Configuring Service Operation Definitions
After you add a service operation definition to the system, you can define the service operation.
This section discusses how to:
Specify general service operation information.
Define service operation version information.
Add handlers to service operations.
Add routing definitions.
Activate and inactivate routings.
To specify general service operation information:
Access the Service Operations-General page ().
In the Operation Description field, enter a description for the operation.
(Optional.) Select the User ID/ Password Required check box to require a user ID and password for inbound service operations.
From the Security Verification drop-down list, select the level of security with which inbound integrations must be sent.
(Optional.) In the Operation Comments field, enter comments about the service operation.
(Optional.) From the Object Owner ID field, select the owner of the definition.
The owner ID helps to determine the application team that last made a change to a service definition. The values in the drop-down list box are translate table values that you can define in the OBJECTOWNERID field record.
(Optional.) In the Operation Alias field, enter an alias name for the service operation.
When working with a web service operation, the general information section of this page includes a Service Operation Security link. Granting permissions to service operations is discussed elsewhere in this topic.
Before you can save the service operation definition, you specify messages for the service operation, as described in the next section.
When you first create a service operation definition, the definition that you initially define is the default version.
When the newly created service operation definition opens, the Default check box is enabled and is read-only.
You can subsequently define additional service operation versions and assign them as the default.
See Managing Service Operation Versions.
Defining General Version Information
To define the service operation default version:
Access the Service Operations - General page ().
In the Version field, enter a version identifier.
The default is v1.
(Optional.) In the Version Description field, enter a description for the operation version.
If you enter no information, the description by default is the name of the service operation when you save the definition.
(Optional.) In the Version Comments box, enter comments about the version.
(Optional.) Select the Non-Repudiation check box to apply nonrepudiation to the message.
(Optional.) Select the Runtime Schema Validation check box to enable service schema validation at runtime. You can set validation for the request message, response message, or both.
Continue to the next section to specify messages for service operations. You cannot save the service operation definition until you define messages for it.
Specifying Messages for Service Operations
You specify messages for service operations in the Message Information section of the Service Operations – General page.
The messages that you specify define the structure of the data that is contained in the service operation.
The service operation type determines the number of messages and message types (request or response) that you specify.
To specify messages for a service operation:
Locate the Message Information section on the Service Operations – General page.
Locate the Type field, and take note of the message type to define.
In the Message.Version field, enter the message name followed by a dot and version, or click the Lookup button to search for one.
After you select the message, you can click the View Message link to view the message.
Specify the queue for the message.
Note: If you are defining a message for a synchronous operation type, you do not need to define a queue.
Your options are:
In the Queue Name field, enter the queue name.
Click the Lookup button to search for a queue.
Click the Add Queue link to open the Queue Definitions page and define a new queue for the message.
Click the Multi-Queues link to open the Queue List page and assign multiple queues to process the message.
The Multi-Queue link appears only when you have enabled the multi-queue feature and when you are working with asynchronous service operations.
See Assigning Multiple Queues to Process Service Operations.
Repeat steps 1 through 4 for each message type that appears in the Message Information section.
Click the Save button.
Specifying Fault Messages for Service Operations
You can specify fault messages for service operations for error handling.
Note the following about fault messages:
You cannot add fault messages to asynchronous service operations.
Fault messages must be nonrowset-based messages, container messages, or document messages. Fault messages cannot be rowset-based messages.
To specify a fault message:
Locate the Default Service Operation Version section on the Service Operations – General tab.
Click the Add Fault Type button.
A new row appears in which to specify a message. Note that the Type field in the new row displays Fault.
In the Message.Versionfield, enter the message name, or click the Lookup button to search for one.
After you select the message, you can click the View Message link to view the message.
Click the Save button.
To delete a fault message, in the Default Service Operation Version section, click the Delete Fault Type button. Then click the Save button.
Generating Local-to-Local and Any-to-Local Routing Definitions
Use the Service Operations-General page to initiate generating local-to-local and any-to-local routing definitions.
Adding handlers to service operations is discussed elsewhere in the product documentation
This section describes how to create point-to-point service operation routing definitions from the Service Operations – Routing page.
To add a routing to a service operation:
Access the Service Operations - Routings page ( and click the Routings tab).
In the Routing Name field, enter a name for the routing.
Click the Add button.
The Routing Definition page appears.
Creating and defining a routing is discussed elsewhere in the product documentation.
The next section describes how to activate routings.
To activate or inactivate a routing:
On the Service Operations component, click the Routings tab.
The Routings page appears.
Select the check box in the Select column next to the routing definition names that you want to activate or inactivate.
Activate or inactivate the routing definition.
To activate the routings, click the Activate Selected Routings button.
To inactivate the routings, click the Inactivate Selected Routings button.
Click the Save button.