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Set up the QaaWS Connection to Xcelsius Visualizations

Use these steps if you are using the Query as a Web Service (QaaWS) method to establish real-time data transfers between CA Clarity PPM and the Xcelsius visualization.

Users who view Xcelsius visualizations using this method must be members of the following Business Objects security groups:

Follow these steps:

  1. In the Query as a Web Service tool, create the Query:
    1. Enter a description for the Web Service.
    2. Select a Universe.
    3. Drag and drop Universe objects and classes to create the Query.
    4. View the web query WSDL URL associated with the query you created for the interactive portlet. Make note of the URL of the query.
  2. In Xcelsius, open the Data Manager and set up the web service to establish the connection with to CA Clarity PPM.
    1. Complete the WSDL URL field to specify the web service URL.
    2. Map Output Values of the Web service to the appropriate cells in the spreadsheet.
    3. Create the following Flash variables. The names used to define these Flash variables are mapped to the interactive portlet as global and object parameters.
      Session ID

      Receives the Session ID of the CA Clarity PPM user.

      Mapped to: the interactive port as the Business Objects Session ID global parameter.

      Required Name: CELogonToken

      Web Service URL

      Optional. Define if you want to use the same Xcelsius visualization as is on multiple CA Clarity PPM servers.

      Mapped to: the interactive portlet as the Business Objects Web Service URL global parameter.

      Other CA Clarity PPM information

      Optional. This can be information such as user name, user internal ID, or language.

      Mapped to: the interactive portlet as the Clarity User Name, Clarity User Internal ID, or Language global parameters, respectively.

      CA Clarity PPM object-related information

      Optional.

      Mapped to: the interactive portlet as the object parameters that you create.

    4. Link components to the embedded spreadsheet.

More Information:

Query as a Web Service (QaaWS)