Viewing Services and Service Operations

You can view both the public and private services that are in your workspace.

1. Select Window > Show View > Other from the main menu bar.
2. Expand Sybase and select Service Explorer.
3. Group the services and operations:
   1. Click Menu on the toolbar.
   2. Select Group By.
   3. Define the way you want the Service Explorer to display operations.

      Table 1. Service Explorer operations

      Option	Description
      Service Type (default)	Displays the services and operations by type
      Service Categories	Orders categories in the user-defined categories in the Services preference page and set in individual service editors
      Service (default)	Groups services as public or private as well as specific services
      Operation	Displays all operations without showing the service type

4. Click Menu on the toolbar and select either Expand All or Collapse All to control the number of items that are visible.
   Note: Public contains only SOAP services. Private contains all other services.
5. Click Menu on the toolbar, select Choose filter type, and select one of the following to set the filter to display:
   
   • By Category
   • By Service Name
   • By Service Type
6. Each of the above groups can also be set to limit the number of services displayed. The default is Service Name.
   1. When you select the filter in step 5, click on the arrow in front of the Filter: label.

      The Filter section of the Service Explorer expands to display an additional field, two radio buttons, and an ellipsis (...) button.

   2. In the Filter by field, enter the filter expression.

      For example, entering an A would indicate the filtering would be based on services that begin with the letter A.

   3. Select one of the following:

      Option	Description
      Select Include	To display all matches for the filter expression entered above. For example, all services with a name that begins with A display.
      Select Exclude	To display all matches except those with the filter expression entered.

   4. Click the ellipsis to open the filter selection dialog.
7. Click an icon on the toolbar to display parts of the WSDL by:
   
   • Services (default)
   • Operations
   • Folders for each service type
   • Folders for each category

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