The Web Services Provider is the provider entity of the PowerCenter web service framework that makes PowerCenter workflows and data integration functionality accessible to external clients through web services.
The Web Services Provider consists of the following components:
Web Services Hub.
An application service in the PowerCenter domain that uses the SOAP standard to receive requests and send responses to web service clients. The Web Services Hub interacts with the Integration Service and the Repository Service to process requests and generate responses.
Batch web services.
The Web Services Provider provides a set of web service operations that allow access to the Integration Service processes and repository metadata.
Real-time web services.
When you enable PowerCenter workflows as web services, you create real-time web services. When you transform PowerCenter workflows into web services, you can run the workflows from web service clients.