UMWebService - deprecated?

[former_member190457]

Hi all,

I'm on EP 7.01 SP8. I'd like to use the UMWebService at address

http://host:port/irj/servlet/prt/soap/UMWebService

I've found out that the PRT Soap runtime is deprecated (Note 1131393 - Portal Web Services wizard)

does anyone know whether this implies that the UMWebService is deprecated as well?

Any official documentation would be highly appreciated

Thanks regards

Vincenzo

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

It appears this is the case.  We are just now working with SAP on this same issue and received the following response:

After examining the issue again with the last information provided by you, and analyzing the problem from the ABAP colleagues, the root cause of the problem is that you are using a deprecated portal webservice. The UMWebService should not be used (there is no formal documentation that describes to use it). It was implemented many years ago, using an old plugin that is also not supported.  See SAP note (I mentioned in my previous reply) - 1131393 - Portal Web Services wizard.

If you need UME information, you should implement a web service using the new methods, I referred to in my previous reply. The UME APIs that should be used are those that are documented in the formal SAP documentation. This means that in order to have a webservice for the UME functionality you are seeking, you would need to create for instance an EJB which acts as a mediator to the UME API (the UME colleagues expose the UME via an API and not a web service), and then you can use the AS Java Web Service framework to expose this EJB as a web service. See the following link for more information on that: http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/43/cb213e578c0262e10000000a11466f/frameset.htm.