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SOAP Call Data Properties

Service URL

Specifies the URL for the SOAP service. The URL is typically accessed over HTTP or HTTPS. The URL is typically an entry point for one or more methods.

Method Name

Defines the method or function to start. The product passes the method to the SOAP service as a MIME SOAPAction header.

Authentication Type

Specifies one of the following authentication types with which to call the SOAP server:

No Authentication

Do not authenticate.

Basic SOAP

Use the authorized user name and password for basic SOAP authentication.

HTTP Authentication

Use the authorized user name and password for basic HTTP authentication if this feature is enabled. WS Security applies if the user provides it on the WS Security input page.

NTLM Authentication

Use the authorized user name, password, and Domain name to connect to the SOAP server with NTLM authentication.

Important! The user name, password, and Domain name that are supplied are for the SOAP web service server.

SOAP Version

Specifies the SOAP server version the product uses to make SOAP calls, either SOAP 1.1 or SOAP 1.2. This option provides a hint to the underlying logic, which uses the appropriate SOAP MessageFactory to make the SOAP request.

Input Source

Specifies the SOAP service input source. Each of the following methods includes a complete, properly formatted XML message that can include a SOAP envelope:

Inline Text

The SOAP Client Call operator defines the input request. If you select this option, use the Inline text option to specify the formatted SOAP input message.

Preformatted SOAP File

A preformatted SOAP file defines the input request. If you select this option, specify the path to the file in the File Name field. Verify that the file contains a message in a valid XML document.

Expression

A CA Process Automation expression defines the SOAP request. If you select this option, specify the CA Process Automation expression in the Expression field.

The input request can contain macros and XPath assignments that dynamically modify the SOAP request at run time. These macros and XPath assignments enable the product to update the SOAP request if necessary with values obtained at run time.

Inline Text

Click (...) to open the Inline Text dialog if you set Input Source to Inline Text. Enter a formatted SOAP input message. To read a SOAP message from a text file on a local or network drive, click Import from File in the Inline Text dialog.

File Name

Defines the fully qualified file name relative to the touchpoint running the Web Services operators. The product uses this property when you set Input Source to Preformatted SOAP File.

Expression

Defines a CA Process Automation expression from which to extract the SOAP request.

Saved Call File

Defines the full path to the SOAP envelope that the product uses to make a SOAP call. Use this option to validate that the product sent the data to the Web Services operators. If the SOAP request is rejected, the saved file can assist you in debugging the request before you resend it to the Web Services operators.