Agentry development - HTTPXML steps / transmit

[Former Member]

Hi experts,

I need some clarification on the options to use HTTPXML system connection and how the different steps are managed during a transmit. The case is with a custom backend, which works with SOAP web services and we will be using SMP 3.0.

My question is - if we have several steps for one transaction - e.g. update activity - when we execute the transmit, do we call one web service on the backend or each HTTPXML step means calling a separate web services on the backend?

Regards,
Denis

[jason_latko · Accepted solution]

Denis,

You can call any number of web services that you require for a single transaction, or the same one multiple times.  That is completely up to you.  Transactions have Update Steps tied to them.  You can place any number of update steps on a transaction.  Each update step is a seperate backend call that will be executed when you transmit or using background send.  You set up the URL, arguments and XML code for each step required individually, then Agentry will make the calls sequentually from top to bottom as they are defined in your transaction.  So if you need to call the same service multiple times to post different data about a single transaction, you would set up multiple XML steps that all call the same service and just pass different parameters.

Jason Latko - Senior Product Developer at SAP

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Jason,

Thanks for the clarification!

Cheers

Denis