Invoke Partner

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Chapter 15 Service Palette : Invoke Partner

Invoke Partner

Activity

The Invoke Partner activity can be used in a BusinessWorks Process Definition to invoke external services over SOAP.

See TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Process Design for more information about services, partners and invoking partner services.

Configuration

The Configuration tab has the following fields

Field

Global Var?

Description

Name

No

The name to appear as the label for the invoke partner activity in the process definition.

Description

No

Short description of the activity.

Partner

No

The partner whose service is to be invoked by the activity. You can select the partner from the drop down menu that lists all the available partners in the process.

Operation

No

Select the operation that is to be invoked from the drop down menu. The drop down menu lists all the available operations for the selected partner.

Input

The input for the invoke partner service has the following fields

Input Item

Datatype

Description

input message

complex

The input message of the operation. This element contains all the input message parts for the operation.

Output

The output for the invoke partner service has the following fields

Output Item

Datatype

Description

output message

complex

The output message for the operation. This element contains all the output message parts for the operation.

Error Output

The Error Output tab lists the possible SOAP Fault messages that can be thrown by the invoked operation on the selected external service. These SOAP Fault messages are defined in the abstract WSDL. If no SOAP fault messages are defined in the abstract WSDL, there will be no exceptions or fault messages listed in the error output tab.

See TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Error Codes for more information about error codes and corrective action to take.

Unlike the SOAP Request Reply activity where you can define dynamic endpoint URL, you cannot define dynamic endpoint URL for the invoke partner activity.

Field	Global Var?	Description
Name	No	The name to appear as the label for the invoke partner activity in the process definition.
Description	No	Short description of the activity.
Partner	No	The partner whose service is to be invoked by the activity. You can select the partner from the drop down menu that lists all the available partners in the process.
Operation	No	Select the operation that is to be invoked from the drop down menu. The drop down menu lists all the available operations for the selected partner.

Input Item	Datatype	Description
input message	complex	The input message of the operation. This element contains all the input message parts for the operation.

Output Item	Datatype	Description
output message	complex	The output message for the operation. This element contains all the output message parts for the operation.