Web Service Connector
Configuring the Web Service Connector Tool to work with a proxy server
Last Updated: June 28, 2022Summary Where an organisations internet access is via a HTTP web proxy, TaskCentre must be manually re-configured to force HTTP traffic through the proxy. Prerequisites TaskCentre has to be installed and configured The Web Service Connector Tool has to be installed Instructions Open the file iwtskrun.exe.config (may also be known as iwtskrun.config) in the TaskCentre...
Web Service Connector tool – How to map a Constant to a HTTP header
Last Updated: June 28, 2022In some cases a web service may require authentication or a string passed in the header. If this needs changing or editing you may want to use a Constant. This will allow you to make the change once instead of changing every operation. This can be achieved as follows: Open your web service global connection...
Web Service Connector Tool – Using Basic Authentication to connect to a web service
Last Updated: July 28, 2022Symptom When testing the connection to a web service it complains that you are using Anonymous instead of Basic. i.e. WSCT is not using the right authentication. The following error occurs: System.ServiceModel.Security.MessageSecurityException: The HTTP request is unauthorized with client authentication scheme 'Anonymous'. The authentication header received from the server was 'Basic Realm="webservices4.autotask.net"'. ---> System.Net.WebException: The...
Expanding Convert XML to Recordset functionality using the Data Transformation Component (DTC)
Last Updated: July 28, 2022The TaskCentre Convert XML to Recordset tool was originally designed to process the XML output from any custom built ITSDK tool. It is for this reason it is unlikely to handle the more complex XML structures that could appear from the WSCT (Web Services Connector Tool). The purpose of this article is to identify where...
Using HTTPS with the Task API Web Service 1.0
Last Updated: June 29, 2022The BPA Platform Web Service API is used for running tasks from remote applications. If it is required to run these over a secure channel then the following additional configuration steps are required. IIS Changes Install the Web Service API as normal. Ensure the API works as expected. Add a new HTTPS binding in IIS...
How to process XML with Elements with the Same Name
Last Updated: September 5, 2022How to process XML with Elements with the Same Name.
How to use a web proxy to view HTTP traffic through the TaskCentre Web Service Connector
Last Updated: September 5, 2022How to use a web proxy to view HTTP traffic through the TaskCentre Web Service Connector
How to configure the Web Service Connector Tool for RSS feeds
Last Updated: August 3, 2022Introduction This article will show how the Web Service Connector Tool can be configured to enable web service calls to retrieve RSS feed data from a web page. This is achieved by creating a new HTTP based web service configuration which will be used to perform a GET operation on a specified RSS feed at...
Unable to import XML schema – Error ‘no type has been selected for the scheme element’
Last Updated: July 1, 2022Symptom Unable to import an XML schema into the output step of an MMO (Multi Message Operation) during the creation of a web service connector task. The following error is displayed: no type has been selected for the scheme element Cause BPA Platform does not support a schema which contains attributes. Resolution When defining MMO...
Web service connection fails with the error: “The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send”
Last Updated: July 1, 2022Symptom A task using the Web Service Connector Tool to make a secure call is failing at runtime with the following error; this also occurs if the web service connection is tested via the connector tool global configuration. iwwshr.Exceptions.WebServiceCallFailedException: The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send. Cause The connection is...
