Configuring Services That Invoke Business Component Methods
The Invoke Business Component Method service invokes a Siebel business component method on your Siebel Server. For more information, see
Invoke Business Component Method
Services.
To configure an Invoke Business Component Method service
2. Start Digital Event Services or Designer.
Note:
Make sure the server with which you want to use Digital Event Services or Designer is running.
3. Perform one of the following:
If you are using
Digital Event Services, select
File > New > Adapter Service and click
Next.
If you are using
Designer, right-click the package in which the service should be contained and select
New > Adapter Service.
4. Select the InvokeBusCompMethod template and click Next.
If you are using
Digital Event Services1. Click Next.
2. Select a package and folder to contain the service.
3. Type a unique name for the service.
4. Click Finish.
If you are using
Designer, click
Finish.
5. You can select the Adapter Settings tab at any time to confirm adapter properties such as adapter type, connection name, and service template, as needed.
6. Select the Navigation Path tab to specify the records that the service accesses, using the following fields:
Parameter | Description/Action |
Business Object | The name of the business object that contains the business component for which you are creating the service. |
Business Component | The name of the business component whose method you want to invoke. |
Multi-Valued Links | Optional. Select a field of the business component to use as a multi-valued link (MVL) to a child record. For example, to query the primary business address of a particular Account, you might select the Account business component's field Company Name, which links to a business component named Business Address. This creates a query that navigates from the Account business component to the Business Address business component. For more information, see
Multi-Valued Links in Services. |
Additional Business Component [1] | The parent business component of the business component you selected, if one exists. |
Additional Business Component [2] | The parent business component of the business component you selected in Additional Business Component [1], if one exists. |
7. The Invoke Business Component Method - Inputs tab is a display-only tab, with the input fields Business_Component_Method_Name and String_Array_of_Input_Arguments. You will provide values for these fields to run the service, as described in
Testing the Invoke Business Component
Method Service. 8. For information about using the Input/Output, Settings, Audit, Permissions, and Results tabs, see the webMethods Service Development Help for your release.
Digital Event Services and Designer only contain the Adapter Settings and Input/Output tabs. The information from the Audit and Permissions tabs now appears in the Properties panel, and the information from the Results tab now appears in the Results panel.
9. Select File > Save.