All below is my requirement, kindly help
We have three environments 1. Development 2. Testing 3.Production
In one of the BLS i have used Web Service Action block by putting the web service url.
Whenever the BLS is moved from Testing environment or to Production i need to change the Url manually.
So, i want some generic method to by which i don have to change the Url whenever the code is moved to Testing or Production.
As far as i know that whenever i am putting the Url in the editor i need to press the next button to configure it but i want to get rid of this manual configuration.
But i guess while we configure Web Service action block by putting the Url in editor and pressing the Next button it congigures the Listener Port for configuration.
So is there any way by which this done done dynamically without configuring.
I mean i want to put the URL once in Development environment and if it is moved to Testing or production then also it should work.
A quick reply will be appreciated. I am using MII 12.0

Anyone has any idea? I really appreciate any idea. Thanks

MII 12.1.5 Web Service Action Block

Is there existing documentation on using the Web Service Action Block, specifically documenting the following Object Properties:
WSDLBaseUrl
Credential Alias:
I am trying to execute a Web Service Action block against a web service that uses http and basic authentication (User/Password). the WSDL loads just fine, the UserName and Password properties exposed through the WSDL are assigned valid values in Links Configuration, but according to the web service logs, the user name 'Guest' is being passed for the UserName. This same web service works in MII 12.1.1 Build 273.
Thanks in advance!

Steve,
The WSDLBaseURL property just prepends a string to the WSDL URL property so that you can abstract out the protocol, server and port values separately depending on the target system you wish to hit for the service call.
Regards,
Sam

Getting a error invoking web service action block

HI
I am first time using web service action block in xmii. I am using it for executing my transaction . But it is giving error stating that
Error invoking web service action block. I dont know please help me out?

Hi Mike,
I am using xMII - 11.5 version and with java 1.6.0_07. In My system i have installed service pack 3. When ever i use webservice action block and execute it, It gives error stating .
[INFO ]: Execution Started At: 11:07:16
[DEBUG]: 00000.01600 Begin Transaction 'TMP83E3D064-F6E8-4E3D-647F-6CE6B41C9E83'
[DEBUG]: 00000.01600 Begin Sequence Sequence : ()
[DEBUG]: 00000.01600 Begin Action WebService_0 : ()
[ERROR]: Error Invoking Web Service Action: null
[ERROR]: ACTION FAILED: End Action WebService_0 : ()
[DEBUG]: 00001.42200 Begin Sequence Sequence_0 : ()
[DEBUG]: 00001.42200 Begin Action Tracer_0 : ()
[INFO ]: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><XacuteResponse xmlns="http://www.lighthammer.com/Xacute"><Rowsets DateCreated="2000-01-01T00:00:00" EndDate="2000-01-01T00:00:00" StartDate="2000-01-01T00:00:00" Version=""><FatalError/><Messages><Message/></Messages><Rowset><Columns><Column Description="" MaxRange="0.00" MinRange="0.00" Name="" SQLDataType="0" SourceColumn=""/></Columns><Row><Output/></Row></Rowset></Rowsets></XacuteResponse>
[DEBUG]: 00001.43700 End Action Tracer_0 : ()
[DEBUG]: 00001.43700 End Sequence Sequence_0 : ()
[DEBUG]: 00001.43700 End Sequence Sequence : ()
[DEBUG]: 00001.43700 End Transaction 'TMP83E3D064-F6E8-4E3D-647F-6CE6B41C9E83'
[INFO ]: Execution Completed At: 11:07:17 Elapsed Time was 1421 mS
please help me out .

Web Service Action Block

I'm attempting to call a web service that we have developed. I'm able to configure the webservice block without any problems. However, when I attempt to execute the block I get a "Internal server error" message. When I look in the general log I have the following message:
Classname: IntrospectionUtilities
Mesage: Generic Reflection error (Set): java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: com.lighthammer.xacute.actions.webservice.WebServiceAction.setSoapService(java.lang.String) -> setSoapService
Does anyone know what this message means ?
Thanks
Glenn

Glenn,
Unfortunately its not easy to tell why the Web Service call is failing without knowing what the Web Service is doing. But I can explaing what the SoapService is in xMII and maybe this will help....
The Soap Service to xMII is a helper class that parses the WSDL for the various ports and operations that are defined. It gets the transport URI of the service and also the SOAP Body to be used as a reference.
If your WebService fails to return these or they are malformed then the SoapService object will not create properly and cause this method to fail. My suggestion is to either examine your Web Service to make sure it meets proper W3 standards OR to use the POST action block to perform the HTTP operation.
Hope this helps.
-Sam

