Web Service Connector
Magento update fails with: System.ServiceModel.Fault Exception The image is not specified
Last Updated: August 3, 2022Symptom Note: This particular exception is specific to the Magento SOAP service. Unable to upload images when using the Magento API web service in conjunction with the Web Service Connector tool. The following error is received: System.ServiceModel.Fault Exception The image is not specified Solution Please refer to the following knowledgebase article which provides instructions on...
Passing ‘&’ or ‘<' to a SOAP operation causes error: System.Xml.XmlException
Last Updated: July 1, 2022Symptom Calling an operation on a SOAP web service fails with the following error: System.Xml.XmlException Cause Caused by passing either the ampersand ( & ) or less than ( < ) character to an operation that takes a parameter. When the error occurs, any of the following exceptions will be raised: System.Xml.XmlException: An error occurred...
Solution to ReadpickLists schema problem with the SalesLogix System web service 7.5.4
Last Updated: July 1, 2022Summary The TaskCentre Web Service Connector tool relies on web service descriptions received from the web services. There are some known problems with the SalesLogix version 7.5.4 SDATA web service schemas. In these cases the web service operation schema needs to be manually altered to work around the misleading description. Prerequisites TaskCentre has to be...
Client crash when defining the operation of a Web Service Connector step with Web Service Connector Tool Pack Release 1.0 Service Release 1
Last Updated: July 1, 2022Symptom Upon defining the “Operation” of a step in the Web Service Connector, the BPA Platform client crashes. This is due to the tool trying to create a schema.txt file to the C:\ directory and the active user does not have permission to write to C:\. Resolution Give the user administrative permissions to write to...
DTL Elements marked as “Don’t Create Element” appear in the outgoing SOAP envelope
Last Updated: August 3, 2022Symptom Using the Transwise web service and the doBooking operation, DTL elements marked as Don’t Create Element appear in the outgoing SOAP envelope. The web service returns the following error: Attribute 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance,nil' must not appear on element 'deliveryNoteInfo', because the {nillable} property of 'deliveryNoteInfo' is false Using a web proxy, such as Fiddler, to review...
Web Service Connector Tool is Unable to Generate the XML Document
Last Updated: August 3, 2022Summary When using the Web Service Connector tool, you see “An exception was raised” errors in the Event Log for the task step. This article describes the symptoms and how to resolve the problem Cause The types of errors you see are: and: with the task step failing to generate. This is typically caused by...
TaskCentre API Web Service Install Problem IIS Version 8
Last Updated: July 4, 2022Symptom When attempting to install the TaskCentre API Web Service the following is received: The wizard was interrupted before the Task API could be completely installed Figure 1. Task API installation wizard. Cause This is the result of an Application Pool default setting in IIS Version 8 that must be changed. Solution Within IIS check if any TCAPI Application Pools...
Automating EU VAT Registration Number Validation (VIES)
Last Updated: July 4, 2022Normally when trading business to business you do not charge VAT on supplies made to your customers. If you trade with companies within the EU then similarly you do not normally charge VAT. But if the company you trade with is not registered for VAT then you must charge VAT. Fortunately the EU provide an...
How to synchronize MailChimp unsubscribes with a CRM system by making use of the TaskCentre Web Service Connector
Last Updated: March 31, 2023Summary MailChimp ( http://mailchimp.com ) is an email marketing solution which helps you create and monitor email marketing campaigns. When a user decides they no longer wish to receive campaign emails they can unsubscribe from the mailing list by clicking a link marked “unsubscribe” at the bottom of an email. MailChimp then sets a flag...
Configuring Web Service Connections
Last Updated: July 22, 2022The TaskCentre Server contains the functionality to connect and use web enabled product API’s. The Web Service Connector is used to call a web service operation and return the response from the web service as data content which can be used in the task. It is capable of working with a very wide range of...
