Web Service as a Data Source
- Sarabjeet Kaur
This wizard allows you to select a web service available from the connected Web Service provider and provides method, record pattern details.
On the Query Object Editor screen,
Figure 7: Web Service as a Data Source
Select a connection or web source and click Select under Web Service. The below screen appears.
By reading the WSDL, it also prompts for parameters required to request the Web Service.
Note: Intellicus also supports JSON as a File Type for File and Web Service data sources in a Query Object.
Figure 8: Field Level Properties
Field Properties
The Field Level Properties at Data Source step are listed in the table below.
Property | Values | Comments |
Data Type | CHAR,
NUMBER, DATE, BINARY | Select the data type of the incoming data |
Data Format | Format String | Specify the format of the incoming data. This is useful only if Date or IP Address type data are incoming in CHAR fields but needs to be converted to Date and Number types for further use |
Database Time Zone | Select Time zone from the list | Specify the time zone in which the incoming date data is stored. This is useful only if date time data needs to be converted to other time zone data based on reporting requirement.
For example, when incoming GMT data need to show EDT (or any requested TZ) value in report, specify that the incoming data is GMT. The output format is generally specified in Format step or in user preference |
Length/Precision | Enter | Length of field for Char data type
Precision or length of field for Number data type |
Scale | Enter | Scale or number of digits after decimal point |
Locale | Select from the list | Select the language/ country in which the incoming date data is stored |
Sort Priority | Number 0-N | If the data is sorted on multiple fields then specify sort priority number of this field.
Primary sort field should be the lowest number |
Sort Criteria | Ascending/
Descending | Specify sort as either ascending or descending order |
Qualified Name | Enter | This name can be used as the field name to resolve field name ambiguity when same field is fetched from two tables or expressions |
RESTful Web Service as a Data Source
Designers can create Query Objects using RESTful Web Service through the REST Web Service provider. You can use GET/POST methods to fetch data from the REST server. You need to provide the following details:
Request Path, Record Pattern, Query, Matrix and Header parameter in case of GET method
Request Path, Record Pattern, Query and Header parameter for Form POST method or
Request Path, Record Pattern, Text data and Header Parameter for Text POST method
Intellicus supports all values under Text for Content-Type parameter. Below are the supported values under Form:
application/json
application/xml
text/plain
Figure 9: REST as a Data Source
Intellicus displays the response output from a REST Web Service in grid form according to the provided record pattern. Earlier the response in XML/JSON was being displayed as a single row.
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