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Creating Outbound Web Services

To retrieve data from a billing application, the administrator must create WSDL files in the billing application. Then, the administrator uses these WSDL files to create outbound Web services. Each outbound Web service contains an outbound proxy business service and a Web service administration document (an XML file) that holds run-time data about the Web service for the billing application.

For more information about Web services, see Siebel CRM Web Services Reference.

This task is a step in Process of Configuring Prepaid Services.

To create an outbound Web service

1. Perform the following tasks in the billing application:
   1. Identify the request and response integration objects.
   2. Create XSD files for these integration objects.
   3. Use the XSD files to create WSDL files.
2. Log in to Siebel Tools as an administrator.
3. In the Object Explorer, click Project, and create a new project.

   Optionally, you can use the Prepaid Service 8.1 project.

4. Lock the project so that you can change it.
5. Select File, then New Object... to display the New Object Wizards.
6. Select the EAI tab, and then double-click Web Service.

   The WSDL Import Wizard appears. Do the following:

   1. Select your project.
   2. Specify the WSDL document that contains the Web service or Web service definition to import.
   3. Specify the file that will store the run-time data extracted from the WSDL document, or accept the default.
   4. Specify the log file that will store the errors, warnings, and other information for the import process, or accept the default.
   5. Click Next to view and verify your import information.
   6. Click Finish to complete the process of importing the business service into the Siebel repository.
7. After you create all of the proxy business services, compile the proxy business services into the Siebel Repository File, Siebel_sia.srf.
8. Unlock your project.