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Configuring Web Services

Web services are used to direct the inbound and outbound messages to and from:

• The third-party ATP engine.
• A script, called ATP ASI test, that can be used to test your integration setup.
• A middleware or integration server that will integrate with your fulfillment engine.

ATP ASI test is a testing script that simulates a simple fulfillment engine. The script writes the output and response to an XML file on the server machine. By default, the output and response are written to ${SIEBEL_HOME}/bin, for example D:\Siebel\bin. The script writes an output file, called ATPOutput.xml, which represents what you would be sending to your middleware or fulfillment engine. Then it generates a real-time response and sends that back to the Web service. The generated response is written into a file called ATPFinished.xml, which you can see in the file system.

This testing infrastructure allows you to analyze what will be sent to the middleware and what Siebel eSales is expecting back. Based on this data, it will show you how it populates the data on the UI.

You must make sure that the Web services are correctly configured.

To configure the Web services

1. Navigate to the Web Services Administration screen.
2. From the Show drop-down list, select Outbound Web Services.
3. Select the row with External ATP Check in the Name field.
4. Verify that the fields in the Outbound Web Services list match those in the following table.

   Namespace	Name	Status
   http://siebel.com/asi/	External ATP Check	Active

5. In the Service Ports list, click New, and enter the following values in the fields of the new record.

   Field	Comments
   Name	Enter a name for the port.
   Port Type	Enter External ATP Check.
   Transport	Select from the drop-down list. If you want to set up testing, for example when you are customizing applets or extending the ASI, select Local Business Service.
   Address	When you select a transport, the field will be populated with a template address. Edit the address based on where you are sending the data. If you want to set up testing, for example when you are customizing applets or extending the ASI, enter ATP ASI Test.
   Binding	If a SOAP header is expected by the receiving application, select SOAP_RPC. If you are using ATP ASI Test, select Property Set.

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