The Ping Web Service

The Ping request provides the following functions:

Tests connectivity to the Web Service.
If a client application issues a Ping Web Service request and they receive the string "Started" back, the OM Web Services is executing and operational. Ping only returns the string Started and does not require repository definitions, Report Info Data dictionary entries or connectivity to any Host Output Management product.
Processes the Web Service initialization code and allows all other Web Service requests to process without this additional overhead when a client application starts and makes its first Web Service request.

The following table describes the request and response format for the Ping Web Service:

Request Name	Ping Request
Request Format	No input data
Request Response	"Started"