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Accessing the Oracle BI Web Services Interface

You can access the Oracle BI Web Services interface on any platform on which a SOAP client library and tools are available. The steps to access the SOAP services are different for each programming environment.

Example of Accessing Oracle BI Web Services from Microsoft Visual Studio

The following procedure shows the steps required to access Oracle BI Web Services from Microsoft Visual Studio.

To access Oracle BI Web Services from Microsoft Visual Studio

1. Open your project in Microsoft Visual Studio.
2. In the Solution Explorer, expand the solution node, right-click References, and choose Add Web Reference.

   The Add Web Reference dialog box is displayed.

3. In the URL field, type the URL to access the Oracle BI Web Services WSDL document.

   The following URL is an example URL to access the Oracle BI Presentation Services WSDL document:

   http://<somehost>/analytics/saw.dll?WSDL

4. Click Go.

   The found services and methods are displayed in the Add Web Reference dialog.

5. Click the Add Reference button.

   The Add Web Reference dialog box closes, and the node that represents the added Web reference is displayed in the Solution Explorer pane.

6. To see the added classes and methods, right-click the node and choose the following option:

   View in Object Browser

   The classes and methods are displayed in the Object Browser window.

7. Begin using the classes in your program.

   For a code example, see Code Example.