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 next: Create web service

How to: Web service actions

  Step 1 : Summary
  Step 2 : Create web service
  Step 3 : Define web service
  Step 4 : Setup workflow
  Step 5 : Add to workflow
  Step 6 : Test workflow

Define and use actions which call web services - (page 1 of 6)

Level: developer
Required reading: Simple workflow

This how to shows the process for defining an external web service and then creating a workflow action based on one.
In order to do this we will:
  Create a simple web service using .net;
  Define the web service in the Ant studio;
  Add the web service to a workflow as an action;
  Test the new workflow.

Web services provide a powerful way to integrate existing systems, written in other languages, in to a workflow.


 

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