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Configuring Find Services
Find services enable the adapter to find a set of CI records in a PeopleSoft database based on user-defined search criteria. For more information about Find services, see Find Services. You configure PeopleSoft Adapter services using Designer.
*To configure a Find service
1. Review the steps in Before Configuring or Managing Adapter Services.
2. Start Designer.
3. Perform the following:
a. Right-click the package in which the service should be contained and select New > Adapter Service.
b. Select the parent namespace and type a name for the adapter service.
c. Click Next.
4. Select PeopleSoft Adapter as the adapter type and click Next.
5. Select the appropriate Adapter Connection Name and click Next.
6. From the list of available templates, select the Find template.
7. Click Finish.
The adapter service editor for the Find service appears. You can select the Adapter Settings tab at any time to confirm adapter service properties such as the Adapter Name, Adapter Connection Name, and Adapter Service Template, as necessary.
8. Select the Component Interface tab to specify the PeopleSoft component interface to use with the Find service. Specify a value for the following field:
Parameter
Description/Action
Component Interface
Specify the name of the CI with which the adapter service will interface, as follows:
*If the Enable List Of All Available CIs parameter for this service's associated adapter connection is set to TRUE, you can select the CI from a list of all available CIs on the PeopleSoft system. The list of CIs reflects all CIs on the PeopleSoft system. However, the adapter service will only work if the CI's .class files are copied to the Integration Server directory. See Setting Up Your Adapter's Environment for details.
*If the Enable List Of All Available CIs parameter for this service's associated adapter connection is set to FALSE, you must type the name of the CI. This field is case sensitive.
For more information about the Enable List Of All Available CIsoption, see Configuring Adapter Connections. If you want Designer to display an error if you select an invalid CI name, you can turn on automatic validation of adapter services as described in Validating Adapter Service Values.
9. Select the Key Fields tab and specify the CI key fields that the service will use as input fields to determine which CI records to retrieve.
The tab contains the following information:
Parameter
Description/Action
CI Field Name
This column lists all Find key fields for the CI.
CI Field Type
This column lists the PeopleSoft data type for each Find key field.
Use Field
Select this option for each field you want to use as an input for the service, or click the icon to select all of the fields. The service will use the values of these fields to determine which CI records to find.
Fields that you select on this tab will appear in the adapter service's input signature (see the Input/Output tab) within a document called ServiceNameInput, where ServiceName is the name you specify for the service.
Input Field Name
When you choose a field on this tab, this column lists the webMethods field name. Do not change the field name or the service will not work.
Input Field Type
This column lists the webMethods data type for each input field.
10. Select the Output Fields tab and specify the CI fields that the service will return as output fields.
The tab contains the following information:
Parameter
Description/Action
CI Field Name
This column lists all available fields for the CI
CI Field Type
This column lists the PeopleSoft data type for each CI field.
CI Record Name
This column lists the record names for all available records. This column is provided as a convenience to more easily identify record names.
Use Field
Select this option for each field you want to use as an output field, or click the icon to select all of the fields.
Fields that you select on this tab will appear in the adapter service's output signature (see the Input/Output tab) within a document called ServiceNameOutput, where ServiceName is the name you specify for the service.
Output Field Name
When you choose a field on this tab, this column lists the webMethods field name.
Output Field Type
This column lists the webMethods data type for each output field.
11. When using Designer the, Designer contains only the Adapter Settings and Input/Output tabs. The information from the Audit and Permissions tabs appears in the Properties panel, and the information from the Results tab appears in the Service Results panel (in Designer). For more information see the webMethods Service Development Help for your release.
12. From the File menu, select Save.