WCF activity

Display Name

Function:

Specifies the activity name that shows in your process.

Accepted Values:

One line of text that can have spaces.

Default Value:

None

Accepts Process Data Variables:

No

Description

Function:

Specifies an optional description for your activity.

Accepted Values:

More than one line of text.

Default Value:

None

Accepts Process Data Variables:

No

Connection Timeout (Seconds)

Function:

Specifies the number of seconds permitted to complete an action before the connection stops.

Accepted Values:

An integer that represents a number of seconds.

Default Value:

600

Accepts Process Data Variables:

No

WCF Service

Function:

Specifies the access token that connects to WCF service.

Accepted Values:

A list of access tokens configured for your environment.

Default Value:

A process data variable based on the parameter name.

Add Token

Opens this Screen:

New WCF Access Token

Function of this Screen:

Configures a new access token for the WCF service.

Service Operation

Function:

Specifies the name of the method to call.

Accepted Values:

A valid web method name from the specified WCF service.

Default Value:

None

Example:

GetSalesInfo

Endpoint URL

Function:

Specifies the URL of the endpoint of the web service or WCF service you want to connect.

Accepted Values:

A valid endpoint URL.

Default Value:

None

However, once a web service is connected, the endpoint URL shows if it is defined in the WSDL file.

Accepts Process Data Variables:

No

Generate Message Contracts

Function:

Specifies if the method you call supplies a message contract or not.

A message contract gives the structure of a SOAP message.

Accepted Values:

• Selected - The method gives message contracts.
• Deselected - The method does not give message contracts.

Default Value:

Deselected

Request Mapping

Function:

Connects the WCF service request to your process schema. This is mandatory only if the request passes data from the process schema to parameters in the service operation.

To Open this Field:

1. On the WCF Configuration screen, click the Request tab. You can not map the schema if the WCF service type is None.

Accepted Values:

Click the Ellipses button to open the Schema Mapper screen.

Use this screen to connect the request to the data model for your process.

Default Value:

None

Map Response to AgilePoint Schema

Function:

Specifies if the WCF service response connects to your process schema.

To Open this Field:

1. On the WCF Configuration screen, click the Response tab. You can not map the schema if the WCF service type is None.

Accepted Values:

Click the Ellipses button to open the Schema Mapper screen.

Use this screen to connect the response to the data model for your process.

Default Value:

None

Store the Response in Custom Attribute

Function:

Specifies the name of the process data variable that stores the response to a method call to a WCF service.

To Open this Field:

1. On the WCF Configuration screen, click the Response tab. You can not map the schema if the WCF service type is None.

Accepted Values:

A process data variable.

You can use Process Data screen to specify a process data variable.

Default Value:

None

Accepts Process Data Variables:

Yes