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Automating Web Services

© HelpSystems. Company Confidential.All trademarks and registered trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

Pat CameronNovember 17, 2015

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Pat CameronDirector of Automation Technology

Your Presenter

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What is a web service?Why automate web services?How to automate web services

Today’s Agenda

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Business Process

Communication ChannelsOperational CRMAnalytical CRM

AccountingPlanningInventory Control

Ad-hoc reporting

SharePointMS Excel

BIRT Project, etc.

Orders, contracts, payments

Staging database(primary layer of DW) Management

SCMCRMFRMHMRMRPCMP

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• Access any machine• Standardized protocol• Access from any

environment• No download or install

Web Services

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• Efficient• Increased productivity• Quick ROI• Simplified development• Connectivity• Integration

– Business-to-business– Application-to-application

Leveraging Web Services

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Inventory levels Stock prices Currency rates

Examples

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Skybot Scheduler

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• RESTful web service• Construct URI, header, method,

and body requests• HTTP basic authentication• HTTPS for secure connection• Base URI:

http://myserver:8008/skybot-scheduler/ws/

Skybot Web Services

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Web Service Actions

• Job, Job Suites, Job Members– Create– Delete– Hold– Release– Run– Get– Find– Skip– Include– Clear prerequisites

• Notification List• Job History List• Skybot Variables

– Create– Get– Update

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Web Service Actions

• Agent– Get– Find– Stop– Lock– Unlock– Restart

• Job Queue– Hold– Release– Update– Find

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Web Service Actions

• Agent Event Monitor– Enable– Disable

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Skybot Web Service

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