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- Only SOAP WSDL requests / responses are understood. The other variations of the WSDL standard are not yet implemented.
- Not all WSDL XML dialects and formats are as easily read as we would like. In those cases, you need to specify (manually) what the input and output fields look like.
- Data conversion is done automatically still inside the step. Especially in the case where we have dates and numbers this can go wrong. If you encounter conversion errors we advice you to return Strings and convert them in a "Select Values" step.
Workaround Workarounds to these limitations:
- Use SOAP UI, generate the XML you need and push that to the service using the HTTP Post step. Samples can be found in your local sample folder General - Annotated SOAP Web Service call.ktr and WebServicesMovieListingAsHTTP.ktr
- Use the SOAP Call step (experimental): Plugin Download, Tutorial
Options
Option | Description |
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Step name | Name of the step; this name has to be unique in a single transformation |
URL | The base URL pointing to the WSDL document that will be retrieved |
Load (button) | The load button loads the WSDL at the specified URL and tries to automatically populate the input and output tabs and fields. |
The number of rows per call | The number of rows to send with each WSDL call |
Pass input data to output | If you disable this, the input will be eaten and only the WSDL output will be passed along to the next steps. |
v2.x/3.x compatibility mode | We improved the parsing engine of the 3.x engine dramatically. For compatibility reasons, we kept the old engine around to make sure older steps would still work OK. |
Repeating element name | Specify the name of the repeating element in the output XML (if any). |
HTTP authentication | Here you can put the username and password if these are required for the web service. |
Proxy to use | Here you can optionally put the proxy host and port information. |
Add Input / Add Output | These buttons will allow you to manually specify the input and output specifications of the WSDL service. |
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