Web service interactions overview
An interaction can start a web service and send data to it from an application. The interaction can then display data returned from the web service and save this data to the application database.
To implement interactions requires knowledge of:
- XML schemas
- Web services
- The integration framework
- Customizing applications and application user interfaces
An interaction can manage the following processes:
- Prepare a request for a web service.
- Invoke a web service from an application.
- Retrieve results from the web service in the form of a response.
- Display the results in an application.
- Optionally, apply the response data into the system database.
- Report any errors that occur during the request or response processes.
Two applications are provided to help you create and manage interactions:
- Create and configure interactions in the Create Interaction application.
- Review, modify, and delete interactions in the Interactions application.
After you create an interaction, users can perform the following tasks from the application user interface:
- Start the interaction.
- View and, if configured, change the parameters of the request to the web service.
- Invoke the web service by sending the request.
- Optionally, view data received from the web service and commit this data to the database.