Provisioning Tool Guide

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Transforming a Business Entity to XML Format

A request to the web service requires inputs in XML format. You must define the mappings for the service request. To transform a business entity into an XML format, map the business entity fields to the input fields of a service request.

Click

Business Entity

Transformations

, and then select

Business Entity to XML

Click

Create

In the properties panel, specify the following properties:

Property	Description
Name	Name for the transformation.
URL	Identifies the namespace where the SOAP operation is defined.
Business Entity	Business entity for which you request the service.
Type	Select the namespace.
Target	Request element. Click the Browse button and select the root element.

Click

Apply

To configure the transformation for the root node, select

Transformations

in the tree view panel, and then click

Create

In the properties panel, specify the following properties:

Property	Description
Name	Name for the transformation.
Status Output	Name of the cleanse output parameter. Used in cleanse transformations. Not applicable to transformations for DaaS.
Status Success	A regular expression. When the cleanse operation successfully completes, it returns a value in the cleanse output parameter that matches the regular expression. Not applicable to transformations for DaaS.
Type	Type of transformation to map data from a business entity field to the XML field. Direct transformations keep the data unchanged.

Map the business entity fields to the fields in the request:

In the

Input Fields

column, click the

Browse

button.

Select the business entity field that you want to map, and then click

Select

In the

Output Fields

column, click the

Browse

button.

Select the field in the request, and then click

Select

If you specify a field, the value is taken from the Service Data Object (SDO), from the business entity or the XML data. For some output fields, you might specify constant values, and need not map the values to any input fields. For example, you can specify the maximum number of candidates that the service can return or the country code. You do not map such values to any input field. Specify the value in the

Value

field and map it to an Output Field.

To map additional information, click the

Add

icon, and then follow Steps

Click

Apply

The following image shows a sample mapping of fields for the root entity:

A screenshot showing the transformation and mapping of fields for a root entity.

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Transforming a Business Entity to XML Format

Transforming a Business Entity to XML Format