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:
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From the Studio menu, select New, select Order and Service Management, select Order Management, then select Data Provider.
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In the Project field, select the project in which to save this entity.
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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.
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(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:
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Click the Folder field Browse button.
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Navigate to the directory in which to save the entity.
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Click OK.
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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.
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Click Finish.
Design Studio adds the data provider to the appropriate project in the Studio Projects view.
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