Configure endpoints for a web service

Endpoints are used to connect to a web service.

Before you begin

In order to manage web services, you must be a member of a personnel group that has the Manage Web Service key set permission assigned to it.

About this task

Important: If the web service is not licensed (as indicated by the message in the License Overview area), then you cannot execute any of the methods contained in the WSDL file.

Procedure

  1. In the navigator, click Proficy System > Proficy System > Web Services.
  2. From the Web Service Definition list, select the web service you want to work with.
  3. In the Displays panel, click Web Service Editor.
  4. Click the Overview tab.
  5. In the Endpoint field, select an endpoint you want the web service to use for communications.
  6. In the Location URL field, change the address of the WSDL file only if one of the following has occurred:
    • The web service has been moved to a different server.
    • The server is renamed.
    • The web service is hosted at a different URL.
  7. Depending on the authentication scheme the web service uses, do one of the following:
    If the authentication scheme uses...Then, do this...
    User Credentials
    1. In the User Name field, enter a valid user name.
    2. In the Password field, enter the password for the user.
    Certificate Credentials
    1. In the Store Location field, select the location of the X.509 certificate store you want to use.
    2. In the Store Name field, select the name of the X.509 certificate store you want to use.
    3. In the X509 Find Type field, enter the value you want the X509Certificate2Collection.Find method to search for.
    4. In the X509 Find Value field, select the value you want the X509Certificate2Collection.Find method to search for.
    Note: If the endpoint is configured to use the user name and password details, then in order to test or use this endpoint, you must enter valid information in these fields.
  8. Repeat steps 5-6 for each endpoint to configure for the web service.
  9. Click Save.