When should we use webservices in a XI project?

[Former Member]

Hi everybody,

Can you please tell me when should we use webservices in a XI project?

thanks and regards,

Ramya Shenoy

Edited by: Ramya Shenoy on Oct 23, 2009 6:39 AM

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Ramya,

Webservices in XI are generally used for synchronous scenarios.

On searching for webservice scenarios you can find lot of blogs & articles in XI.

The most common scenario is SOAP - RFC Synchronous scenario.

Here are few blogs for your reference;

[Blog 1|http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs;jsessionid=(J2EE3417500)ID1018541150DB21018048503897606324End?blog=/pub/wlg/7729]

[Blog 2|http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs;jsessionid=(J2EE3417500)ID1018541150DB21018048503897606324End?blog=/pub/wlg/2292]

Similarly you can find lots of help on sdn

Kindly mention if you are looking for anything specific requirement with webservices.

Regards,

Gautam Purohit

Edited by: Gautam Purohit on Oct 23, 2009 7:18 AM

[Former Member]

Hi Ramya,

Webservices?

Webservices is a Webbased applications services like JAVA, .net, PHP.................. etc.

In XI/PI when we receiving or sending the Data from these Web Based Applications Services.

So, XI does n't understand Web Services data. So SOAP Adapter is convert the to XML and it can pass to the XI,Either Sender or Receiver side.

Thanks,

Sateesh

[Former Member]

Hi Ramya,

If the particular application needs to get or send data to web application we have to use SOAP adapter.

Thanks

Sivaram

[Former Member]

One has to use Web services when PI has to send or receive messages in the form of SOAP messages, i.e when it is talking to web server.

Supports Synchronous way of communication, however the communication from / to web services need not be synchronous all the time.

You can download WSDL from www.webservicex.com and create a sample scenario FYI

Refer to following blog for overview of SOAP...

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs;jsessionid=%28J2EE3417500%29ID1543270950DB2210483153958633752...

Complete walk through of scenario :

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs;jsessionid=%28J2EE3417500%29ID1543270950DB2210483153958633752...

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs;jsessionid=%28J2EE3417500%29ID1543270950DB2210483153958633752...

Venkat.

Edited by: Venkat Anusuri on Oct 23, 2009 10:58 AM

[former_member187563]

Hello,

The use of webserice in PI depends on your scenario.If you want to use any third party application then you have to go for webservices scenario.For a simple scenario you can take a calculator application ,you will send two numbers and that webservice will perform all the operations,and return you the result.

The adapters used for this is SOAP and HTTP.

regards,

Ujjwal Kumar

[former_member183908]

Hi Ramya,

Can you please tell me when should we use webservices in a XI project?

--> When the applications which are web enabled are located at some other location or remote location to consume those websevices we go for webservices by choosing the SOAP Adapter.

Thanks