Web Service Properties

To view or edit a web service's properties, double-click its Browser or list entry. The property sheet tabs and fields listed here are those available by default, before any customization of the interface by you or an administrator.

The General tab contains the following properties:

Property	Description
Name/Code/Comment	Identify the object. The name should clearly convey the object's purpose to non-technical users, while the code, which is used for generating code or scripts, may be abbreviated, and should not normally include spaces. You can optionally add a comment to provide more detailed information about the object. By default the code is generated from the name by applying the naming conventions specified in the model options. To decouple name-code synchronization, click to release the = button to the right of the Code field. In URIs, the name of the web service is used to access the web service, and should not start with a slash nor contain two consecutive slashes.
Stereotype	Extends the semantics of the object. You can enter a stereotype directly in this field, or add stereotypes to the list by specifying them in an extension file.
Local path	Name prefixing the web service. If you type a path, the User-Defined tool (beside the Local path box) is pushed-in. Click the User-Defined tool to recover the original path. The default value is the name of the web service
Service type	[ASA, ASE, and IQ only] Specifies the type of web service. You can choose from: DISH - [ASA and IQ only] acts as a proxy for a group of SOAP services and generates a WSDL file for each of its SOAP services. When you create a DISH service, you must specify a prefix name (on the Extended Attributes tab) for all the SOAP services to which the DISH service applies. PowerDesigner treats SOAP web services as Web operations (see Web Operations (PDM)) of DISH web services. HTML – [ASA and IQ only] the result of the SQL statement or procedure is formatted as an HTML document (with a table containing rows and columns). RAW - the result of the SQL statement or procedure is sent without any additional formatting. SOAP - [ASE only] generates a WSDL (Web Services Description Language) file. XML - the result of the SQL statement or procedure is sent in XML. By default, the result is converted into XML RAW format.
Keywords	Provide a way of loosely grouping objects through tagging. To enter multiple keywords, separate them with commas.

Security Tab

This tab is available for ASA/SQL Anywhere and IQ only, and displays the following properties:

Property	Description
Secured connection	If selected, only HTTPS connections are accepted. If cleared, both HTTP and HTTPS connections are accepted
Required authorization	If selected, all users must provide a name and a password. When cleared, a single user must be identified
Connection User	When authorization is required, you can select <None> or a list of user names. When authorization is not required, you must select a user name. Default value is <None>, which means all users are granted access

The following tabs are also available:

Operations - Lists the Web operations associated with the Web service (see Web Operations (PDM)).
Sybase - [ASA/SQL Anywhere, ASE, and IQ] Includes Sybase-specific properties (see Sybase SQL Anywhere)
Namespaces - [IBM DB2] Lists the namespaces associated with the Web service, including their prefix, URI and a comment. An XML Schema can be specified where elements and data types used in web parameters and result columns are defined.