Web Service Action block throws Internal Server Error 500

Please forgive the lengthy message!
Web service Action block authenticates the user as confirmed from the web service logs. Now I get an Internal Server Error 500. Is this a bug in MII? The WS does execute correctly from a .Net Client.
Here is the Message from the error in MII NetWeaver log:
SOAP Invoke Error. Status: 500 Message: Internal Server Error
[EXCEPTION]
java.lang.Exception: Status (500): Internal Server Error
at com.sap.lhcommon.webservice.SoapClient.invoke(SoapClient.java:81)
at com.sap.xmii.bls.executables.actions.webservice.WebServiceActions.callWebService(WebServiceActions.java:319)
at com.sap.xmii.bls.executables.actions.webservice.WebServiceActions.webService(WebServiceActions.java:408)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at com.sap.xmii.bls.engine.DataBufferPayload.execute(DataBufferPayload.java:157)
at com.sap.xmii.bls.engine.ReflectiveAction.doExecute(ReflectiveAction.java:629)
at com.sap.xmii.bls.engine.BaseNode.executeNode(BaseNode.java:195)
at com.sap.xmii.bls.engine.BaseAction.execute(BaseAction.java:75)
at com.sap.xmii.bls.engine.runners.ProductionRunner.runAction(ProductionRunner.java:121)
at com.sap.xmii.bls.executables.sequences.Sequence.execute(Sequence.java:50)
at com.sap.xmii.bls.engine.runners.ProductionRunner.runSequence(ProductionRunner.java:102)
at com.sap.xmii.bls.executables.sequences.Sequence.execute(Sequence.java:59)
at com.sap.xmii.bls.engine.runners.ProductionRunner.runSequence(ProductionRunner.java:102)
at com.sap.xmii.bls.executables.sequences.RootNode.execute(RootNode.java:39)
at com.sap.xmii.bls.engine.TransactionInstance.execute(TransactionInstance.java:879)
at com.sap.xmii.bls.engine.TransactionInstance.run(TransactionInstance.java:586)
at com.sap.xmii.bls.engine.TransactionExecuter.runTransactionInstance(TransactionExecuter.java:613)
at com.sap.xmii.bls.engine.TransactionExecuter.executeFromHttpRequest(TransactionExecuter.java:258)
at com.sap.xmii.servlet.Runner.service(Runner.java:81)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
at com.sap.xmii.servlet.ServletRunner.run(ServletRunner.java:80)
at com.sap.xmii.common.LocalServiceConnection.post(LocalServiceConnection.java:137)
at com.sap.xmii.xacute.common.ClientCatalogUtilities.postServiceConnection(ClientCatalogUtilities.java:1946)
at com.sap.xmii.xacute.transaction.TransactionUtilities.ExecuteTransaction(TransactionUtilities.java:432)
at com.sap.xmii.servlet.Catalog.handleExecuteTempTrx(Catalog.java:254)
at com.sap.xmii.servlet.Catalog.service(Catalog.java:210)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.server.runtime.FilterChainImpl.runServlet(FilterChainImpl.java:162)
at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.server.runtime.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:81)
at com.sap.xmii.system.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:96)
at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.server.runtime.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:73)
at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.server.HttpHandlerImpl.runServlet(HttpHandlerImpl.java:441)
at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.server.HttpHandlerImpl.handleRequest(HttpHandlerImpl.java:291)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.RequestAnalizer.startServlet(RequestAnalizer.java:396)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.RequestAnalizer.startServlet(RequestAnalizer.java:385)
at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.filters.DSRWebContainerFilter.process(DSRWebContainerFilter.java:48)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.filters.ServletSelector.process(ServletSelector.java:76)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.filters.ApplicationSelector.process(ApplicationSelector.java:240)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.WebContainerInvoker.process(WebContainerInvoker.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.HostFilter.process(HostFilter.java:9)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.ResponseLogWriter.process(ResponseLogWriter.java:60)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.HostFilter.process(HostFilter.java:9)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.DefineHostFilter.process(DefineHostFilter.java:27)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.ServerFilter.process(ServerFilter.java:12)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.MonitoringFilter.process(MonitoringFilter.java:29)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.ServerFilter.process(ServerFilter.java:12)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.MemoryStatisticFilter.process(MemoryStatisticFilter.java:43)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.ServerFilter.process(ServerFilter.java:12)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.filters.DSRHttpFilter.process(DSRHttpFilter.java:42)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.ServerFilter.process(ServerFilter.java:12)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.chain.AbstractChain.process(AbstractChain.java:78)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.Processor.chainedRequest(Processor.java:425)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.Processor$FCAProcessorThread.process(Processor.java:250)
at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.rcm.RequestProcessorThread.run(RequestProcessorThread.java:45)
at com.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.Executable.run(Executable.java:109)
at com.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.CentralExecutor$SingleThread.run(CentralExecutor.java:314)
--Steve

Steve,
The 500 error is what we get back from the target server.
This is probably not a bug since I don't think that MII has ever supported the SOAP-Fault node to build the response XML.
Sam
PS: For those of you reading this we had an offline discussion about this.

