You can configure calls to the external web services for certain steps in the business entity execution logic. You must configure the business entities and the events for which you want to call an external service. You must configure external calls as extensions to business entity services. Use the XML Schema Definition (XSD) for the external web services to get the request and response types. An external web service operation must use the request and response types for the input and output elements. Based on the logic you implement, requests go to the external services for analysis or transformation of business entity data.

The XSD file is in the following location:

<MDM Hub installation directory>\hub\ server\lib\mdm-spi.jar

Use the sample WSDL file in the Resource Kit to understand the external services, operations, methods, and the data types that the service methods exchange. The sample

custom-logic-service.wsdl

file for the external web services is in the following location:

<MDM Hub installation directory>\hub\resourcekit\samples\BESExternalCall\source\resources\webapp\WEB-INF\wsdl\

You must develop and deploy the external web services. Use the Ant build file,

build.xml

in the folder

<MDM Hub installation directory>\hub\resourcekit\samples\BESExternalCall\

to build the

bes-external-call.ear

file. You must deploy the EAR file on the application server and use the Provisioning tool to configure the calls to the web services.