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Creating New Data Providers

You create data providers to use in conjunction with Data Instance behaviors to augment order information by retrieving information from external systems.

To create a new data provider:

1. From the Studio menu, select New, select Order and Service Management, select Order Management, then select Data Provider.

2. In the Project field, select the project in which to save this entity.

3. In the Name field, enter a name for the data provider.

   The name must be unique among the data provider entity types in the same namespace.

4. (Optional) Select a location for the data provider.

   By default, Design Studio saves the data provider to your default workspace location. You can enter a folder name in the Folder field, or select a location different from the system-provided default. To select a different location:

   1. Click the Folder field Browse button.

   2. Navigate to the directory in which to save the entity.

   3. Click OK.

5. In the Provider Type field, select the provider type for the data provider.

   Design Studio provides a list of built-in data providers that you can configure to retrieve external XML instances. The SOAP provider type is the default setting.

6. Click Finish.

   Design Studio adds the data provider to the appropriate project in the Cartridge view.

Related Topics

Working with Data Providers