Invoking Web Services on the Siebel Mobile Web Client

The Siebel Mobile Web Client can serve the same Web services as those deployed on the Siebel Server, while protecting access through simple authentication. This feature allows developers to integrate external applications with Siebel CRM and test their integrations, without having to install an entire Siebel Enterprise.

Note: All information provided in this topic for the Siebel Mobile Web Client also applies to the Siebel Developer Web Client.

The Web service functionality is an extension of the Siebel Mobile Web Client, and runs as a separate siebel.exe process. This second siebel.exe process is started by the Siebel Mobile Web Client as its child process. The child process listens on the specified port for all Web service requests. The Web service requests are processed and sent to the EAI Inbound Dispatch Service, and then the response is sent back to the Siebel Mobile Web Client. The child process exits when the Siebel Mobile Web Client exits.

Note: If any changes are made to Web services in the run time, then these will not be available to the child process. You must restart the Siebel Mobile Web Client; you cannot clear the Web services cache.