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Configuring Web Services

Web services are used to direct the inbound and outbound messages to and from the third-party HRMS. Verify that the Web service is correctly configured for each employee.

This task is a step in Process for Setting Up an Application Services Interface.

To configure the Web services for position and an employee

1. From the application-level menu, choose Navigate > Site Map > Administration - Web Services > Outbound Web Services.
2. In the Outbound Web Services list, query to find the External Employee service.
   • External Position
   • External Employee
3. Verify that the fields in the Outbound Web Services list match the information in the following table.

   Namespace	Name	Status
   http://siebel.com/asi/	External Position or External Employee	Active

4. In the Service Ports list, add a new record, and then complete the fields.

   The following table describes the fields in the service port record.

   Field	Comments
   Address	When you select a transport, the field is populated with a template address. For example, C:\Employee_req.xml;C:\Employee_resp.xml. (The root of the address can be different depending on your environment.) The address path can be any file system accessible through the Siebel client.
   Binding	If a SOAP header is expected by the receiving application, select SOAP_RPC.
   Name	Enter a descriptive name for the port.
   Port Type	Enter External Position or External Employee.
   Transport	Select File from the drop-down list.

For more information about configuring Web Services and setting up demonstration scripts, see Integration Platform Technologies: Siebel eBusiness Application Integration Volume II.