Error when using Web service Action Block.

Hi All
I am calling recursive function in my transaction.Means same transaction i am calling inside a transaction.I have used the Webservice Action block to call the transaction.
I have passed the parameters whatever is requied.
But I am getting error when i am executing the transaction:
"Error invoking Webservice Action: Status(500):Internal Server Error".
Please suggest me on this.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Manisha

Hi Vishal
This transaction is trying to achieve the recursive function.
I want to call the same transaction within a transaction.So i have used WebService action block to call the transaction.
I have passed the input parameters whatever required.I have given loginName and password as my server login name and password.But when i am executing the transaction, I am getting the following error:
"Internal Server Error"
If any idea please suugest me.
Thanks,
Manisha

Implementing differents web services in the same composite

hi everybody,
what are the bests practises to implement differents web services in the same composite:
- creating one WSDL with differents portTypes and expose one web service for each portype
- creating differents WSDL for each web services
Thanks,

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I would prefer different WebServices for each set of Operations. Please note that you can have multiple operations with different input and output xsd parametes. So its like One WebService -> One Port -> Multiple Operations. Only draw back is, you have to deploy all these webservices as multiple WAR files. Or one big EAR that has all these WAR Files.
I tried once One WebService -> 2 Ports -> Each Port with its own set of operations. I ran into problem when I tried to generate client for this webservice. The JAXB generated classes was odd and this did not work.
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More than one parameter in "Run Web Service" automator action?

Hi,
any one know how to send to parameters to a web service with the "Run Web Service" automator action?
i tryed
{paramA:"foo",paramB:"bar"}
but didn't work, the service seem to get only the first one
Thanks a lot
updated: actually that works, but not {USER:"foo",PASSWORD:"baR"}. it takes the user but not the password. Any idea?
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X
(10.4.6)

Can you share some specs on the service in question? To send a struct you need to make sure your labels match on the server side. Enclosing them in |pipes| will avoid terminology conflicts. You may also need to specify each struct in its own curly brackets, e.g. {{|USER|:"foo",|PASS|:"bar"}}
HTH

Compare Routing action versus Service Callout action versus Publish action?

hi all,
Apologies if this is a stupid question, but i throw my hands up and admit my ignorance (I'm mainly a core Java developer; OSB/ALSB is kind of a sideline for me). That said...
I've used OSB (actually ALSB) on a couple SOA projects within the last 3 years. on my previous projects, we mainly only ever used Routing actions. I'm now working on a 3rd project that also uses OSB. But on this new project, they mainly only ever use Service Callout actions and Publish actions.
My question is: what are the criteria for choosing between one or the other (Routing action or Service Callout action or Publish action)?
What does one do that the others can't? I've RTFM. But it still isn't obvious to me. Please, can you fill in the gaps in my knowledge?
Thanks in advance for your time.

My question is: what are the criteria for choosing between one or the other (Routing action or Service Callout action or Publish action)?Routing Action - Routing action can be created inside a Route Node only and Route Node is the last node in a request processing. A Route Node indicates that Request Processing will end here and Response Processing will begin. You can not have any node after Route Node in the message flow.
Service Callout - Service Callout is used in real time request-response scenarios (for sync response). If you have a use case where you need to call one or multiple real time request-response services (like sync web-services) then you may use Service Callout action in the message flow. Being a synchronus call, the thread gets blocked until a response is returned from target service.
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Hope it helps.
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Difference between service pack and Patch in XI

What is the difference between Service Pack(SP) AND Patch ??
e.g SP12, Patch8.
Is it like that when there is a major change they will issue SP and
for a small change they will issue patch ?? or after number of patches
they will issue SP combining all the patches ??
Service Pack level can be seen from SAP gui system..>status.
But Patch level where can we see ?? what is the Tcode for that ?? or just we got
to go through below links ??
http://<host>:<j2ee_http_port>/sap/monitoring/ComponentInfo
also
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A patch (sometimes called a "fix") is a quick-repair job for a piece of programming. During a software product's beta test distribution or try-out period and later after the product is formally released, problems (called bug) will almost invariably be found. A patch is the immediate solution that is provided to users; it can sometimes be downloaded from the software maker's Web site. The patch is not necessarily the best solution for the problem and the product developers often find a better solution to provide when they package the product for its next release.

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Hi Experts,
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When I am creating these iViews, its seams both are same. I canu2019t find difference still, can anyone help me out of this
Thanks in Advance
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Hi,
Service Map Iview:The Service Map iView is an ERP-specific variant of the portal Workset Map iView. It serves as a central point of entry and guided access to the services of SAP service modules such as the Manager Self Service (MSS) module, or the Employee Self Service (ESS) module.
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