Invalid web web service URL

[Former Member]

We get the following error message: Failure: invalid web web service URL when we try to define a new web service system. (NW7.0 Eph1)

The proxy have been configured in VA and I have consulted the following blog:

/people/prakash.darji/blog/2006/10/10/external-web-service-proxy-configuration-for-visual-composer

Can anyone give me a clue about where to look for a solution?

[Former Member]

Solved.

In visual administrator I updated the Web Service Navigator white list with an "*".

[JHPieters]

Brian,

Have you tried a connectivity test from NWA?

When you create a web service, a Destination is created in the background.

To validate that the portal can at least connect to the Web Service open NWA and navigate to:

System Management -> Overview -> Configuration -> Destinations

Search for your Web Service in the list and click on Test Destination.

You may still not get a clear response, but at least it removes VC from the equation.

To get more detailed information you'll have to use the Visual Admin tool to set the Debug level of the Portal Connectors to ALL.

The Defaulttrace.trc file will give you sufficient information to troubleshoot backend connectivity issues.

Here are some steps to help with that:

. Open the J2EE Engine Visual Admin Tool.

. Open the "Log Configuration" J2EE service.

. Switch to the "Locations" Tab.

. Select the location under: com.sap.portal.connectors

. Increase the severity to ALL

. Copy severity to subtree

. Apply to all "server nodes"

Test the WS Connection and see if you can learn anything more by looking at Defaulttrace.trc.

Hope it helps.

Hennie Pieters